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Lines of research

 
  • Sport training and physical education contexts;
  • The processes of social influence through the analysis of the main agents of sport socialisation (i.e., parents, trainers, physical education teaching staff, and peers);
  • Motivational processes related to the practice of physical and sport activity;
  • Communicating values in sports;
  • Encouraging and promoting the positive development of young trainees;
  • The study and intervention of psychosocial variables (i.e. social identity, life skills, adherence to physical activity);
  • Health promotion through physical activity and sport in the general population (i.e. weight control strategies through physical activity and healthy eating);
  • Research and training in the pedagogical approach to physically active learning in schools.