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Research Group on Sport Psychology Research Unit - UIPD

Description

The Sport Psychology Research Unit (UIPD) is an interdisciplinary group made up of specialists in Social Psychology, Clinical and Health Psychology, Psychological Assessment and Sport Sciences. In this way, the research carried out by this Unit is carried out from a multidisciplinary perspective.

The UIPD studies the psychosocial correlates of the optimal development of people, especially children and adolescents, in two main contexts, sport and education. The interrelationships between different psychosocial variables (i.e., motivation, self, values, self-efficacy, attribution) and some indicators of optimal development (i.e., lifestyles related to health, well-being, and performance) are analysed.

The main objective of this research group is to study the motivation of individuals in achievement contexts. More specifically, to explore the processes that favour both involvement in and adherence to activities and the development of well-being. Ultimately, we work to bring theoretical and research knowledge closer to the applied world by developing tools that enable the creation of positive climates that favour optimal development and well-being.

Goals CT
  • To explore the characteristics of teenagers' lifestyles and their psychosocial correlates.
  • To study the relationships between motivational processes in achievement contexts and performance, well-being and health behaviours.
  • To explore the motivational processes that favour involvement in activities, adherence to activities, and the development of well-being.
Research lines
  • Health-related lifestyles in adolescence

    The main goal of this line of research is to analyse the characteristics of teenage lifestyles, exploring their psychosocial correlates, with the purpose of promoting healthy behaviours.

  • Psychosocial correlates of performance and satisfaction in sport

    This line of research explores the psychosocial processes, such as self-efficacy, confidence, self-concept, attributions, etc., that contribute to sport performance and satisfaction with the sport experience.

  • Motivational processes in achievement contexts

    The goal is to study the relationships between the motivational processes that occur in school and sport contexts and the performance, well-being and health behaviours of adolescents, in order to optimise these processes and their effects by promoting positive environments.

Management
  • BALAGUER SOLA, ISABEL
  • PDI-Emerit/a Universitat
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Members
  • ALVAREZ SOLVES, JOSE OCTAVIO
  • PDI-Titular d'Universitat
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  • CASTILLO FERNANDEZ, ISABEL MARIA
  • PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
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  • MARTINEZ GONZALEZ, NATALIA
  • Alumn.-Servei de Formacio Permanent
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  • PONS CAÑAVERAS, DIANA
  • PDI-Titular d'Universitat
  • Vicedega/Vicedegana / Vicedirector/a Ets
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Collaborators
  • TOMAS MARCO, MARIA INES
  • PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
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Non-UV research staff

Contributors

  • Maria Salette Marentes Castillo - Autonomous University of Nuevo León (Mexico). 

Work team

  • Mª Ángeles Atiénzar Martínez - Valencia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Scientific production by UV researcher
  • BALAGUER SOLA, ISABEL
    PDI-Emerit/a Universitat
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  • CASTILLO FERNANDEZ, ISABEL MARIA
    PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
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  • MARTINEZ GONZALEZ, NATALIA
    Alumn.-Servei de Formacio Permanent
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  • TOMAS MARCO, MARIA INES
    PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
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Associated structure
Contact group details
Sport Psychology Research Group (UIPD)

Blasco Ibáñez Campus

Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 21

46010 València (Valencia)

+34 963 864 572

Geolocation

www.uv.es/uipd

isabel.balaguer@uv.es

Contact people
  • BALAGUER SOLA, ISABEL
  • PDI-Emerit/a Universitat
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