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<journal-id>2184-1004</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[PsychTech & Health Journal]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[PsychTech]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2184-1004</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[PsychTech & Health Journal]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2184-10042025000100031</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26580/pthj.art79-2025</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Factors influencing visualization and athletic self-image in student-athletes]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Fatores que influenciam a visualização e a autoimagem atlética em estudantes-atletas]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodrigues-Fernandes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hugo]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pinto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mário]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Sec. Reg. Edu.Ciência e Tecnologia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Sports &amp; Exercise Psychology Academy  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>9</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>31</fpage>
<lpage>40</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2184-10042025000100031&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2184-10042025000100031&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2184-10042025000100031&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This study investigated the influence of sex, level of schooling, sport type, and years of competitive practice on the psychological attributes of student-athletes, specifically examining kinetic imagery, mental imagery, and athletic self-image. A quasi-experimental design was employed with a sample of 366 student-athletes (152 female, 214 male). Participants completed the Movement Imagery Questionnaire (MIQ) to assess kinetic and mental imagery, and a measure of athletic self-image. Data were analyzed using independent samples t-tests and one-way ANOVA. Results indicated that years of competitive practice had a significant main effect on athletic self-image (p &lt; .001), with athletes having six or more years of experience reporting a stronger self-image than those with less experience. Significant differences were also found by sex, with males reporting greater ease in mental imagery (p = .030), and by level of schooling, where university students reported significantly more difficulty with both kinetic (p = .006) and mental imagery (p = .041) than 12th-grade students. No significant differences were observed for sport type (individual vs. collective) on any measure. The findings confirm that athletic self-image is a developmental construct strongly linked to experience. The counterintuitive results regarding schooling level suggest that factors such as metacognitive awareness or cognitive load may influence self-reported imagery ability. Overall, this study highlights the complex interplay of demographic and experiential factors on athletes&#8217; psychological profiles and underscores the need for tailored mental skills training.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo Este estudo investigou a influência do sexo, nível de escolaridade, tipo de desporto e anos de prática competitiva nos atributos psicológicos de estudantes-atletas, examinando especificamente a imagética cinestésica, a imagética mental e a autoimagem como atleta. Foi utilizado um desenho quasi-experimental com uma amostra de 366 estudantes-atletas (152 do sexo feminino, 214 do sexo masculino). Os participantes preencheram o Questionário sobre Imagética do Movimento (MIQ) para avaliar a imagética cinestésica e mental, e uma medida da autoimagem como atleta. Os dados foram analisados através de testes t para amostras independentes e ANOVA one-way. Os resultados indicaram que os anos de prática competitiva tiveram um efeito principal significativo na autoimagem como atleta (p &lt; .001), com os atletas com seis ou mais anos de experiência a reportar uma identidade mais forte do que os menos experientes. Foram também encontradas diferenças significativas por sexo, com os atletas do sexo masculino a reportarem maior facilidade na imagética mental (p = .030), e por nível de escolaridade, em que os estudantes universitários reportaram significativamente mais dificuldade tanto na imagética cinestésica (p = .006) como na mental (p = .041) do que os alunos do 12.º ano. Não foram observadas diferenças significativas para o tipo de desporto (individual vs. coletivo) em nenhuma das medidas. As conclusões confirmam que a identidade de atleta é um construto desenvolvimental fortemente ligado à experiência. Os resultados contraintuitivos relativos ao nível de escolaridade sugerem que fatores como a consciência metacognitiva ou a carga cognitiva podem influenciar a capacidade de imagética autorreportada. Globalmente, este estudo destaca a complexa interação de fatores demográficos e experienciais nos perfis psicológicos dos atletas e sublinha a necessidade de um treino de competências mentais personalizado.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sport psychology]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[athletic self-image]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[student-athletes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[psicologia do desporto]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[imagética]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[imagética cinestésica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[identidade de atleta]]></kwd>
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