Abstract
BackgroundPracticing physical activity in a natural environment has various benefits that make it an ideal setting to develop healthy behaviors and thereby diminish unhealthy habits. The objective of this study was to develop and verify an explicative model for motivational climate in sport, considering its potential influence on alcohol and tobacco consumption.MethodsThe study included 2273 adolescents from Granada (Spain), analyzing motivational climate (PMCSQ-2), alcohol consumption (AUDIT) and tobacco consumption (FTND). Multi-group structural equation modeling was conducted, yielding an excellent fit (χ2 = 168.170; gl = 32; p = 0.00; CFI = 0.972; NFI = 0.966; IFI = 0.972; RMSEA = 0.045).ResultsThe main findings were: a negative relationship between task climate and alcohol consumption among students practicing physical activities in a natural environment; a positive relationship between ego climate and alcohol consumption among those practicing other types of physical activity; and a positive and direct relationship between alcohol and tobacco consumption, which was stronger among those who did not practice physical activity in a natural environment.ConclusionWe conclude that physical-sport activity practiced in nature is a key to acquiring healthy patterns characterized by intrinsic motivations in sport and lower consumption of harmful substances.
Highlights
Adolescence represents a key stage in the development and acquisition of healthy and/or harmful habits that will endure throughout adulthood (Urrutia-Pereira et al, 2017)
It has been found a negative relationship between the levels of physical activity and the consumption of alcohol and tobacco, showing benefits at a physical, psychological and social level (Donoghue et al, 2017; Lewis et al, 2017)
It is necessary to promote habits related to the practice of physical activity in children and adolescents towards in order to create healthy patterns that could be repeated in adulthood and avoid the development of maladaptative behaviors (Hatano et al, 2017; Montero-Duarte et al, 2019)
Summary
Adolescence represents a key stage in the development and acquisition of healthy and/or harmful habits that will endure throughout adulthood (Urrutia-Pereira et al, 2017). Most of the research proposes the practice of healthy physical activity as a main alternative to these harmful habits (Barrett et al, 2017) It has been found a negative relationship between the levels of physical activity and the consumption of alcohol and tobacco, showing benefits at a physical, psychological and social level (Donoghue et al, 2017; Lewis et al, 2017). For these reasons, it is necessary to promote habits related to the practice of physical activity in children and adolescents towards in order to create healthy patterns that could be repeated in adulthood and avoid the development of maladaptative behaviors (Hatano et al, 2017; Montero-Duarte et al, 2019). The objective of this study was to develop and verify an explicative model for motivational climate in sport, considering its potential influence on alcohol and tobacco consumption
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