Sports motivation in athletes in the face of psychosocial risk and pandemic due to COVID 19

In this chapter, the reader will discover the importance of motivation in general and sports through a tour of the most critical theories in the field. Furthermore, we present the experiences of a group of young athletes during the quarantine due to the covid-19 pandemic in the Republic of Pan...

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Autores Principales: Matus, Ericka, Matus, Lorena, Molino, Jay
Formato: Artículo
Idioma: Inglés
Publicado: Sport Psychology in Sports, Exercise and Physical Activity 2021
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Acceso en línea: http://repositorio2.udelas.ac.pa/handle/123456789/534
Sumario: In this chapter, the reader will discover the importance of motivation in general and sports through a tour of the most critical theories in the field. Furthermore, we present the experiences of a group of young athletes during the quarantine due to the covid-19 pandemic in the Republic of Panama. Also, the reader will be able to identify the psychosocial risk variables and how sports is a mitigation factor for covid-19.