Jose Antonio Cecchini

University of Oviedo | UNIOVI · Department of Education Sciences

The aim of this study was to adapt and validate the Spanish version of the Cooperative Learning Scale (CAT) for Portuguese and Brazilian higher education students. The study included 493 higher education students aged 17-45 years from a university in northern Portugal and 414 Brazilian university students aged 14-52 years from different universitie...

The aim of this study was to adapt and validate the Spanish version of the Cooperative Learning Scale (CAT) for Portuguese and Brazilian higher education students. The study included 493 higher education students aged 17-45 years from a university in northern Portugal and 414 Brazilian university students aged 14-52 years from different universitie...

The aim of this study was to adapt and validate the Spanish version of the Cooperative Learning Scale (CAT) for Portuguese and Brazilian higher education students. The study included 493 higher education students aged 17-45 years from a university in northern Portugal and 414 Brazilian university students aged 14-52 years from different universitie...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused drastic changes in education, which had to adapt to changing scenarios (online, face-to-face, hybrid teaching). Within physical education (PE), strategies such as ‘do not use or share equipment’ were proposed to avoid infections. These strategies fit with an emerging pedagogical model called the Self-made Material Model...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyze the network structure of physical activity, frequency, depressive, and affective symptoms in people under home isolation due to COVID-19. Method: A longitudinal study was conducted in two phases (beginning (March 19, 2020) and end of home confinement (April 8, 2020)). The sample consisted of 579 pa...

This article proposes a new approach to understand substance use among adolescent athletes. Thus, this article describes an investigation of the likelihood of alcohol and tobacco use in adolescent athletes considering the type of sport, age, gender, and their action tendencies. A total of 552 athletes with an age range of 12–16 years were engaged i...

Background: Previous studies show contradictory results regarding the bidirectional association between physical activity and nighttime sleep. The objective of the present study was to add knowledge to these possible relationships using autoregressive models. Method: 214 adolescents (117 boys and 97 girls), with a mean age of 13.31 years agreed...

The students’ active participation in physical education does not always guarantee the fulfilment of the international guidelines on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). The goal of the study was to examine the effects of the teacher autonomy support on the MVPA, basic psychological needs, and intrinsic motivation of primary education stu...

International reports show more positive academic and drop-out results in the neighbor Portugal than in Spain, but comparisons should be considered carefully. Data which reflect students’ own perceptions on pedagogical and psychological variables significant for learning are needed. The goal of this study was to compare two similar groups of studen...

There is a lack of studies that examine the longitudinal relationship between physical activity (PA) and mental health with accelerometers in adolescent populations. The current study aimed to investigate whether changes in PA intensities and sedentary time (ST) are associated with mental health in a cohort of adolescents. 246 (130 boys, 116 girls)...

The purpose of this study was to assess the temporal day-today associations between physical activity and sleep in adolescents during a complete week. A total of 236 secondary education students (127 males, 109 females), age range 12-15 years, enrolled in 10 different high schools agreed to participate. They were asked to wear a GT3x accelerometer...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the changes in physical activity and physical fitness between the beginning of the first academic year after a confinement (November 2020) and the beginning of the second academic year after a confinement (“new normality”: November 2021) in a cohort of adolescents. Moreover, the evolution of physical fitness...

The aim was to expand the existing knowledge on adolescents’ body image and its connections with health (Body Mass Index, sleep activity), psychological (well-being, physical self-concept), and social (socio-economic status, diet) variables. 246 students (130 boys, 116 girls), age range 13-15 years, enrolled in 10 schools participated. Seven days/2...

Esta investigación examina la relación entre las metas de logro 3x2, las necesidades psicológicas básicas, la motivación autodeterminada, la intención de ser físicamente activo y la satisfacción con la vida. Participaron en el estudio 1706 estudiantes de Educación Física de 10 a 17 años (M = 13.75; DT = 2.98). Se realizaron análisis descriptivos y...

El estallido del brote del nuevo Coronavirus (COVID-19) ha provocado, en menos de 2 años, más de 4,9 millones de fallecimientos a nivel mundial. Se estima que durante el primer año de pandemia esta cifra se situó en 3 millones. Algunas de las medidas iniciales para luchar contra la propagación del virus consistieron en limitar los contactos sociale...

El objetivo principal del estudio fue analizar si existen diferencias en las tendencias de acción (asertiva, agresiva y de sumisión) de mujeres deportistas en función del tipo de deporte que practican (contacto, no contacto). Las investigaciones sugieren que las participantes en deportes en los que no hay contacto físico con el adversario muestran...

Basic psychological needs (BPN) are a central construct of the self-determination theory (SDT). However, there is a lack of instruments specifically adapted to measuring these in the field of music. The aim of this study was to validate a Spanish-language scale of satisfaction and dissatisfaction of BPN in musical activity. The participants were 33...

School recess is a daily opportunity for school-age students to be physically active. However, in some territories teachers often use recess for other purposes (e.g., children’s poor classroom behavior might be punished with reduced time for recess). This study aimed to examine the impact of such practices on children’s physical activity (PA) and t...

The objective were twofold: a) to examine the impact of active breaks (AB) on 2 nd of primary students' physical activity (PA) during their lessons, recess, and after school, and b) to analyze possible compensations during the day. 46 schoolchildren (28 girls) aged between 7-8 years participated. A quasi-experimental design was carried out with pre...

Los objetivos fueron examinar el impacto de los descansos activos (DA) en la actividad física (AF) de estudiantes de 2º de primaria durante las clases, el recreo y el horario extraescolar, y analizar posibles compensaciones durante el día. Participaron 46 escolares (28 niñas) de 7-8 años. Se realizó un diseño cuasi-experimental con medidas pretest...

Introduction: This research examines intraindividual changes in 3x2 achievement goals in physical education classes during one semester, as well as the relationship of these changes with those in other motivational and outcome variables. Method: A total of 334 (178 boys and 156 girls) high school students (M = 13.12, SD = 1.05) completed five ques...

This article focused on the distance-learning context created by the COVID-19. The objectives were to assess the differences between highly-structured cooperative learning (HSCL) and individual learning (IL) in university students’ content knowledge, and to assess the impact of the teacher’s highly-structured instruction on the variables that media...

On 15 March 2020, the Spanish population was obliged to confine at home, with no time to prepare. The objective of this study was to analyse the effects this confinement had on the population. 1,044 citizens (aged 16–84) agreed to participate. The study followed a phenomenological, qualitative research design, and a non-probabilistic snowball sampl...

Education and gender equity are of high priority in the list of objectives when looking to achieve sustainable development; however, various studies have analysed that these objectives are far from being reached. The goal of this paper was to investigate the influence that cooperative learning has on academic performance and on the gender gap in th...

The purpose of the study was to model the relationships between intrinsic motivation, emotional intelligence and self-regulation of learning in physical education (PE) classes. The sample consisted on 480 students (248 boys and 232 girls) enrolled in year four of Primary Education (M = 9,29, DT = 0,52) from a total of 23 classes. Multilevel analysi...

In March 14th 2020, the Spanish Government declared the “State of Emergency” due to the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 and all the population was forced to “shelter-at-home” for two weeks. Citizens had less than 24 hours to prepare for the selfquarantine. The goal of the present was to assess Spanish citizens’ physical activity practice at the end...

Cooperative learning has been found to be more productive in academic, personal, and social variables than individualistic or competitive settings, but there is a lack of adequate assessment instruments. The goals of the study were two: a) adapt and validate the existing Cooperative Learning Scale Spanish version for English-speaking secondary educ...

The aim was to identify mental well-being profiles emerged during the COVID-19 home isolation. Given the multifaceted and multidirectionality of mental well-being, depressive symptoms, affect and resilience were selected as factors (indicators) and gender, age, Body Mass Index and physical activity as correlates. A second goal was to uncover the co...

We examined the relationship among watching soccer matches, moral functioning and aggression levels in 332 college students. Hypothesis-driven regression analyses revealed that the frequency of watching soccer matches was positively associated with low levels of moral behavior and high aggression levels. A mediation analysis also showed that moral...

Antecedentes: en marzo de 2020 el gobierno español decretó el estado de alarma debido a la pandemia por COVID-19 y confi nó a la población. Los objetivos son dos: a) examinar las relaciones dosis-respuesta entre los componentes de actividad física (AF: volumen, intensidad, frecuencia y duración) y los síntomas depresivos de la población durante el...

Background/Objective: The aim was to evaluate the evolution of depressive symptoms and to explore the influence of physical activity (PA) practice during the home confinement due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain. Method: Information was collected from 595 confined participants who reported personal and contextual information, depressive symptoms a...

Título: Acoso escolar, necesidades psicológicas básicas, responsabilidad y satisfacción con la vida: relaciones y perfiles en adolescentes. Resumen: El objetivo fue evaluar las interacciones entre el acoso escolar, las necesidades psicológicas básicas, la responsabilidad y la satisfacción con la vida de los adolescentes. 1785 estudiantes de Educaci...

Resumen: El objetivo fue evaluar las interacciones entre el acoso escolar, las necesidades psicológicas básicas, la responsabilidad y la satisfacción con la vida de los adolescentes. 1785 estudiantes de Educación Secundaria y Bachillerato, con edades comprendidas entre los 12 y los 17 años de edad (M = 14.44, DT = 1.50), de 16 centros educativos de...

La innovación en Educación Física (EF) responde al deseo de mejorar el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. El Modelo de Educación Deportiva (MED) es un enfoque pedagógico que permite que los estudiantes se involucren en los aprendizajes deportivos al mismo tiempo que participan en las clases de manera autónoma en equipos de trabajo cooperativo. En el...

Background The recent shelter-in-place order issued by the Spanish government (due to the outbreak of the COVID-19) forced the Spanish population to self-isolate at home. The psychological and social effects of this new situation are unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the impact of such scenario on citizens’ resilience, as well as the...

Despite the evolution of the 3 × 2 achievement goal framework, research on three references of competence and its relationship with motivational variables in primary school students is non-existent. The objectives of this research were two: (a) to examine the structural validity of the Questionnaire of Three-dimensional Perceived Competence in Phys...

Introduction the goal was to assess individuals’ weight changes and their connections with depressive symptoms, optimism and physical activity. Method 4379 Spanish citizens, 16-84 years, participated. Results most participants declared no weight changes. Males, young and obese individuals had greater weight variability. Depressive symptoms were l...

Adolescence can be a difficult period of life characterised, among many other things, by a significant increase in depressive symptoms among girls. Recent studies have suggested that sedentary habits and self-determined motivation can be associated with depressive symptoms. The main goal of the present study was to examine the associations between...

Objectives The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has forced nationwide lockdowns in many countries. As a result, most of the Spanish population had to self-isolate at home. The physical and psychological consequences of this unexpected scenario could be particularly worrisome for people older than 60 years. This study is aimed to examine the psy...

The aim of this study was to derive an equation that validly and reliably estimates the VO2 reached in the IPTL, a maximum stress test for lifeguards. From the results obtained in the first part of the research, a multiple linear regression model was identified. A "stepwise" procedure was established as a variable selection method, where the VO2IPT...

The aim was to compare the use of two methodological approaches, the traditional model (TM) and the Sport Education Model (SEM), on physical fitness assessment of 118 students, 13 years old (M = 12.81, SD = 0.74). The results indicated that the use of the SEM for teaching physical fitness testing produced higher scores on students' autonomy, compet...

The goal of the article was to compare the effects of two different cooperative learning programmes on prospective teachers. A total of 332 students enrolled in a Teacher Training Programme agreed to participate. At the beginning of the semester, they all experienced low-structured cooperative learning (LSCL) for 10 sessions. At the end of this pha...

El objetivo fue comparar el uso de dos planteamientos metodológicos, el modelo tradicional (MT) y el Modelo de Educación Deportiva (MED), en la valoración de las capacidades físicas básicas con 118 estudiantes de 13 años (M = 12,81, DE = 0,74). Los resultados indicaron que el uso del MED produjo mayores puntuaciones en las variables autonomía, comp...

The objective of the study was to analyze changes in motivation in physical education students during a school year, as well as changes in their intentions to be physically active. The participants were 830 Spanish physical education students ( Mage = 13.86, range = 11–17 years) attending 10 secondary schools in northern Spain. The sample was divid...

Abstract The aim of this study is to analyse the connection between bullying and the dichotomy satisfaction-frustration of the basic psychological needs in adolescents. A total of 1845 students from Secondary Education (928 boys and 917 girls), and Baccalaureate-Year 1 (n = 278), aged between 12 and 17 (M = 14.51, SD = 1.55), from 16 schools of fou...

En el rendimiento deportivo, influyen variables psicológicas como el clima motivacional, las orientaciones de meta, las necesidades psicológicas básicas del deporte y la cohesión del equipo. Este estudio plantea como objetivo examinar la relación entre este conjunto de variables psicológicas (clima motivacional, la orientación de meta, las necesida...

Resumen El objetivo del presente estudio es analizar la conexión del acoso escolar con la dicotomía frustración-satisfacción de las necesidades psicológicas básicas en adolescentes. Un total de 1845 estudiantes (928 varones y 917 mujeres) de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (1.° de ESO, n = 406; 2.° de ESO, n = 390; 3.° de ESO, n = 364, 4.° de ESO,...

Purpose: New ways of teaching have been under consideration over the last decade. Thus, this study aims to examine the effects of an interdisciplinary educational approach integrating physical education and mathematics on light and moderate–vigorous physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior, and learning subtraction. Method: Forty-six first-grade...

Uno de los principales objetivos de los docentes de Educación Física es aumentar la motivación del alumnado durante sus clases, puesto que dicho efecto podría tener repercusiones directas en la adhesión a la práctica de actividad física durante toda la vida. Esta investigación explora la relación entre las metas de logro 3x2 y la autonomía en el co...

Research on emotional intelligence (EI) and its relationship with motivational and health factors in educational contexts is scarce. The objectives of this study were three: (a) to explore emotional intelligence profiles of adolescents; (b) to examine how these profiles relate to different types of motivation, basic psychological needs, friendship...

Hace más de 350.000 años, el ser humano comenzó a expresar ideas, sentimientos y emociones a través de las posibilidades motrices de su cuerpo; por aquel entonces centradas en gestos, danzas y rituales religiosos. Si bien la expresión corporal comprende un abanico mucho más amplio de prácticas y modalidades, en los últimos años el ser humano ha ado...

Innovation in Physical Education (PE) implies to search different ways to improve the quality of the educational process. The Sport Education Model (SEM) is a pedagogical approach that allows students to get involve in sport learnings at the same time that they participate autonomously in cooperative teams. Despite of the multiple contents that hav...

The aim was to investigate individual variation of SRL in PE classes, examining the role of emotional intelligence (EI), and its impact on levels of moderateto-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in leisure time. These relations were initially tested in a cross-sectional study (Study 1) and a sample of students from secondary education (245 students;...

Background: Given the lack of measuring instruments, we aimed to develop and validate a scale to assess the classroom responsibility climate fostered by the teacher and the students in different school subject lessons. Method: 810 students from all secondary education years agreed to participate. Data were obtained from three different subjects: Ma...

El grave problema del sedentarismo infantil y las consecuencias que supone para la salud ha propiciado que en los últimos años se haya reclamado un aumento de horas de Educación Física (EF) semanal. Varias propuestas han tratado de paliar los efectos de la inactividad física con intervenciones encaminadas a aumentar los niveles de actividad física...

Watching soccer can be a source of leisure and enjoyment. However, the behaviour of some spectators is a concern that might be related to competitive sport and its handling by the mass media. This study analysed the relationship between the exposure to soccer in the media and the spectators’ moral functioning. Participants were college students (N...

Hace más de 350.000 años, el ser humano comenzó a expresar ideas, sentimientos y emociones a través de las posibilidades motrices de su cuerpo; por aquel entonces centradas en gestos, danzas y rituales religiosos. Si bien la expresión corporal comprende un abanico mucho más amplio de prácticas y modalidades, en los últimos años el ser humano ha ado...

En el presente estudio se probó por primera vez un modelo construido a partir de las diferencias intraindividuales en la percepción de los estudiantes de Educación Física sobre el Clima de mejora, la Competencia percibida, la Motivación intrínseca y el Esfuerzo antes y después de una competición deportiva tradicional de atletismo de 1000 metros. La...

Self-determination theory has emerged as one of the most important theoretical frameworks to explain motivation in the context of physical education within school systems. The authors propose a new circular, longitudinal, feedback model to complement Vallerand’s (1997) hierarchical model. To test this new approach, Epstein’s TARGET strategies (Epst...

Background: Understanding intra-individual change is a key question when studying causality between variables. The fi rst objective was to examine, using the technique of true intra-individual change (TIC, Δ) for the fi rst time, the motivational sequence proposed by Vallerand (1997), ΔCo-operative learning 􀀅 ΔRelatedness 􀀅 ΔIntrinsic motivation 􀀅...

The goal was to assess the connections between vigorous physical activity (VPA), approach-avoidance temperament and depressive symptoms. Two studies were conducted. Study 1, correlational, to assess the mediating role of both dimensions of temperament, approach-avoidance contrast, between physical activity and depressive symptoms. Participants, 335...

This study was designed to validate an incremental test predicting maximum oxygen uptake for lifeguards. A maximum incremental test was performed in the laboratory (i.e., treadmill run) and in the pool (i.e., swim) by 10 certified lifeguards. The values of maximum oxygen uptake (VO2Max), maximum heart rate (HRMax), and lactate (LaMax) achieved duri...

Se persiguen tres objetivos: (a) analizar las diferencias relativas a la edad y sexo en las metas de logro 3x2, metas de amistad, y afectividad en Educación Física, (b) estudiar las relaciones entre esas variables, y (c) explorar el valor predictivo de las metas de logro 3x2 y amistad sobre la afectividad. La muestra estuvo formada por 1610 alumnos...

This is the first study that addresses the relationship between 3 × 2 achievement goals, which are built based on the way of understanding the competence, and the satisfaction of the psychological need for competence in schoolchildren. The sample consists of 263 (133 men and 130 women, M = 12.40, SD = .49). Three measurements are taken over two yea...

Background: The objective was to analyze the joint profiles of social goals (responsibility, relation and friendship) and 2 x 2 achievement goals, and the pattern of their relationship with the motivation types of the self-determination continuum in Physical Education settings. Method: The sample consisted of 516 Secondary Education students (26...

Los objetivos fueron dos: (a) reexaminar la validez estructural del cuestionario de metas de logro 3x2 y de la escala de inteligencia emocional en Educación Física y, (b) estudiar el patrón de relaciones entre metas de logro 3x2, inteligencia emocional y relación con los demás. Una muestra de 1689 estudiantes participaron en el estudio (M=13.25; DT...

Resumen Este es el primer estudio que aborda la relación entre las metas de logro 3 × 2, que se construyen con base en el modo de entender la competencia, y la satisfacción de la necesidad psicológica de competencia en jóvenes escolares. La muestra está formada por 263 personas (133 varones y 130 mujeres; M = 12.40, DT = .49). Se toman tres medidas...

La violencia en el fútbol es un grave problema social. Algunas de sus manifestaciones están relacionadas con el espectáculo deportivo y su tratamiento en los medios de comunicación. La finalidad de este estudio ha sido analizar las propiedades psicométricas de dos escalas en español que miden la meta-percepción de orientación de meta y el funcionam...

Soccer violence is a serious social problem. Some of its manifestations are related to competitive sport and its treatment by the mass media. The purpose of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of two Spanish scales which measure the metaperception of goal orientation and moral functioning in soccer spectators. Participants (N = 61...

This research had two goals: a) examine the construct validity of the 3×2 Motivational Climate Questionnaire for Physical Education, and b) assess the relations among the six structures of motivational climate and relevant consequences. In study 1, 192 secondary students participated (M = 15.57 years). Confirmatory factorial analysis strongly suppo...

It is widely acknowledged that physical activity can play a potentially important role in enhancing public health. However, rapid and significant decreases in physical activity practice occur during adolescence. Elements such as parents’ perceptions of their children competence, children’s self-perceptions of competence and motivation appear to be...

The goal was to compare the achievement goal profile and the motivational regulations of one world-class and two high-level athletes during their preparation for the Rio Olympic Games. Method: Three kayakers from the Spanish Olympic team participated. One (P1)and two (P2) were high-level athletes: fi nalists at the World and European championships,...

Resumen: Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo encontrar evidencias de validez factorial y fiabilidad del Sport Imagery Ability Questionnaire SIAQ (Williams y Cumming, 2011) en una versión traducida al castellano y denominada Cuestionario de Habilidad de Imaginería en el Deporte (CHID). Evalúa la facilidad a la hora de generar imágenes de diferente...