Grup d'Investigació Social i Educativa de l'Activitat Física i l'Esport

L’article ““I Gave Up Football and I Had No Intention of Ever Going Back”: Retrospective Experiences of Victims of Bullying in Youth Sport”, signat per Xènia Ríos, Carles Ventura i Pau Mateu, ha estat publicat a Frontiers in Psychology.

Bullying is a global issue that, beyond school, is present in different social contexts, such as sport environments. The main objective of this study was to get to know the experiences of victims of bullying in sport throughout their youth sport training. Semi-structured interviews to four Spanish women and seven Spanish men were carried out, within an age range of 17–27 (Mage = 21 years, SD = 3.69). The following main themes were established by means of a hierarchical content analysis: (a) “bullying characterization,” (b) “dealing with bullying,” and (c) “consequences of bullying.” The results show the presence of physical, verbal and social bullying in the sport context, with the changing room being the space where this type of behavior is most frequently developed. Most victims show an internal attribution (self-blame) for the bullying event, related to their motor skills and their personal physical and psychological characteristics. Double victimization can be observed, at the sport club and at the educational center. Passive strategies are used to deal with the situation, while little support is shown by sport agents (teammates and coaches). The victims, as a consequence of the bullying experience, suffer from short and long-term negative effects on a psychosocial level. The study highlights the necessity to design and implement programs focused on the prevention, detection and intervention of bullying for sport organizations, bearing in mind all the agents that make them up (coaches, management teams, families, and players). Furthermore, the importance of promoting the creation of safe sport environments, free from any kind of violence, is emphasized.

Ríos. X., Ventura. C. and Mateu. P. (2022) “I Gave Up Football and I Had No Intention of Ever Going Back”: Retrospective Experiences of Victims of Bullying in Youth Sport. Front. Psychol. 13:819981. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.819981

L’article “Volunteered Geographical Information and Recreational Uses within Metropolitan and Rural Contexts“, signat per Teresa Santos, Ricardo Nogueira Mendes, Estela I. Farías-Torbidoni, Rui Pedro Julião i Carlos Pereira da Silva, ha estat publicat a ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information.

Data obtained through Volunteered Geographical Information (VGI) have gradually been used to monitor and support planning mainly in urban contexts. Regarding recreational activities in peri-urban green and natural areas, VGI has been used to map, measure use intensity, profile users, and evaluate their preferences and motivations. Given their extensive use, it is now worthwhile to assess the value of VGI data to (1) compare recreational uses, profile users and map recreational activities in different contexts (metropolitan vs. rural areas), and (2) evaluate outdoor and adventure tourist products such as Grand Routes (GR). Data from former GPSies (AllTrails nowadays), one of the most popular web-share services, were used to assess recreational uses in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA) and southwest Portugal (SWPT). A set of 22,031 tracks of “on foot” and “on wheels” activities, submitted by 3297 national and foreign users, covering 12 years, was analysed within a GIS modelling environment. Results indicate that, although there are many more submissions in the LMA, the influence of foreigners in the SWPT is higher (11% vs. 19%). The existing GR in SWPT concentrates the foreign use for hiking (71% of foreign vs. 28% of national users), demonstrating its attractiveness. For the favourite activity in both areas—Mountain biking—results show a higher spatial dispersion, yet part of the activity in SWPT still conforms to the GR (16% of foreign and 20% of national use). This study proves other applications for VGI, showing its usefulness for assessing recreational uses in both metropolitan and rural areas. Spatial knowledge about recreational uses is a valuable tool to evaluate and monitor such activities, and to know what users like to do, and where, and is also useful information when designing recreational products considering their tourist potential, thus adding value to these offers

Santos, T.; Mendes, R.N.; Farías-Torbidoni, E.I.; Julião, R.P.; Pereira da Silva, C. Volunteered Geographical Information and Recreational Uses within Metropolitan and Rural Contexts. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2022, 11, 144. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11020144

L’article “The potential benefits of water sports for health and well-being in marine protected areas: a case study in the Mediterranean“, signat per Josep Lloret, Sílvia Gómez, Míriam Rocher, Arnau Carreño, Joan San i Eduard Inglés, ha estat publicat a Annals of Leisure Research.

Non-motorized water sports requiring physical efforts such as swimming, scuba diving, kayaking, sailing and surfing are becoming increasingly popular in Mediterranean marine protected areas (MPAs). This research investigates the relationship between these types of water sports and practitioners’ psychological and mental health. It takes the MPAs of Cap de Creus and Gulf of Roses (north-western Mediterranean) as a case study and is underpinned by a literature review and in-depth interviews with specialized water sports instructors. Results provide evidence that doing non-motorized water sports in the sea has positive outcomes for practitioners’ physical and mental health. When done in well-preserved areas, these sports may be a viable tool for both wellness and health recovery, and could be introduced in the community as a preventative and rehabilitation health strategy. This should be accompanied by strategies to address the ecological impacts these sports may have on MPAs.

Lloret, J., Gómez, S., Rocher, M., Carreño, A., San J., & Inglés, E. (2021). The potential benefits of water sports for Health and well-being in marine protected areas: a case study in the Mediterranean. Annals of Leisure Research. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2021.2015412

Recentment ha estat publicat l’Informe Tècnic de Resultats derivat del “2º Estudio sobre el Perfil del Barranquista en España” signat per Marínez Cerón, A, Seguí Urbaneja, J. i Farias-Torbidoni, E.I.

En el projecte han col·laborat la Fedme – Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada, l’INEFC Lleida i el Grup d’Investigació Social i Educativa de l’Activitat Física i l’Esport (GISEAFE).

L’informe es troba disponible al següent enllaç. 

Martínez Cerón, A., Seguí Urbaneja, J., Farias-Torbidoni, E.I. 2021. Estudio sobre el perfil del barranquista en España 2021. FEDME, 40 páginas.

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