AUTHOR=Leyton-Román Marta , de la Vega Ricardo , Jiménez-Castuera Ruth TITLE=Motivation and Commitment to Sports Practice During the Lockdown Caused by Covid-19 JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2020 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.622595 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2020.622595 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
In Spain, the state of alarm declared on March 14, 2020 caused changes in the population in relation to the habits of physical activity and sports practice. This study analyzed what motivational variables predicted the self-efficacy and commitment to sports practice, as well as the differences according to gender, during lockdown and the progressive de-escalation caused by COVID-19, using the theory of self-determination as a theoretical framework. The study sample was conformed of 179 subjects (90 men and 89 women) between 18 and 65 years of age (