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Dr. Diana Amado
Centre for Sport Studies. Faculty of Juridical and Social Sciences, Physical Education Area. Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid.

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Review
Published: 19 February 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Physical inactivity is a major concern and poor adherence to exercise programs is often reported. The aim of this paper was to systematically review published reviews on the study of adherence to physical exercise in chronic patients and older adults and to identify those adherence-related key factors more frequently suggested by reviews for that population. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed. Results were classified considering the target population and participants’ characteristics to identify the most repeated factors obtained for each condition. Fifty-five articles were finally included. Fourteen key factors were identified as relevant to increase adherence to physical exercise by at least ten reviews: (a) characteristics of the exercise program, (b) involvement of professionals from different disciplines, (c) supervision, (d) technology, (e) initial exploration of participant’s characteristics, barriers, and facilitators, (f) participants education, adequate expectations and knowledge about risks and benefits, (g) enjoyment and absence of unpleasant experiences, (h) integration in daily living, (i) social support and relatedness, j) communication and feedback, (k) available progress information and monitoring, (l) self-efficacy and competence, (m) participant’s active role and n) goal setting. Therefore, adherence to physical exercise is affected by several variables that can be controlled and modified by researchers and professionals.

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Daniel Collado-Mateo; Ana Lavín-Pérez; Cecilia Peñacoba; Juan Del Coso; Marta Leyton-Román; Antonio Luque-Casado; Pablo Gasque; Miguel Fernández-Del-Olmo; Diana Amado-Alonso. Key Factors Associated with Adherence to Physical Exercise in Patients with Chronic Diseases and Older Adults: An Umbrella Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 2023 .

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Daniel Collado-Mateo, Ana Lavín-Pérez, Cecilia Peñacoba, Juan Del Coso, Marta Leyton-Román, Antonio Luque-Casado, Pablo Gasque, Miguel Fernández-Del-Olmo, Diana Amado-Alonso. Key Factors Associated with Adherence to Physical Exercise in Patients with Chronic Diseases and Older Adults: An Umbrella Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (4):2023.

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Daniel Collado-Mateo; Ana Lavín-Pérez; Cecilia Peñacoba; Juan Del Coso; Marta Leyton-Román; Antonio Luque-Casado; Pablo Gasque; Miguel Fernández-Del-Olmo; Diana Amado-Alonso. 2021. "Key Factors Associated with Adherence to Physical Exercise in Patients with Chronic Diseases and Older Adults: An Umbrella Review." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4: 2023.

Journal article
Published: 03 June 2020 in Sustainability
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A teacher-focused intervention that supports the needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness was designed and implemented, to help experienced teachers develop a motivational style during dance teaching sessions at school. Four schools in Mexico, with 12 physical education teachers and 921 pupils, participated in the research. A program was developed at the beginning with the teachers in the experimental group to support the psychological needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness. Both groups were assessed at the beginning and at the end of the program and the results showed that participants from the experimental group had an increase in their perception of autonomy, relatedness and self-determination levels towards dance teaching sessions at school compared with participants from the control group. In conclusion, teachers’ training is important to increase pupils’ motivation towards dance. Schools should focus on encouraging teachers’ “training in motivational strategies to create pupils’” adaptive behaviors.

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Diana Amado; Pablo Molero; Fernando Del Villar; Miguel Ángel Tapia-Serrano; Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel. Implementing a Teacher-Focused Intervention in Physical Education to Increase Pupils’ Motivation towards Dance at School. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4550 .

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Diana Amado, Pablo Molero, Fernando Del Villar, Miguel Ángel Tapia-Serrano, Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel. Implementing a Teacher-Focused Intervention in Physical Education to Increase Pupils’ Motivation towards Dance at School. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (11):4550.

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Diana Amado; Pablo Molero; Fernando Del Villar; Miguel Ángel Tapia-Serrano; Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel. 2020. "Implementing a Teacher-Focused Intervention in Physical Education to Increase Pupils’ Motivation towards Dance at School." Sustainability 12, no. 11: 4550.

Journal article
Published: 23 March 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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In childhood, the perception of body image is in the construction phase and emerges linked to the aesthetic ideals of society, which is well differentiated according to gender. In this way, according to people’s interpretations of the environment and how to manage it emotionally, greater or lesser body satisfaction may be generated, which could have irreversible consequences for children. Therefore, our interest lies in how body image satisfaction and gender can act as modulating variables of emotional intelligence in childhood, analyzing differences in the intrapersonal, interpersonal, stress management, adaptability, and mood dimensions of emotional intelligence, according to the degree of body image satisfaction and the child’s gender. A total of 944 Primary Education students selected by multistage cluster sampling, 548 boys and 396 girls aged between 9 and 12 years from different schools in Extremadura (Spain), participated in the research. The study design was descriptive, and questionnaires to measure emotional intelligence, self-perception, and body image satisfaction were used. An analysis of descriptive statistics, a Chi-square test to measure the variance/invariance of the participants’ distribution according to their satisfaction with body image and gender, and a MANOVA to determine the possible effects of satisfaction with body image as well as of gender on emotional intelligence were conducted. Regardless of gender, children who were satisfied with their body image showed higher interpersonal intelligence, greater adaptability, and better mood. With respect to gender, girls showed higher stress management than boys. Throughout Compulsory Education, it is necessary to promote campaigns imparted by specialists to prevent body image dissatisfaction, so that the benefits can reach the entire educational community (students, teachers, and parents). In this work, several possibilities are described to meet the demands of contemporary society.

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Diana Amado Alonso; Benito León-Del-Barco; Santiago Mendo-Lázaro; Damián Iglesias Gallego. Examining Body Satisfaction and Emotional–Social Intelligence among School Children: Educational Implications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 2120 .

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Diana Amado Alonso, Benito León-Del-Barco, Santiago Mendo-Lázaro, Damián Iglesias Gallego. Examining Body Satisfaction and Emotional–Social Intelligence among School Children: Educational Implications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (6):2120.

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Diana Amado Alonso; Benito León-Del-Barco; Santiago Mendo-Lázaro; Damián Iglesias Gallego. 2020. "Examining Body Satisfaction and Emotional–Social Intelligence among School Children: Educational Implications." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 6: 2120.

Journal article
Published: 21 January 2020 in Sustainability
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Previous researchers have found that low body satisfaction may be a barrier to engaging in physical activity. Therefore, this research examines the association between self-concept, body dissatisfaction, fitness, and weight status in adolescents. The sample was formed by 303 students from primary schools, (males (n = 150) and female (n = 153)) aged 10 to 13 years (M = 11.74; SD = 0.86). Initially, participants’ BMIs, as well as waist-to-hip ratio were assessed. Later, all individuals answered a questionnaire about their perception of self-concept and body image perception. Moreover, agility run test and 6-min walking test were developed to assess children’s physical fitness. Results showed self-concept differences according to different fitness level. Moreover, some factors from self-concept emerged as relevant to explain body dissatisfaction. Finally, outcomes suggest the importance of physical fitness and the perception of competence and self-esteem in adolescent boys and girls, so these two issues might be promoted in primary school classes to improve body satisfaction.

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Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel; Francisco Miguel Leo; Diana Amado Alonso; David Hortigüela-Alcalá; Miguel Angel Tapia-Serrano; Ernesto De La Cruz-Sánchez. Children’s Physical Self-Concept and Body Image According to Weight Status and Physical Fitness. Sustainability 2020, 12, 782 .

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Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel, Francisco Miguel Leo, Diana Amado Alonso, David Hortigüela-Alcalá, Miguel Angel Tapia-Serrano, Ernesto De La Cruz-Sánchez. Children’s Physical Self-Concept and Body Image According to Weight Status and Physical Fitness. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (3):782.

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Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel; Francisco Miguel Leo; Diana Amado Alonso; David Hortigüela-Alcalá; Miguel Angel Tapia-Serrano; Ernesto De La Cruz-Sánchez. 2020. "Children’s Physical Self-Concept and Body Image According to Weight Status and Physical Fitness." Sustainability 12, no. 3: 782.

Journal article
Published: 30 November 2019 in Journal of Human Kinetics
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The current study aimed to evaluate the determinant factors of athletes´ internal positive self-talk that might lead to decreased anxiety and increased performance. The sample consisted of 191 male and female athletes ranging in age from 14 to 35 years old. They played soccer, volleyball and basketball and they were cadets (43%), juniors (29.6 %) and adults (27.4%). Results showed that satisfaction of the basic psychological needs was the strongest predictor of positive self-talk or positive thoughts during competition. Specifically, perception of autonomy was the strongest predictor, because it positively predicted concentration, control of anxiety and instructions, followed by perception of competence, which positively predicted confidence. Finally, team sports coaches should promote perception of autonomy and competence in their athletes, with the aim of enhancing more positive self-talk in competition, which may promote a better performance.

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Diana Amado; Miryam Maestre; Carlos Montero-Carretero; Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel; Eduardo Cervelló. Associations Between Self-Determined Motivation, Team Potency, and Self-Talk in Team Sports. Journal of Human Kinetics 2019, 70, 245 -259.

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Diana Amado, Miryam Maestre, Carlos Montero-Carretero, Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel, Eduardo Cervelló. Associations Between Self-Determined Motivation, Team Potency, and Self-Talk in Team Sports. Journal of Human Kinetics. 2019; 70 (1):245-259.

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Diana Amado; Miryam Maestre; Carlos Montero-Carretero; Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel; Eduardo Cervelló. 2019. "Associations Between Self-Determined Motivation, Team Potency, and Self-Talk in Team Sports." Journal of Human Kinetics 70, no. 1: 245-259.

Journal article
Published: 18 March 2019 in Sustainability
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Aim: Taking into account Bar-On’s postulations about social-emotional intelligence, the aim of the current work is to find out the differences in the five dimensions of this intelligence between children that practice organized sport and those children that do not practice it at the elementary school level. Method: A randomly selected sample of 940 children from elementary schools, ranging in age from 6 to 12 years old, attending different schools from the Autonomous Community of Extremadura (Spain), was used. Results: The results showed that children who practiced organized sport had better abilities at the intrapersonal and interpersonal level, better adaptability and mood states, and greater emotional intelligence than those who did not. The findings regarding gender and age indicated greater values in girls of emotional intelligence, highlighting the interpersonal dimension, as well as mood state scores, whereas younger children showed greater intrapersonal intelligence and less stress management. Moreover, children who practiced for three or more hours per day had a greater ability to cope with stress than those children who practiced for fewer hours a day. Conclusions: To conclude, it is important to promote federative sport practice in elementary education in order to ensure that children learn to better regulate and manage their emotions.

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Diana Amado-Alonso; Benito León-Del-Barco; Santiago Mendo-Lázaro; Pedro A. Sánchez-Miguel; Damián Iglesias Gallego. Emotional Intelligence and the Practice of Organized Physical-Sport Activity in Children. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1615 .

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Diana Amado-Alonso, Benito León-Del-Barco, Santiago Mendo-Lázaro, Pedro A. Sánchez-Miguel, Damián Iglesias Gallego. Emotional Intelligence and the Practice of Organized Physical-Sport Activity in Children. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (6):1615.

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Diana Amado-Alonso; Benito León-Del-Barco; Santiago Mendo-Lázaro; Pedro A. Sánchez-Miguel; Damián Iglesias Gallego. 2019. "Emotional Intelligence and the Practice of Organized Physical-Sport Activity in Children." Sustainability 11, no. 6: 1615.

Preprint
Published: 15 October 2018
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Taking into account Bar-On’s postulations about social-emotional intelligence, the aim of the current work is to find out the differences in the five dimensions of this intelligence between children that practice organized sport and those children that do not practice it at elementary school level, to show that an increasing in the number of hours per day performing this activity causes differences in some of these dimensions. Hence, a sample of 940 children from elementary schools, ranging in age from 6 to 12 years old, attending different schools from the Autonomous Community of Extremadura (Spain), was used. Results showed that children who practiced organized sport had better coping abilities for stress, adaptability, and mood states, and that they are more emotionally intelligent than those who did not. Moreover, children who practiced for fewer hours daily (up to 2 hours) had better stress coping than those who practiced more. To conclude, it is important to promote the sport federative practice in elementary education, in order to ensure that children learn to better regulate and manage their emotions, without increasing it to an excessive number of hours per day, which may generate greater stress that might be difficult to control.

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Benito León; Santiago Mendo; Diana Amado; Pedro A. Sánchez; Damián Iglesias. Emotional Intelligence and Practice of Organized Physical-Sport Activity in Children. 2018, 1 .

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Benito León, Santiago Mendo, Diana Amado, Pedro A. Sánchez, Damián Iglesias. Emotional Intelligence and Practice of Organized Physical-Sport Activity in Children. . 2018; ():1.

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Benito León; Santiago Mendo; Diana Amado; Pedro A. Sánchez; Damián Iglesias. 2018. "Emotional Intelligence and Practice of Organized Physical-Sport Activity in Children." , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 08 August 2018 in Sustainability
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Background: The purpose of this study was to analyse the relation between the number of hours of organized sports practice and self-concept, considered from a multidimensional approach (physical, emotional, academic, social and family self-concept). The relation between these variables as a function of gender was also investigated. Methods: We used a sample of 840 students from fifth and sixth grade of Elementary Education (494 boys and 346 girls), aged 9 to 12 years, from Spain. To assess the students’ self-concept, we used the AF-5 Self-Concept Form 5 questionnaire. Results: The results show that children who practice organized sport, present a better physical self-concept (0 h a day [h/d]: M = 5.20, SD = 1.82; 1 h/d: M = 5.90, SD = 1.82; 2 h/d: M = 5.99, SD = 1.56; 3 h/d: M = 6.00, SD = 1.42). Boys present a higher emotional self-concept than girls (p < 0.05). Moreover, children’s sports practice is beneficial for the academic and family self-concept but in the case of girls, a high number of hours of daily practice may be decreasing these potential benefits. Conclusions: The findings suggest that organized sports practice could have a positive effect on self-concept. We underline the importance of encourage children to practice sport and paying particular attention to gender differences in the development of the emotional self-concept during elementary education.

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Diana Amado-Alonso; Santiago Mendo-Lázaro; Benito León-Del-Barco; Mario Mirabel-Alviz; Damián Iglesias-Gallego. Multidimensional Self-Concept in Elementary Education: Sport Practice and Gender. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2805 .

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Diana Amado-Alonso, Santiago Mendo-Lázaro, Benito León-Del-Barco, Mario Mirabel-Alviz, Damián Iglesias-Gallego. Multidimensional Self-Concept in Elementary Education: Sport Practice and Gender. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (8):2805.

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Diana Amado-Alonso; Santiago Mendo-Lázaro; Benito León-Del-Barco; Mario Mirabel-Alviz; Damián Iglesias-Gallego. 2018. "Multidimensional Self-Concept in Elementary Education: Sport Practice and Gender." Sustainability 10, no. 8: 2805.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2018 in Body Image
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Body dissatisfaction constitutes an important factor in the development of eating pathologies, particularly among dancers. The aim of this research was to test the factors that dancers identified as relevant to their body dissatisfaction using an exploratory mixed method design. Participants were 369 dancers from two Spanish dance conservatories. Questionnaires assessed body dissatisfaction, abnormal eating attitudes and behaviors, and risk factors to eating disorders in the dance domain. Nine factors were found; the “teacher”, the “uniform”, and the “mirrors” were the most common. Individuals with a greater likelihood of developing an eating disorder identified teacherś influence as a key factor in their body dissatisfaction. Specifically, ballet dancers were more likely to indicate that teachers were a negative influence compared to students in other dance genres (contemporary, flamenco, and Spanish dance). Programs to reduce negative body image and improve positive body image in dance conservatories are needed, specifically focusing on teachers.

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Ana García Dantas; Diana Amado Alonso; Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel; Carmen Del Río Sánchez. Factors Dancers Associate with their Body Dissatisfaction. Body Image 2018, 25, 40 -47.

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Ana García Dantas, Diana Amado Alonso, Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel, Carmen Del Río Sánchez. Factors Dancers Associate with their Body Dissatisfaction. Body Image. 2018; 25 ():40-47.

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Ana García Dantas; Diana Amado Alonso; Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel; Carmen Del Río Sánchez. 2018. "Factors Dancers Associate with their Body Dissatisfaction." Body Image 25, no. : 40-47.

Randomized controlled trial
Published: 23 March 2017 in PLOS ONE
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The current study reviews processes of teaching-learning based on creativity, with the application by teachers of several strategies to support the need for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The aim is to learn the effect of pupil’s gender on their motivational level and the psychological consequences that might arise in the cognitive, affective, and behavioural domains. A quasi-experimental study was carried out at four schools in Mexico, with 12 physical education teachers and 40 natural groups of pupils aged between 11 and 17 (M = 13.17). The groups were randomly assigned to either an experimental group (24 groups, 447 pupils) or a control group (16 groups, 474 pupils). A prior training programme was carried out with the teachers in the experimental group to enable them to support the psychological need for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Initial and final measurements were taken in both groups, and the results revealed that independently of the programme used, girls showed higher motivation and positive psychological consequences in the teaching of dance compared to the male participants. In conclusion, it is important to continue with research and set a methodology that addresses those differences, dedicating the necessary time and treatment to resolve their questions and necessities.

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Diana Amado; Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel; Pablo Molero. Creativity associated with the application of a motivational intervention programme for the teaching of dance at school and its effect on the both genders. PLOS ONE 2017, 12, e0174393 .

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Diana Amado, Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel, Pablo Molero. Creativity associated with the application of a motivational intervention programme for the teaching of dance at school and its effect on the both genders. PLOS ONE. 2017; 12 (3):e0174393.

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Diana Amado; Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel; Pablo Molero. 2017. "Creativity associated with the application of a motivational intervention programme for the teaching of dance at school and its effect on the both genders." PLOS ONE 12, no. 3: e0174393.