Introduction:

Theoretical and investigative tendencies refer to proposals and contemplations of the social phenomena that are developed in the field of psychology of physical activity and sport, which allow to have other perspectives and ways of interacting in the context.

Objective:

Review of theoretical and research trends in the field of Psychology of Physical Activity and Sports in Ibero-American.

Method:

The research was qualitative, hermeneutic-comprehensive. The analysis unit consisted of 20 articles of Ibero-American journals indexed in Scopus in 2016 and 2017. Their selection was made from two descriptors Sport and Physical Activity. The search was carried out in the title, the summary and the keywords. For its analysis, a rubric was used, which allowed systematizing the bibliometric information of the article, its authors and cited texts and the keywords.

Results:

The agreement points and theoretical bets present in these articles were identified, grouped into thirteen categories.

Conclusions:

It is significant the presence of general categories of psychology such as motivation, relationship, life skills and intervention interests in such disciplinary aspects as Physical Activity and Sports Psychology.

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