Publications by authors named "Daniel Mendoza-Castejon"

Background/objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not there are notable differences between male and female vocational training students in terms of academic, behavioral, and psychophysiological characteristics.

Methods: A total of 411 vocational training students, 210 of whom were male and 201 of whom were female, participated in an online survey that assessed academic, behavioral, and psychophysiological patterns.

Results: In terms of extraversion and openness to experience, our research revealed that no statistically significant differences were noticed.

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Introduction: Prospective research in Health Sciences and Sports Sciences warns of the need to design and implement educational program at the different stages of human development, that promote emotional competences, interpersonal competences, an adequate level of healthy physical activity as well as adherence to the Mediterranean diet and a more active lifestyle on a physical and social level. The main objective of the study was to design an intervention program on intra-and interpersonal competences together with emotional education, nutritional education and healthy physical activity, called 'RegulACTION'.

Methods: The preliminary study sample consisted of 11 participants aged 21-28 years ( = 5.

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The aim of this study was to analyse the differences in behavioural, psychological, and physiological stress markers and academic performance of immigrant parents' students and non-immigrant parents' students. 75 students (7.8±2.

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The aim of the present study was to analyze differences in the autonomic stress status between rural and urban school teachers. We analyzed the autonomic modulation in 25 pre-school and primary school teachers (40±7.8 years) from a city school (n:11) and rural school (n:14) by the heart rate variability analysis.

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Academic performance could be affected by multiple factors, including stress and learning environment location. The aim of this study was to analyze differences in psychophysiological stress markers, behavior and academic performance of rural and city students. A sample of 181 children (7.

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