Relationship between Physical Activity, Mediterranean Diet and Emotional Intelligence in Spanish Primary Education Students

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Title: Relationship between Physical Activity, Mediterranean Diet and Emotional Intelligence in Spanish Primary Education Students
Authors: Daniel Sanz-Martín, Félix Zurita-Ortega, Pilar Puertas-Molero, Rafael Caracuel-Cáliz, José Manuel Alonso-Vargas, Eduardo Melguizo-Ibáñez
Source: Children, Vol 10, Iss 10, p 1663 (2023)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Pediatrics
Subject Terms: out-of-school physical activity, diet, emotional attention, emotional clarity, emotional repair, young people, Pediatrics, RJ1-570
More Details: There is an international social concern about the low levels of physical activity among young people. It is essential to know what factors influence the practice of physical activity in order to design effective proposals for health promotion. The study aims to: (1) classify primary school students according to their levels of out-of-school physical activity, Mediterranean diet, emotional attention, emotional clarity and emotional repair; (2) analyse descriptively and correlationally the adolescents’ profiles of out-of-school physical activity, Mediterranean diet and emotional attention, clarity and repair. The study design was cross-sectional and descriptive–correlational. The sample consisted of 293 children aged 10–12 years in Granada (Spain). An ad hoc socio-academic questionnaire, the KIDMED test and the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24) were used for data collection. Four clusters were identified by the Ward’s method and participants were classified using the K-means method. Subsequently, cluster classification was validated through the MANOVA test (F (861) = 106.12; p ≤ 0.001; f = 1.95). The strongest correlation was obtained in cluster 1 between emotional clarity and emotional repair (r = 0.56; p ≤ 0.01). In conclusion, the mean values of time spent in out-of-school physical activity, Mediterranean diet, emotional attention, emotional clarity and emotional repair of students are adequate and vary according to sex. There are significant differences among the physical activity levels of all clusters, as well as among the emotional variables of attention, clarity and repair. In addition, the correlations between the variables studied vary in each cluster.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2227-9067
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/10/1663; https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9067
DOI: 10.3390/children10101663
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/58e422191cf54b37b80951b3f23d6f67
Accession Number: edsdoj.58e422191cf54b37b80951b3f23d6f67
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:22279067
DOI:10.3390/children10101663
Published in:Children
Language:English