An explanatory model of the relationships between sport motivation, anxiety and physical and social self‑concept in educational sciences students
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Melguizo Ibáñez, Eduardo; Zurita Ortega, Félix; Ubago Jiménez, José Luis; López Gutiérrez, Carlos Javier; González Valero, GabrielEditorial
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Motivation Anxiety Social self-concept Physical self-concept Gender
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2022-02-10Referencia bibliográfica
Melguizo-Ibáñez, E... [et al.]. An explanatory model of the relationships between sport motivation, anxiety and physical and social self-concept in educational sciences students. Curr Psychol (2022). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02778-9]
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Universidad de Granada/CBUAAbstract
Motivation plays a key role in the physical-sports field, in the control of disruptive states and in the mental image that people
have of themselves. In view of the above, the present study reflects the objectives of identifying and establishing the relationship
between sport motivation, anxiety, physical self-concept and social self-concept, broken down into (a) developing an
explanatory model of sport motivation and its relationship with anxiety and social and physical self-concept and (b) contrasting
the structural model by means of a multi-group analysis according to sex. To this end, a quantitative, non-experimental
(ex post facto), comparative and cross-sectional study was carried out on a sample of 556 students (23.06 ± 6.23). The
instruments used were an ad hoc questionnaire, the Spanish version of the Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire
(PMCSQ-2), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and the Self-Concept Form-5. The results show that the male sex
orients sport motivation towards climate, obtaining higher levels of anxiety, however, the female sex, anxiety has a negative
impact on the development of social self-concept. In conclusion, it can be affirmed that gender is a fundamental factor in the
orientation of sport practice, as well as the development of anxiety and physical and social self-concept.