A pandemia do COVID-19 modificou o cronograma de atividades propostas para o ano letivo de 2020-21, a partir da substituição das aulas presenciais pelo ensino remoto emergencial (ERE). Para os professores do ensino superior, embora as boas práticas de ensino sejam uma preocupação constante das universidades, surgiram desafios diante do modo repentino de transição e implementação do ERE. Nesse sentido, este estudo objetivou investigar as principais dificuldades encontradas por docentes do ensino superior no Brasil, frente ao ERE durante a pandemia de COVID-19. A coleta de dados ocorreu entre dezembro de 2020 e fevereiro de 2021, utilizando-se um questionário eletrônico constituído por 21 questões objetivas. Participaram do estudo 234 docentes. Deste total, 77,4% dos participantes apresentaram dificuldades durante o processo de adaptação para o ERE, sendo estas relacionadas a falta de capacitação ou de recursos tecnológicos por parte das instituições; problemas com o uso de tecnologias digitais (ferramentas e softwares); influência de dificuldades psicológicas; dificuldades associadas à burocracia administrativa ou com Segurança de Dados. Elucida-se que a transição deve ser realizada com planejamento e investimento na formação adequada dos professores, para que a educação em contexto virtual alcance o mesmo sucesso dos encontros presenciais.

Para frear o vírus da COVID-19, que afetou mais de 775 milhões de pessoas, medidas restritivas causaram isolamento. Em decorrência, a exclusão social e solidão, atrelada a inatividade física, podem afetar negativamente o aspecto biopsicossocial dos isolados. Evidências sugerem que a inatividade física está associada a desordens mentais e insatisfação corporal. O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar e identificar os níveis de atividade física, humor e a percepção da imagem corporal de universitários durante a pandemia. Participaram do estudo 293 universitários (21,55 ± 3,65 anos), sendo 162 mulheres e 131 homens. Os alunos responderam um formulário on-line com três instrumentos: International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Escala de Humor de Brunel (BRUMS) e Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ). Os resultados indicam diferenças significativas (p<0,05) na Depressão entre grupos sedentário e ativo, e minimamente ativo e ativo. Similarmente, no Vigor, diferenças foram observadas entre grupos sedentário e ativo, sedentário e minimamente ativo, e minimamente ativo e ativo, e em Confusão, entre grupos minimamente ativo e ativo. No Distúrbio Total de Humor, diferenças ocorreram entre sedentário e ativo, e minimamente ativo e ativo (p<0,05). Sem diferenças significativas na percepção de imagem corporal entre grupos. Os achados indicam que a pandemia provocou alterações emocionais em todos os grupos, mas aqueles que se mantiveram ativos fisicamente, demonstraram menores índices de Depressão, Fadiga e Confusão, além de maior Vigor, comparado aos sedentários.

The regular practice of physical exercise is often associated with promoting benefits for practitioners. In recent decades, street running has become popular worldwide, with most participants being amateur runners who engage in the activity as a means of promoting quality of life. Among the psychological aspects related to exercise, studies have shown that some individuals may become susceptible to “exercise dependence,” a condition in which exercise takes a central role in a person’s life. As a result, individuals may exhibit characteristics such as: excessive training; injuries; weight control issues; withdrawal symptoms when unable to exercise; and even problems in social relationships, when exercise is exclusively prioritized. Background/Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate and analyze levels of susceptibility to running dependence and its relationship with exercise volume and mood states (tension, depression, anger, vigor, fatigue, and mental confusion). Methods: This was a quantitative cross-sectional study involving 761 regular Brazilian runners (59.8% male and 40.2% female) who consented to participate and answered the Sociodemographic Questionnaire, the Escala de Dependência de Corrida (EDC), a Brazilian Portuguese adaptation of the Negative Addiction Scale (NAS), and the Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS). The analysis plan was conducted through descriptive statistics (mean; standard deviation; median; 1st and 3rd quartiles; interquartile range and 95% confidence intervals) and inferential statistics (Spearman’s Correlation and Kruskal-Wallis Test). In all tests, the significance level adopted was p<0.05. Results: The sample was divided into three groups of susceptibility to exercise dependence: low (37.6%), moderate (36.4%), and high (26%). Scores indicative of exercise dependence showed positive correlations with practice volume variables (years of experience and weekly days, time, and mileage) and the mood factors of vigor and tension. Comparisons made using the Kruskal-Wallis Test revealed significant differences between the groups, as higher levels of susceptibility to dependence were positively associated with higher running volumes and vigor scores. Conclusions: Indicators of exercise dependence were positively related to positive mood, indicating mental health among the assessed sample.

The regular practice of physical exercise is often associated with promoting benefits for practitioners. In recent decades, street running has become popular worldwide, with most participants being recreational runners who engage in the activity primarily to promote health, well-being, leisure, and quality of life, although some also participate with competitive goals. Among the psychological aspects related to exercise, studies have shown that some individuals may become susceptible to “exercise dependence,” a condition in which exercise takes a central role in a person’s life. As a result, individuals may exhibit characteristics such as excessive training, injuries; weight control issues, withdrawal symptoms when unable to exercise and even problems in social relationships when exercise is exclusively prioritized. Background/Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate and analyze levels of susceptibility to running dependence and its relationship with exercise volume and mood states (tension, depression, anger, vigor, fatigue, and mental confusion). Methods: This was a quantitative cross-sectional study involving 761 regular Brazilian runners (59.8% male and 40.2% female) who consented to participate and answered the Sociodemographic Questionnaire, the Escala de Dependência de Corrida (EDC), a Brazilian Portuguese adaptation of the Negative Addiction Scale (NAS), and the Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS). The analysis plan was conducted through descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, median, 1st and 3rd quartiles, interquartile range, and 95% confidence intervals) and inferential statistics (Spearman’s Correlation and Kruskal–Wallis Test). In all tests, the significance level adopted was p < 0.05. Results: The sample was divided into three groups of susceptibility to exercise dependence: low (37.6%), moderate (36.4%), and high (26%). Scores indicative of greater susceptibility to exercise dependence showed positive correlations with running practice volume (years of experience, weekly training frequency, weekly training duration, and weekly mileage), as well as with vigor. Although a statistically significant correlation was also observed for tension, its magnitude was trivial (rs = 0.080). Comparisons using the Kruskal–Wallis test showed that higher susceptibility levels were associated with greater running volumes and higher raw vigor scores, whereas no significant group differences were observed for the remaining mood states. Conclusions: Higher susceptibility to exercise dependence was associated with greater running volume and higher raw vigor scores. No consistent associations were observed with negative mood states, except for a trivial correlation with tension. These findings suggest that greater susceptibility to exercise dependence among runners was primarily associated with higher raw vigor scores rather than with broader alterations in mood states.