From the Participation to the Dropout in Sport
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Sports Sciences |
Instance: 2024/2025 - SP 
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching Staff - Responsibilities
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Objectives
This curricular unit (CU) aims to promote the deepening and consolidation of previously acquired knowledge about the main psychological, social and contextual issues determining the participation in sport and physical activity and dropout of people of all ages, as well to promote and to develop skills to intervene in this area.
Under the teaching of this course, students must:
- demonstrate high knowledge of the most important
- literature in this area;
- improve and consolidate skills related to interventions to achieve predefined objectives and sustain the gains, and enhance and apply skills in goal setting, behavior change programs and maintenance of gains previously achieved.
Learning outcomes and competences
The syllabus of this course is consistent with the respective goals, because it was defined to allow students to deepen and consolidate a body of knowledge acquired in previous cycles of study more related to key issues relating to the participation and dropout of sport and physical activity by people of all ages. Accordingly, within the classroom, the fundamental concepts of this area of knowledge are revisited; as well its application in daily field situations is examined and emphasized
Working method
Presencial
Program
- Why people do sport and exercise and why they drop out
- Sources and strategies of motivation.
- From the explanation of the causes of performance outcomes to its cognitive, emotional and behavioral consequences
- Psychosocial processes in sport and physical activity contexts.
- Interventions in sport and physical activity contexts
- Promotion of sport and physical activity across different contexts
Mandatory literature
Anshel, M. H.; Applied Exercise Psychology, Springer Publishing Company, 2011
Cruz José Fernando 340;
Manual de psicologia do desporto. ISBN: 972-96044-3-6
Fonseca António Manuel;
A^FCDEF-UP e a psicologia do desporto. ISBN: 972-8687-07-9
Fonseca António 340;
A^FCDEF-UP e a psicologia do desporto. ISBN: 972-8687-00-1
Hagger, MS & Chatzisarantis, NLD; Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Exercise and Sport, HKinetics, 2007
Lox, C., Ginis, K. M., & Petruzzello,S. J.; The Psychology of Exercise: Integrating Theory and Practice, Holcomb Hathaway, Pub, 2010 (3rd edition)
Rejesk, W. &Bailey, EK; Fitness Motivation: Preventing Participant Dropout, Human Kinetics, 1991
Roberts Glyn C. 340;
Advances in motivation in sport and exercise. ISBN: 0-88011-849-0
Weinberg Robert S.;
Foundations of sport and exercise psychology. ISBN: 978-1-4504-6981-4
Teaching methods and learning activities
The adopted teaching methods take different forms:
- i) Expository, with explanatory content by the faculty staff;
- ii) Exploration, with reflection and analysis of texts;
- iii) Interactive, with the facilitation of discussions and exhibitions on the part of the students, and
- iv) Autonomous, emphasizing the student as a learning agent
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
designation |
Weight (%) |
Participação presencial |
50,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
50,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
designation |
Time (hours) |
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico |
30,00 |
Estudo autónomo |
60,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
15,00 |
Trabalho de investigação |
30,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
0,00 |
Total: |
135,00 |
Eligibility for exams
participation in classes
Calculation formula of final grade
The student evaluation will be done by performing a work of literature review and the preparation of a research project or intervention.