The Impact of Personal Trainer’s Leadership Style on Self-Presentational Concerns, Enjoyment, Task Self-Efficacy and Intention to Exercise in an Introductory Weight Training Orientation

The purpose of the present study was to examine two leadership styles of personal trainers (bland versus enriched) to evaluate their effects on exercise-related outcomes. Participants were 103 university women with no previous experience weight training. Participants were randomly assigned to one of the two leadership style conditions. They completed primary measures prior to being introduced to the personal trainer. Next, participants completed an introductory weight training session, followed by post-manipulation measures. The leadership styles were successfully manipulated. Participants in the enriched leadership style condition reported significantly higher levels of enjoyment and intention to exercise. Participants in the bland leadership style condition reported significantly higher levels of social anxiety; no differences were found for task self-efficacy, self-presentational efficacy, social physique anxiety, or handgrip performance between groups. Thus, an enriched leadership style of personal trainers can increase positive psychological outcomes.

The Influence of Motivational Behaviours and Goal Profiles on Positive Youth Development

Positive Youth Development (PYD) research has started to shift focus onto how different internal factors such as temperament, dispositions, and/or personality characteristics could influence levels of PYD for youth participating is organized sport. The purpose of this study is to examine how different goal profiles, specifically categorized by diverse levels of task and ego orientation, can influence levels of PYD in an organized youth sport setting. One hundred youth sport participants (mean age = 16.8) completed the short form Youth Experiences Survey for Sport (short form YES-S; Sullivan et al., 2013) to measure PYD, as well as the Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire (TEOSQ; Duba 1989) to assess each athlete’s goal profile. A TwoStep Cluster Analysis was used to classify each individual’s personal goal profile into 3 statistically different cluster groupings. Results indicated significant interaction between the PYD outcome factor of Initiative vs. Clusters [F(2,95)= 10.86, p < 0.001, p2= 0.19] as well as Goal Setting vs. Clusters [F(2,95)= 3.95, p < 0.05, p2= 0.08]. Post-hoc analyses provided results that suggest that those athletes who are more task oriented have fostered more positive outcomes from sport, therefore having more goal setting skills and initiative.

The Impact of Directed Mirror Focus and Technique Cues on Psychological, Cognitive and Emotional Exercise Correlates in an Introductory Weight Training Orientation

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether teaching inactive and low active women to use mirrors for form and technique purposes could lessen the negative impact of mirrors on self-presentational concerns, affect, and self-efficacy. Eligible women (N = 82) underwent a one-on-one weight training orientation with a personal trainer. Participants were randomized into one of four experimental groups, each unique in the type of feedback (general or technique-specific) and the degree of focus on the mirror for technique reinforcement. Questionnaires assessed study outcomes pre- and post-orientation. Results indicated groups did not significantly differ on any post-condition variables, when controlling for pre-condition values (all p’s >.05). All groups showed outcome improvements following the orientation. This suggests that during a complex task, a personal trainer who emphasizes form and technique can facilitate improvements to psychological outcomes in novice exercisers, independent of the presence of mirrors or directional cues provided.

Algunos determinantes psico-sociales que explican la actitud hacia la detección oportuna de cáncer cervico uterino : estudio de campo realizado en mujeres mayores de 15 años con vida sexual en la ciudadde Apodaca, N. L.

Tesis (Maestría en Enfermería con Especialidad en Salud Comunitaria) UANL

Conducta sexual y SIDA : (riesgo de transmisión sexual al VIH-SIDA, en población heterosexual.) :

Tesis (Maestría en Trabajo Social) UANL.

Estudio de la trompa uterina de la rata Mus norvegicus albinus durante el ciclo sexual y la gestación

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias) UANL

Modelo de creencias de salud y enfermedades de transmisión sexual en adolescentes y adultos jóvenes

Tesis (Maestría en Enfermería con Especialidad en Salud Comunitaria) UANL

Apoyo social y conducta sexual del adolescente

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de Enfermería con Énfasis en Salud Comunitaria) UANL

Factores que influyen en la decisión de inicio de vida sexual en adolescentes

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de Enfermería con Enfasis en Salud Comunitaria) UANL

Apoyo de padres y conducta sexual preventiva para VIH

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de Enfermería con Enfasis en Salud Comunitaria) UANL

Relación entre los hábitos de higiene sexual y las infecciones cervico-vaginales en una comunidad de Ciudad Guadalupe, N. L.

Tesis (Maestría en Salud Pública con Especialidad en Enfermería Comunitaria) U.A.N.L., 1995.

Influencia de algunos factores sobre la proporción sexual secundaria de los nacimientos (1977-1985) en el estado de Nuevo León, México por Roberto Mercado Hernández

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias, especialidad en Genética) U.A.N.L.

Estudios sobre cría, comportamiento sexual y tablas de vida de Anopheles pseudopunctipennis Theobald y Anopheles punctipennis (Say) (Díptera: culicidae) bajo condiciones de laboratorio por Mario Alberto Rodríguez Pérez

Tesis (Maestro en Ciencias con Especialidad en Entomología Médica) UANL

Dimorfismo sexual durante el desarrollo del pulmón fetal del ratón albino : estudio morfológico y bioquímico (por) Rosa Patricia Penilla Navarro

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias, con especialidad en Morfología)U.A.N.L.

Relación entre los hábitos de higiene sexual y las infecciones cervico-vaginales en una comunidad de Ciudad Guadalupe, N.L.

Tesis (Maestría en Salud Pública con Especialidad en Enfermería Comunitaria) U.A.N.L. Facultad de Salud Pública, 1995.