RESUMO:Objetivou-se investigar o perfil de aptidão física relacionada à saúde de adolescentes de Florianópolis (SC). Participaram 108 adolescentes com 11,31 ± 0,54 anos, de ambos os sexos, de uma escola pública de Florianópolis (SC). Foram avaliadas a função cardiorrespiratória, força/resistência abdominal, flexibilidade e Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC). Os dados foram analisados pelo Teste Quiquadrado (X 2 ) ou Exato de Fisher (p < 0,05). A maioria dos adolescentes (75,7%) obteve classificação saudável na flexibilidade, com associação para o sexo feminino (p = 0,043), enquanto que na força/resistência abdominal 67,9% foram classificados na zona de risco, com tendência para meninos (p = 0,004). Na função cardiorrespiratória todos os adolescentes foram classificados na zona de risco e para o IMC a maioria foi considerada saudável. Os adolescentes de Florianópolis (SC) mostraram-se aptos nas avaliações de IMC e flexibilidade, com uma tendência de risco para meninos na flexibilidade. Para resistência abdominal e cardiorrespiratória o perfil dos adolescentes foi de risco, independente do sexo. PALAVRAS-CHAVE:Adolescente; Aptidão física; Saúde. PHYSICAL CAPACIT Y RELATED TO HEALTH IN ADOLESCENTSABSTRACT: Physical aptitude related to adolescents´ health in Florianópolis SC Brazil is investigated. One hundred and eight adolescents, aged 11.31 ± 0.54 years, males and females, from a public school in Florianópolis SC Brazil, participated by evaluating their cardio-respiratory function, abdominal strength/resistance, flexibility and Body Mass Index (BMI). Data were analyzed by χ 2 test or Fisher exact test (p<0.05). Most adolescents (75.7%) had a good classification for flexibility, associated to females (p=0.043), whereas 67.9% were classified within the risk zone in the abdominal strength/ resistance, with a trend for males (p=0.004). In the case of the cardiorespiratory function, all adolescents were classified within the risk zone whereas most were healthy for MBI. Adolescents evaluated were apt for MBI and flexibility evaluation with a risk trend for males in flexibility. Adolescents´ profile for abdominal and cardio-respiratory resistance was within a risk range, regardless of gender.

For a long time, competitive sport has focused only on aspects related to performance. However, studies in social psychology have indicated the importance of focusing on the human development of athletes, which can occur through training environments that promote psychological well-being. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the impact of the coach-athlete attachment style, mediated by the coach’s leadership style, on the mental toughness of athletes in the world beach volleyball context. Elite beach volleyball athletes (n = 65), participants of the World Tour 2018, were part of the study. The Coach-Athlete Attachment Scale (CAAS), Mental Toughness Index (MTI) and Leadership Scale for Sport (LSS) were used as instruments. For data analyses we used polychoric correlation and a bias-corrected factor score path analysis. Path analysis showed that perceived secure attachment was positively associated with athletes’ mental toughness (0.24; 0.31; 0.25), but leadership styles did not mediate this relationship. For athletes with anxious attachment profiles, the perception of autocratic leadership style was associated with athletes’ mental toughness (1.01; p = 0.03), when their interaction style is focused on coaching-instruction. It concludes that the secure attachment relationship can bring increases in levels of athletic mental toughness, whereas for athletes with insecure attachment, the autocratic style was shown to be associated with the highest levels of mental toughness.

Flow is a mental state characterized by total immersion and focus in an activity; performing it pleasurably. Such a state is considered optimal for performance. The present study analyzed the relationship between dispositional flow and performance in triathletes. The sample consisted of 328 athletes (294 males and 34 females; mean age of 37.42 ± 7.18 years) competing in the Ironman Brazil – Florianópolis – South American Championship 2017. Instruments were an identification sheet, the Dispositional Flow Scale (DFS-2) and athletes’ total race times. Data were analyzed using R, through the Shapiro–Wilk normality test, Mann–Whitney’s U, Spearman Correlation, and Network Analysis [Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO)], using strength, closeness, and betweenness as centrality measurements. Results show a positive correlation between age and practice time (r = 0.34), inverse relationship between practice time and total race time (r = −0.25), and inverse correlations between race time and 05 of the 09 flow dimensions (r between −0.17 and −0.11), suggesting better performances were related to more practice time and higher disposition to flow. Flow conditions, flow characteristics, individual characteristics, and performance were separately grouped in the network structure. Challenge–skill balance was the most influential node, with the highest closeness and betweenness values; challenge–skill balance, clear goals, control, and action-awareness merge directly influenced better race times. Sample’s top 50 performers had significantly higher disposition to challenge-skill balance, clear goals, control and feedback. Practical implications of flow mechanisms are discussed. Dispositional flow was positively related to objective performance in Brazilian triathletes.

Introdução: As influências parentais são consideradas significativas sobre a introdução, continuidade ou desistência dos adolescentes nas práticas esportivas, uma vez que os pais são considerados os primeiros agentes socializadores dos seus filhos.Objetivo: Analisar as percepções de estilos de suporte parental para a prática esportiva em jovens atletas brasileiros em função da modalidade esportiva.Métodos: Foram sujeitos 355 atletas (16,2±0,8 anos), de ambos os sexos, de modalidades coletivas e individuais, participantes dos Jogos Escolares da Juventude 2015 (fase final). Como instrumento utilizou-se a Escala de Suporte Parental (s-EMBU). Os dados foram analisados pelos testes Kolmogorov Smirnov, U de Mann Whitney e Friedman (p<0,05).Resultados: Foram verificadas diferenças nas percepções dos atletas para os estilos de Suporte emocional, Superproteção e Rejeição, tanto para o pai (p=0,001) quanto para a mãe (p=0,001), com resultados superiores para o suporte de Rejeição (p=0,001). Ao comparar o suporte parental em função das modalidades esportivas, foi observada diferença no suporte de rejeição tanto do pai quanto da mãe (p<0,05) e superproteção dos pais (p<0,05), com valores superiores apresentados pelos atletas de modalidades coletivas.Conclusão: Concluiu-se que houve predominância do suporte de rejeição tanto para o suporte do pai quanto da mãe na percepção dos jovens atletas brasileiros, principalmente nos atletas de modalidades coletivas, sendo este comportamento marcado por traços de oposição dos pais ou desvalorização. Ainda, estes atletas indicaram menor percepção do suporte de superproteção, apontando ausência de pressão de resultados ou rendimento por parte dos pais

The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature on studies involving passion and individual sports. The searches were led by Scopus, Sport Discus, PubMed, PsycINFO, Science Direct, Scielo, Lilacs and Web of Science databases. The data were analyzed by the content analysis technique of the categorical type. The review included 18 studies published in the period of 2009 to 2018, with a quantitative (94.4%) and qualitative (5.6%) character to investigate the passion in the sports context. The age of the participants ranged from 12 to 81 years and the majority of the samples were composed of 100 to 300 athletes (76.5%), being a large part of the studies performed with both sexes (88.8%) and most researches developed in Europe (50%). The results revealed a greater number of studies associating negative characteristics with obsessive passion, such as fear of failure and negative affection, besides being associated with low global self-esteem, burnout and stress. Regards to harmonious passion, positive associations with positive affect, athletic identity and sports performance were observed. It was concluded that the passion related to individual sports is associated with positive and negative psychological factors, so that the predominance of these factors depends on the form of internalization of the passion in the identity of the subject, presenting beneficial effects or not to its performance and other activities performed.