Motivational climate, self-determination, burnout, and mindfulness in adolescent football players from a professional academy in virtual settings

Mario Reyes-Bossio; Natalia Veran-Casanova; Franco Ascenzo-Bravo de Rueda; Andy Sánchez-Villena; Mariel Delgado-Campusano; Veronica Tutte-Vallarino; Regina Brandão

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1732005

Motivational climate, self-determination, burnout, and mindfulness in adolescent football players from a professional academy in virtual settings

Mario Reyes-Bossio
, Natalia Veran-Casanova
, Franco Ascenzo-Bravo de Rueda
, Andy Sánchez-Villena
, Mariel Delgado-Campusano
, Veronica Tutte-Vallarino
, Regina Brandão

Departamento de Bienestar y Salud

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Idioma original	Inglés
Número de artículo	1732005
Publicación	Frontiers in Psychology
Volumen	16
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1732005
Estado	Publicada - 8 ene. 2026

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Reyes-Bossio, M., Veran-Casanova, N., de Rueda, F. A.-B., Sánchez-Villena, A., Delgado-Campusano, M., Tutte-Vallarino, V., & Brandão, R. (2026). Motivational climate, self-determination, burnout, and mindfulness in adolescent football players from a professional academy in virtual settings. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, Artículo 1732005. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1732005

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Motivational climate, self-determination, burnout, and mindfulness in adolescent football players from a professional academy in virtual settings. / Reyes-Bossio, Mario; Veran-Casanova, Natalia; de Rueda, Franco Ascenzo-Bravo et al.
En: Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 16, 1732005, 08.01.2026.

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