María Marentes-Castillo
Biographic Data
| ID | 7555286 |
|---|---|
| NAME | María Marentes-Castillo |
| GIVEN NAMES | María |
| FAMILY NAME | Marentes-Castillo |
| SIGNATURE | MARENTES-CASTILLO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4602-4940 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Problematic Internet Use Predicts Lesser Satisfaction with Life, but Psychological Distress Acts as a Mediator
Problematic internet use (PIU) has emerged, from the extensive use of the internet, as a concept to describe and understand the more adverse influences of digitalization on people’s experiences. PIU refers to compulsive or excessive internet use leading to psychosocial impairments (among others, anxiety, depression, lesser well-being), and it has been studied from diverse perspectives. However, the mechanisms through which PIU could exert its imp…
Fear of Fat, Processes of Change, and Weight-Related Behaviors in Mexican and Spanish Adolescents
The results of this study indicate that adolescents may initiate weight control behaviors as a result of fear of fat. This process is mediated by experiential and behavioral processes that influence weight regulation
Physical Activity, Healthy Behavior and Its Motivational Correlates
On the basis of the spillover or transfer effect and the transtheoretical model of change, this study assessed the association between amount of physical activity, healthy and unhealthy weight control behaviors, and motivational types, as well as their variability across stages of change. A total of 1219 randomly selected Mexican adults from 18 to 65 years old, representative of the city of Monterrey (México), participated in the study. Correlati…
Understanding the antecedents of healthy and unhealthy weight control behaviours
Objective: To understand the psychological antecedents or personal factors that lead to weight control behaviours that can help to develop more effective prevention strategies. Design: The present correlational study has a non-experimental, quantitative, cross-sectional design. A model was tested considering types of motivation (autonomous motivation, controlled motivation and amotivation) as mediators in the relationship between the Grit persona…
Mexican Validation of the Engagement and Disaffection in Physical Education Scale
To date, no instrument adapted and validated that measures engagement and disaffection in the physical education class has been found, which limits the generation of knowledge of this area in Mexico. The aims of this study were to translate and adapt the engagement and disaffection scale to the context of physical education in Mexico and to examine its reliability, structure (two and four factors), and factorial invariance by gender in Mexican fi…
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Mexican Validation of the Engagement and Disaffection in Physical Education Scale
To date, no instrument adapted and validated that measures engagement and disaffection in the physical education class has been found, which limits the generation of knowledge of this area in Mexico. The aims of this study were to translate and adapt the engagement and disaffection scale to the context of physical education in Mexico and to examine its reliability, structure (two and four factors), and factorial invariance by gender in Mexican fi…
Physical Activity, Healthy Behavior and Its Motivational Correlates
On the basis of the spillover or transfer effect and the transtheoretical model of change, this study assessed the association between amount of physical activity, healthy and unhealthy weight control behaviors, and motivational types, as well as their variability across stages of change. A total of 1219 randomly selected Mexican adults from 18 to 65 years old, representative of the city of Monterrey (México), participated in the study. Correlati…
Understanding the antecedents of healthy and unhealthy weight control behaviours
Objective: To understand the psychological antecedents or personal factors that lead to weight control behaviours that can help to develop more effective prevention strategies. Design: The present correlational study has a non-experimental, quantitative, cross-sectional design. A model was tested considering types of motivation (autonomous motivation, controlled motivation and amotivation) as mediators in the relationship between the Grit persona…
Fear of Fat, Processes of Change, and Weight-Related Behaviors in Mexican and Spanish Adolescents
The results of this study indicate that adolescents may initiate weight control behaviors as a result of fear of fat. This process is mediated by experiential and behavioral processes that influence weight regulation
Problematic Internet Use Predicts Lesser Satisfaction with Life, but Psychological Distress Acts as a Mediator
Problematic internet use (PIU) has emerged, from the extensive use of the internet, as a concept to describe and understand the more adverse influences of digitalization on people’s experiences. PIU refers to compulsive or excessive internet use leading to psychosocial impairments (among others, anxiety, depression, lesser well-being), and it has been studied from diverse perspectives. However, the mechanisms through which PIU could exert its imp…
Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Amotivation (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (2 works) · Mediator (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Anxiety (1 work) · Behavior change (1 work)