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The present study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status and dietary intake of physical exercise practitioners exclusively at weekends. In the data collection, a standardized food frequency questionnaire and another one with multiple choice questions pertinent to the subject were applied in order to better understand the habits of the practitioners and the use of dietary supplements. It has been observed through food consumption that there is a good distribution of food groups according to the data provided by the food frequency and that most of the practitioners are in the overweight group according to the BMI. However, with the research it became clear that the means to seek results is an option the use of dietary supplements (70% of the sample) and that the goal of exercise is to have a healthier life habit. In the face of all the facts, it is indispensable to raise the awareness of the population of physical exercises on the indiscriminate and / or unnecessary use of nutritional supplements and that a balanced diet promotes all nutrients and energy sufficient to obtain a good physical form. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study investigated the effects of goal setting in the performance and adherence to the goal in experienced individuals. The study design was composed of a pretest, practice and a posttest. Thirteen collegiate-athletes (24.3±4.8 years old) was divided into two groups to perform three-meter-shots of basketball: G10% - which 10% of the performance in the pretest was added for the goal setting - and G30%, which 30% was added for the goal setting. After the last trial in the posttest, the participants answered a questionnaire of goal adherence. The expectation was that the higher percentage group would have worse performance and fewer adherences to the goal because the set goal was too difficult to achieve. Although we observed an improvement in the performance of both groups, no differences were found between them in the pre and posttest. However, G10% group showed higher frequency of adherence to the set goal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the study was to investigate the self-goal setting on the motor skill learning. Sixty undergraduates with no experience in the Bachman ladder task were recruited for this research. The phases of the design were: acquisition (10 blocks × 10 trials) and transfer (10 trials). Participants were randomly assigned into two groups (n= 30): self-goal setting and yoked. From the yoked group a third group was stratified, which involved those participant that, even with a goal externally set, self-set their own goal (n= 20). In the acquisition phase a Friedman's test was run in each experimental group to determine intragroup differences. In the transfer phase a Kruskal-Wallis test was carried out to check differences between groups. The results showed that for all groups there was increase in performance during acquisition phase. In the transfer test both self-goal setting groups were better than yoked group. It was concluded that when the learner sets his own goals, the process of motor learning became more effective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between achievement goals, anxiety, self-confidence and subjective well-being (positive and negative affect, and satisfaction with life) through path analysis. The sample consisted of 169 Brazilian athletes (140 males and 29 females), aged between 17 and 59 years, of different sports and competitive levels. The questionnaires TEOSQ, CSAI-2, EBES and SWLS were applied the day before the competition, on-site training of athletes. Main results partially demonstrated that anxiety and self-confidence mediated the relationship between motivational orientations and subjective well-being. Based on modification indices of the structural model, regression coefficients were specified between ego orientation and negative affect, and between task orientation and the positive dimensions of well-being (positive affect and satisfaction). Results were discussed taking into account the theoretical and practical implications of these relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purposes of the present study were twofold: (i) to examine the levels of sportsmanship and goal orientations in Physical Education students and (ii) to compare those same levels according to different sexes, ages and sport's involvement. A sample of 422 students (221 male and 201 female) with a mean age of 13.73±2.46 years (ages comprised between 9 and 21 years old), completed two questionnaires: a) the Questionnaire of Sport's Values and b) a Portuguese version of the Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire. In general, the students stated to display behaviors in sport's settings, according to the basic principles of sportsmanship and fair play. The independent variable that most contributed to a significant demarcation in Physical Education was the student's age, whilst those with ages between 13 and 15 years stating to not display sportsmanship behaviours and to posses high levels of ego orientation. Overall, we recommend that the sport's socialization agents should endorse the sportsmanship's principles deference, at their respective levels and in function of their intervention possibilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]