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The purpose of this paper was to analyze the relationship between body composition and cognitive functioning in an elderly people's sample. A total of 106 older adults between the ages of 60 and 79 were involved in physical activity (M = 67.57; SD = 4.96). About 31.10% were men (n = 33) and 68.90% were women (n = 73). The instruments used to assess cognitive capacity were the Trail Making Test (forms A and B), the Stroop Test, and the Attention Test d2. The body composition of the participants was evaluated by electrical bioimpedance. Correlation analysis, linear regression (successive steps), and cluster analysis were carried out to analyze the relationships between the different measures. The results showed significant relationships between the analyzed variables. In addition, muscle mass predicted the cognitive functioning values. These results suggest that healthy lifestyles, including physical activity, are essential for well-being and quality of life in older people. In addition, it appears from the results found that it would be necessary for these lifestyles to contribute to preserving their level of physical condition, because of the possible impact it would have on their health.
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El propósito de este trabajo fue examinar las relaciones entre el perfil psicológico y la ansiedad estado competitiva en un grupo de triatletas. Participaron en el estudio 94 triatletas con edades entre 19 y 55 años (M = 35.44; DT = 8.17). Se utilizó el Inventario Psicológico de Ejecución Deportiva (IPED) para analizar el perfil psicológico de los participantes y el Inventario de Ansiedad Estado en Competición-2 (CSAI-2) para evaluar la ansiedad estado. Los análisis de correlación efectuados pusieron de manifiesto relaciones significativas entre la mayoría de los constructos estudiados, menos entre el control viso imaginativo y nivel motivacional con la ansiedad cognitiva y somática. Además, los modelos de regresión lineal generados indicaron que el control de afrontamiento negativo predecía las puntuaciones de ambas manifestaciones de la ansiedad estado, y que la autoconfianza era predicha por el control de afrontamiento negativo, el control atencional y el control viso-imaginativo
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between psychological profile and competitive state anxiety in a group of triathletes. Participated in this study 94 athletes aged between 19 and 55 years (M = 35.44; SD = 8.17). Psychological Inventory for Sport Performance (IPED) was used to analyze the psychological profile of the participants and the Inventory for Anxiety State in Competition-2 (CSAI-2) to assess state anxiety. Correlation analyzes performed showed significant relationships between the constructs studied, except for the visual-imaginative control and the motivational level with the cognitive and somatic state anxiety. In addition, the proposed linear regression models proved that both anxiety manifestations were predicted by the negative coping control, and that self-confidence was predicted by the negative coping control, the attentional control and the visual-imaginative control
