The principles of motor learning have been applied in neurological rehabilitation for years. The underlying assumption is that these principles that have been identified in research on healthy individuals would also apply to those with neurological disorders, making them highly relevant for rehabilitation. However, there is currently no tool dedicated to evaluating motor learning abilities, that refers to procedural perceptual-motor learning (PPML) abilities, before rehabilitation. To address this gap, we created a new tool assessing PPML (EVALuation de l’APprentissage Procedural [EVAL_APP]), based on two experimental tasks known to assess motor sequence learning and visuomotor adaptation. The study aimed to determine whether this tool is suitable for clinical practice and meets care needs by conducting a cross-sectional online survey of psychomotor and occupational therapists in France. The results show that professionals are interested in measuring PPML, and over half of them indicated that they would use the tool. Participants who felt trained about PPML responded positively to the relevance of PPML assessment and to the future use of the EVAL_APP tool. While some parameters of the EVAL_APP tool are well adjusted, others may need improvement to be adapted for children with neurodevelopmental disorders, including Developmental Coordination Disorder. The results are encouraging for pursuing the conception of the new tool by considering the opinion of professionals specialized in pediatric rehabilitation.

Effectively managing their athletic and academic projects is a major challenge for student-athletes. The salience of the identity they develop in each of these contexts can affect their well-being and is therefore an important variable to consider. Examining these mechanisms in countries and student-athlete support systems other than the United States is also important. This study aims to both translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of a French version of the Academic and Athletic Identity Scale, the AAIS-FR, and to examine the additive and interactive relationships of the two identities with sport burnout and engagement. Participants were 359 French student-athletes (50.42% female) who were competing at various levels (ranging from regional to international). Results from analyses using a slightly modified version of the original scale provided evidence of construct (i.e., factor structure) and concurrent (i.e., expected relationships between both identities and several correlates identified in previous work) validity, as well as reliability (i.e., internal consistency) and invariance across gender and sport competition levels of the AAIS-FR. In addition, regression analyses revealed a favourable relationship between athletic identity and sport well-being (i.e., positive with engagement and negative with burnout), no relationship between academic identity and sport well-being, and no interaction between the two identities. While further research is needed to provide additional evidence for the validity of the AAIS-FR, researchers can still use this tool to measure the salience of the two identities of French-speaking student-athletes.

L’objectif de cet article est d’exposer les éléments présentés lors du colloque « Des critiques du sport : controverses interdisciplinaires » (Strasbourg, 4-5 novembre 2021). Le Modèle développemental de la participation sportive (MDPS ; Côté, 1999 ; Côté et al ., 2007) présente les caractéristiques des programmes sportifs qui favorisent la participation continue et le développement personnel des jeunes sportif·ves. Ce modèle a permis d’identifier les conséquences négatives de la spécialisation précoce, en particulier le burn-out sportif (Isoard-Gautheur et al ., 2016). Ce dernier peut être conceptualisé comme un syndrome comportant trois dimensions interreliées mais distinctes : le sentiment d’accomplissement réduit, l’épuisement physique et les sentiments négatifs envers le sport (Isoard-Gautheur et al ., 2018). Gustafsson, Kenttä et Hassmén (2011) ont proposé un modèle intégrateur et explicatif du burn-out sportif. Ce modèle a permis d’identifier les antécédents majeurs, les signes précurseurs, les conséquences du burn-out et les facteurs liés à la personnalité, aux stratégies de coping et à l’environnement qui pourraient être considérés comme des antécédents et/ou des modérateurs. Dans ce modèle, le cumul du rôle de sportif·ve et d’élève a été identifié comme un antécédent potentiel du burn-out chez les jeunes sportif·ves. La présentation de ces différents éléments théoriques et empiriques permettra de proposer des pistes d’intervention pour la prévention du burn-out sportif chez les jeunes sportif·ves.

Background. Few studies have mobilised interdisciplinary approaches to study the factors associated with daily mobility in a multi-level perspective.Objective. To investigate individual, sociodemographic and mobility-related factors of active and sustainable mobility (walking and biking, public transportation and carpooling)., and to identify factors that are specific to the local area.Methods. Based on a mixed-methods design, we conducted an online survey (N=538, 54.83% of women), three focus groups (n=9, 3 women), and eight individual interviews (5 women). The survey assessed the percentage of active mobility during a typical week, and examined mobility-related (e.g., main travel motive, density of residence), sociodemographic (gender, number of children under 12 years), and individual (intention towards active mobility, green identity) levers and obstacles to active and sustainable mobility using multiple linear regressions. Interviews and focus groups were carried with experts in mobility and car drivers intending to reduce their car use and living in Grenoble Metropolitan Area (France) to further understand levers and obstacles specific to this area. Qualitative data was analysed using a reflexive thematic analysis.Results. The quantitative study highlighted that mobility-related (having a transport pass, doing trips for leisure or volunteer activities), sociodemographic (having children of 12 years and older), and individual ones (attitudes towards the car, active mobility habits, perceived physical health) were independently associated to active and sustainable mobility. So far, no significant interactions between these factors were observed. The qualitative study highlighted some Grenoble metropolitan area’s specific mobility-related factors such as the fact of living in the mountains as being an obstacle to active and sustainable mobility.Conclusions. Active and sustainable mobility was related to individual, sociodemographic and mobility-related levers and obstacles. The results indicate the importance of studying behaviour as the result of a complex system composed of factors from multiple levels, and the importance of using a national and a local sample to better identify local levers and obstacles.

Evidence shows that people with strong physical activity habits tend to engage in more physical activity than those with weaker habits, but little is known about how habit influences specific types of physical activity. This study aimed to test whether mean level of habit strength and magnitude of the habit strength - behaviour association differed as a function of physical activity modality. Participants (N = 120; M age = 25 years, 75% female) who reported engaging in organised sport separately reported their habit strength for organised sport and leisure time physical activity as well as the time they spent engaging in these physical activity behaviours. Means comparisons and multilevel modelling revealed that people had significantly stronger habit for organised sport than for leisure time physical activity. Crucially, no significant difference was found in the magnitude of the sport-habit and leisure-habit link. Post-hoc analyses revealed that habit was stronger for team sport compared to individual sport, but that there was no significant difference in sport-habit association between team and individual sports. Research should therefore focus on identifying the characteristics of team sports-based activity that are particularly conducive to habit formation as a precursor to developing interventions to promote performance of leisure time activity in a way that would attain such characteristics.

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Background: Between March and May 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led governments to take specific lockdown measures. Investigations have defined obesity as a risk factor for disease severity, but none has addressed the effects of lockdown on psychological well-being and physical activity in this population. The objective of the study was to analyze the evolution (before vs. during lockdown) of well-being and physical activity among French adult women living with overweight or obesity. Methods: 250 women, divided into 5 Body Mass Index (BMI) categories (healthy weight, overweight, obesity I, II or III), provided online information concerning their self-perceived psychological well-being and level of physical activity before and after one month (± 1 week) of lockdown. Results: This study shows that BMI is a factor that is associated with well-being and physical activity. Compared to women with a healthy weight who significantly increased their level of physical activity, those living with overweight or obesity perceived a significant decrease in psychological well-being, positive affect, and physical exercise. Conclusions: This study highlights the importance of taking into account the well-being and active behavior of women living with overweight or obesity during any lockdown period that could occur in future pandemics.