M Teresa Anguera

University of Barcelona | UB · Department of Methodology for Behavioral Science (Faculty of Psychology)

Nuestra actividad científica se focaliza en la innovación conceptual y tecnológica en metodología observacional en el marco de la mixed method research y extensiones multimethod, con un claro compromiso con la aplicación de estos avances. Los ámbitos de aplicación se orientan a fundamentar y proponer recursos metodológicos de calidad para la evalua...

Simposio: Necesidades, experiencias e innovaciones en torno al aprendizaje de metodologías de investigación

Introduction Even simple tapping tasks require cognitive processes. Some variants of the Finger Tapping Test (FTT) may reveal cognitive aspects associated with frontal processing, including executive functions such as inhibition, or emotional aspects such as anxiety. A context of particular interest for the application of cognitive-motor-anxiety in...

Conflicts are inevitable in interpersonal relationships. In fact, they are usual in early childhood education centers and, thus, many educators consider them readily available educational tools, particularly valuable for children’s social development if they are constructively managed. In this research, we investigate the educational management of...

Introduction In the assessment of health organizations, results-based indicators are mainly used, with no consideration of internal work dynamics. This type of assessment forfeits much of the rich, useful information needed to make decisions on improving the organization. In order to address this, a rigorous procedure based on mixed methods is laid...

The responsive feeding style has been researched to date using indirect techniques, mainly in family contexts. This style supports children’s capacity for self-regulation, which is why the present study aims to directly and systematically observe the method in a school context, focusing specifically on the behaviour of two educators working at the...

This project was inspired in the sixties by primatologist Morris's (1967) “The Naked Ape,” Tinbergen (1963), Von Frisch (1967), and Lorenz (1974) ethological research, rewarded in 1973 by a shared Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology, and Wilson's (1975) opus “Sociobiology”. Other important inspirations were Skinner (1969) work on probabilistic re...

La veloz expansión de las revisiones sistemáticas en los últimos años ha dado lugar a un crecimiento que en muchas ocasiones ha adolecido del necesario control. Prácticamente en todos los ámbitos y subámbitos del conocimiento se han realizado multitud de revisiones sistemáticas, a lo cual ha influido el movimiento de la práctica basada en la eviden...

This work shows the possibilities that observational analysis can offer to match analysis in Wheelchair Basketball, outlined in a study of the sequences that end in a shot, in the men's team considered to be the best in the world (USA), in the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020. Data recording and coding the 527 sequences that end in a shot was carried ou...

Personality develops during early childhood (0–3 years). As early childhood education is becoming a generalized trend worldwide, this means that school or secondary socialization overlaps with family or primary socialization during this key developmental stage. While conflict is fundamental in socialization, conflicts between peers are particularly...

Introduction Scientific knowledge about the criteria that determine success in women’s football is beginning to develop. Methods This study was carried out with the aim of detecting regularities in the offensive success in elite women’s football, as well as carrying out an interrelational analysis of linked behaviors, based on in-depth interviews...

An observation instrument was designed to analyse the interaction between the kicker and goalkeeper in a penalty kick, which allows to obtain relevant information in order to predict the direction of the kick. To fulfil this aim, an analysis was carried out of the interaction between kickers and goalkeepers in penalties taken in the following inter...

This article proposes the conceptualization of the term “mediating alliance” to further the development of theories about success factors in mediation. Extending Bordin's pan‐theoretical conceptualization of the “working alliance” to the field of mediation, we first define the term “mediating alliance.” We then apply research on success factors in...

Emotional regulation is a developmental milestone, as it promotes well-being throughout life. Children between 10 and 12 years old are expected to reach capacities that allow them to regulate themselves emotionally, the school context being a natural setting for this challenge. With the objective of analyzing the forms of expression and regulation...

Focusing on school tasks and regulating emotions are often challenges for students to achieve. The objective of this research is to describe and analyse the behaviours associated with emotional regulation that affect the way students participate in the classroom and contribute to the subject matter. From the mixed methods perspective, an observatio...

Introduction Scientific literature contains mainly systematic reviews focused on substantial aspects, but there are also approaches that have combined both substantial and methodological aspects, which is our preferred option since it undeniably adds value. The aims of this study were: (1) to carry out a systematic review of the literatura on T-Pat...

Introduction The recent generalization of early childhood schooling has given rise to a need for the development of rigorous, specific training programs aimed at early education professionals (0–3 years of age). This work emanates from the unique nature of Pikler-Lóczy education as a reference for early childhood education centers, and its expertis...

In this work we start from a conceptual positioning about interpersonal communication, to later show the sequential gear in sports about obtaining qualitative data, its transformation into other types of data that are still qualitative but have been structured, analyze them quantitatively, and return to a qualitative stage where the interpretation...

Introduction Articles published in scientific journals, concerning the present and future of the lecture format in university education in the twenty-first century are framed within organizational settings that drive teaching methodologies in line with educational policies. The following two research questions have arisen from articles in which deb...

There has been a comprehensive development over the last few years of low intensity intervention programs that are implemented within a user context and that are made up of everyday life activities, and it has been necessary to adapt the necessary methodological channels in order to guarantee an adequate resolution pathway. The mixed method perspec...

[spa] Los desafíos de un mundo globalizado requieren que, por medio de la Educación Superior (ES), los estudiantes desarrollen Competencias Emprendedoras No Cognitivas (CENC) que les permitan afrontar el mundo laboral actual. Evaluar competencias es un desafío y debe existir claridad de los constructos que se están midiendo, por lo tanto, se consid...

An observation system has been designed within observational methodology that permits analysis and intervention in the technical action of climbing an obstacle in mountain biking. Using records that correspond to the performance of an elite athlete, the ideal technique for climbing an obstacle has been inferred. Data collection and coding was done...

Emotional self-regulation in childhood and adolescence constitutes a growing interest in the scientific community, highlighting in recent years the need to observe its development in their daily life. Therefore, the objective of this systematic review is to characterize publications referring to the development of emotional self-regulation of peopl...

This research was conducted as part of the project FBG 307946 ‘Integració de dades procedents de metodologia observacional i de qüestionari per a l'anàlisi de l'espai públic de Barcelona en la prevenció de conflictes', subsidized by Barcelona City Council's Department of Prevention Services. We also gratefully acknowledge the support of the Spanish...

This article presents an intervention proposal that seeks to develop computational thinking in Early Childhood Education, using an educational ground robot with programmed directionality controls. Within the observational methodology, it has been possible to characterize computational thinking in children of Early Childhood Education-5 years old, d...

Pick-and-roll is the most widespread cooperative action among high-level basketball teams and the most applied strategy by coaches to gain an advantage over the rival team. During pick-and-roll, opposing teams perform antagonistic actions based on goals that are expressed in offensive and defensive tactics. The aim of this study is to examine the a...

The progressive complexity of mental representation is the basis for changes in human cognitive development. Evaluation of its external manifestations as graphic representation in draw-ings could be an instrument to understand changes in cognitive development and representational complexity. The aim of this study is to evaluate the appearance and r...

Within the framework of an observational methodology study, we used log-linear analysis to analyze efficiency in elite under-16 basketball from the perspective of three key dimensions: shot position, last pass position, and shot result. The reliability of the observational datasets was confirmed by analysis of interobserver agreement (Cohen's kappa...

Within the framework of observational methodology, we conducted a log-linear analysis to study efficiency in relation to players' functional ability in wheelchair basketball by analyzing associations between the position of the last pass before a shot, a shot position, and a shot result (favorable or unfavorable). The observation sample contained a...

Dressing is a basic form of care that requires gross and fine motor skills, knowledge and strategies. For young children to acquire this set of skills, they must participate in their own care. This study aims to analyze the meaning of the behavior of presenting the garment to a two to three year-old child by an Emmi Pikler Nursery School educator i...

Studies about child development emphasize the importance of play in children’s early years. However, there is an existing controversy about the role educators should have in young children’s free play. This research work studies the approach to early playful activity from Pikler-Lóczy education. A systematic observation was conducted to deepen in t...

El objetivo de este artículo es compartir algunas consideraciones de fondo y procedimiento sobre la comunicación académica modelada por la interacción participativa en el marco de la formación co-constructiva del profesorado. A partir de un estudio de caso múltiple en aula universitaria se analiza el formato expositivo-magistral con actores motivad...

El objetivo de este artículo es compartir algunas consideraciones de fondo y procedimiento sobre la comunicación académica modelada por la interacción participativa en el marco de la formación co-constructiva del profesorado. A partir de un estudio de caso múltiple en aula universitaria se analiza el formato expositivo-magistral con actores motivad...

With the use of the observational methodology, a comparative match analysis has been carried out between the two finalist teams of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016-the observational sampling is made up of all the sequences finished in shooting in each of the matches played by the selections of USA and Spain-. The objective has been to ch...

Coping style represents the cognitive and behavioral patterns to manage particular demands appraised as taxing the resources of individuals. Studies report associations between certain coping styles and levels of adjustment of anxious symptomatology and emotional distress. The main objective of this study was to analyze behavioral co-occurrent patt...

Se presenta una secuencia de problemas de dificultad creciente para desarrollar el pensamiento computacional en el primer nivel del segundo ciclo de Educación Infantil -3 años- mediante un robot de suelo de direccionalidad programada. En el seno de la metodología observacional se ha conseguido caracterizar la capacidad de pensamiento computacional...

This paper aims to offer a free software program, LINCE PLUS, suitable for systematic observational studies in sports and health, conducted in natural contexts such as training, education or psychology. Using one or several videos simultaneously, different parameters such as behaviors, decision-making or strategies can be analyzed. The software inc...

The objective of the present study was to analyse the construction and effectiveness of the offensive sequences of shots by members of the 2016 Paralympic gold medal men's wheelchair basketball team. The analysis included the shot situation and of the actions leading up to the shot (reception prior to the shot, last pass, reception prior to the las...

The objective of the present study was to analyse the construction and effectiveness of the offensive sequences of shots by members of the 2016 Paralympic gold medal men's wheelchair basketball team. The analysis included the shot situation and of the actions leading up to the shot (reception prior to the shot, last pass, reception prior to the las...

La evidencia utilizada al tomar decisiones sobre el diseño, implementación y evaluación en los programas de intervención debe ser metodológicamente sólida. Dependiendo del contexto de la intervención, se pueden aplicar diferentes metodologías. Sin embargo, el contexto de la intervención es a menudo inestable y, para adaptarse a las circunstancias c...

We used observational methodology to analyze lateral conditioning in the technical-tactical performance of high level 8-9-year-old karatekas, specifically in relation to the guard action that supports the technical action and the body segment with which it is performed. We designed an ad hoc observation instrument to analyze lateral preference in t...

This study illustrates the potential offered by observational methodology for analysing spontaneous behaviours and interactions by students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We present a case study in which we observed, analysed and interpreted how an adolescent boy with ASD interacted both verbally and non-verbally with his physical education t...

La calidad de las figuras empleadas para ilustrar los resultados de un trabajo de investigación puede resultar un factor determinante tanto para facilitar su interpretación como para su publicación en revistas de impacto. En metodología observacional, el análisis de coordenadas polares pretende obtener una representación vectorial de la red de inte...

Family firms are a unique setting to study constructive conflict management due to the influence of family ties of the owning family imprinting a sense of common purpose and shared destiny, and high levels of trust. We study the relationship between shared vision and trust that intervene in the adoption of constructive conflict management. To achie...

VALUE OF SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION APPLIED TO THE EVALUATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL INTERACTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION

El objetivo del presente trabajo consiste en realizar una systematic mixed study review en fútbol sala, centrándonos en las aportaciones realizadas desde la metodología observacional y desde una posición de integración entre elementos cualitativos y cuantitativos. La búsqueda de documentos primarios se realizó, de acuerdo con las recomendaciones de...

The present work presents an intervention proposal for the development of computational thinking in early childhood education, through the use of a ground robot with programmed directional controls. Within the use of observational methodology, an observation system has been designed that allows the analysis and interpretation of the behavior displa...

Resumen El presente artículo presenta una propuesta de intervención para el desarrollo del pensamiento computacional en educación infantil, mediante un robot de suelo con mandos de direccionalidad programada. En el seno de la metodología observacional, se ha diseñado un sistema de observación que permite el análisis e interpretación de la conducta...

The objective to which this manuscript is oriented to is focused on the analysis of interpersonal communication in sport. The multimodal essence of human nature adopts special characteristics in individual and team sports, given the roles that athletes adopt in different circumstances, depending on the contingencies that characterize each competiti...

En este estudio se ha diseñado un instrumento para la observación del clima motivacional a través del análisis de la conducta verbal y proxémica en monitores que imparten la actividad de mantenimiento físico. Se trata de un instrumento que permite diferenciar el clima motivacional favorecido por el entrenador, así como la distribución de los partic...

Purpose : This study aims to identify socioconstructivist communication patterns used by physical education teachers and their evolution after participating in a training intervention. Method : The authors analyzed 812 units (messages containing constructivist discursive strategies) employed by two physical education teachers in two teaching module...

Mixed methods research burst onto the scene around the beginning of the second millennium. After decades of intense dispute between those who preferred the qualitative perspective and their quantitative counterparts—with both sides having grown deeply entrenched in their respective views—a complementary approach promising the possibility of integra...

In training karate, sports initiation through combat or kumite is becoming more and more relevant. The objective of the present work, carried out using an observational methodology, consists of analysing the technical-tactical performance in the initiation to kumite of karate. The observational sample is made up of 61 data packets, generated by 37...

This study aimed to assess the effect of systematic self-observation, hetero-observational feedback, and feedforward and intrinsic feedback (SsObserWork components) on workers’ knowledge and behaviour of a manual material handling (MMH) technique in the industrial sector. Blue-collar workers recruited from a food processing company in Catalonia (Sp...

Conducted within a mixed methods framework, this study focuses on the conversation-facilitation role of a lead therapist during group psychotherapy with adolescents. Conversation is an essential component of psychoanalytic psychotherapies and there is growing interest in describing and studying the impact of conversational techniques. One way to do...

A significant number of literature documents young children’s innate interest in discovering their surroundings and gradually developing more complex activities and thoughts. It has been demonstrated that when environments support young children’s innate interest and progressive autonomy, they help children acquire a self-determined behavior. Howev...

This paper is based on match analysis using observational methodology. Its object of study is the execution of the control core technical/tactical concept by Sergio Busquets, the FC Barcelona international midfielder. The observation instrument was developed ad hoc and was a combination of field format and category systems. The recording and coding...

In psychodynamic psychotherapy, verbal (structures and intents) and non-verbal (voice and interruptions) dimensions of communication intertwine conveying information and determining the mutual regulation between therapist and patient through conversational sequences. The communication components interplay is the foundation for building the therapeu...

Conversational analysis allows one to study human interaction, which is of great interest because it is a spontaneous manifestation on the part of the participants. Communicative exchanges can be analyzed using a wide range of conceptual approaches and response levels. Various methodological decisions must be made, such as determining which dimensi...

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This study presents the results of a systematic, 3-month-long observation of the verbal and gestural interactions which took place between a preschool teacher and six children aged between 23 and 34 months during breakfast at Emmi Pikler preschool in Budapest. The aim was to analyze access to the conventional use of everyday tools during this activ...

Objective: This systematic mixed study review, focuses on the use of observation methodology in elite men's football matches, which constitutes an innovative approach, that opens up a new panorama of useful and productive research. Method: The methods used in this study follow the recommendations for systematic reviews and meta-analysis guidelines...

The goal of this research is to analyze the instrumental behavior of the caregiver at the Emmi Pikler nursery school in Budapest while dressing children from two to three years old to go outdoors to play in the garden. In order to study this routine in its usual context, the observational methodology has been chosen, adopting an ad hoc field format...

Victory is the ultimate aim in soccer and therefore when a team wins an elite European or world championship, attempts will invariably be made to emulate the winning team's style of play. In this study, we performed an in-depth analysis of play by the Spanish soccer team during the 2012 UEFA European Championship, where it was crowned champion. Usi...

RESUMEN En el seno de la metodología observacional, y a partir de un pormenorizado análisis del reglamento-Leyes FIDE-, se ha elaborado un sistema de observación ad hoc que permite analizar los movimientos ilegales en el ajedrez de iniciación. La fiabilidad de los datos, en forma de concordancia inter-observadores, se ha garantizado mediante el coe...

For many years the free LINCE software has been used by many researchers needing a tool to tag behaviors using video recordings, coding behaviors and data register. However, as a research group we envisage new challenges with regards to technology novelties, designing a new tool for the future that can be used in any type of device and closely work...

Performance analysis in complex sports like soccer requires the study of the influence of the interaction between both teams during the game on final performance. The mixed methods approach involves the collection, analysis, and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data for the same purpose and within the framework of the same study. To b...

Teaching is now experiencing a new centrality due to the fast socio-cultural transformations, the vertical growth of digital media and, therefore, the new ways children and young people learn. New paradigms and teaching methodologies are emerging to meet the new educational needs; among them, the "Episodes of Situated Learning" approach (EAS in Ita...

A child's metacognitive skills contribute significantly to their learning and success. However, very few studies are focused on these skills at early education and most of them are carried out from inappropriate methodological perspectives for the characteristics of the youngest students. To overcome such limitations, it is essential to carry out o...

Efficacy of classical manual material handling (MMH) training interventions on back pain prevention at the workplace has been called into question. The way that observation (self-observation or hetero-observation) is used in other areas to create feedback addressed to modify motor activities can justify innovative components for these interventions...

Over the last 20 years, researchers have been mixing qualitative and quantitative approaches, but mixed methods research represents a new movement that arose in response to the currents of qualitative and quantitative research, considered separately. Little has been published on the use of polar coordinate analysis in psychotherapy. This type of an...

The Research Topic Systematic observation: Engaging researchers in the study of daily life as it is lived (Section Quantitative Psychology and Measurement) faithfully reflects the interest of many researchers to conduct studies based on a methodology that is essentially characterized by being highly flexible and rigorous, and that aims to capture r...

Communication represents the core of psychotherapy. The dynamic interaction between verbal and non-verbal components during patient-therapist exchanges, indeed, promotes the co-construction of meanings bringing about change within a process of reciprocal influence of participants. Our paper aims to illustrate the building of a new observational ins...

Although the full potential of observational methodology is realized through diachronic analyses, synchronic analyses can be used to investigate associations between categorical variables. Log-linear modeling is an appropriate method for investigating associations between three or more dimensions using multidimensional contingency tables. We provid...

The aim of the present study was to identify and differentiate the factors that determine the possession times of successful and unsuccessful elite football teams, with the purpose of identifying a more effective possession model. For this, match corresponding to the round of eighth-finals, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the 2016 UEFA Eur...

The evolution of soccer over the past 30 years has brought about a faster pace of play and more demanding player dynamics that have led to a paradigm shift in how the game is analyzed. Classic, purely descriptive studies of midfielder performance paint a disjointed picture that is far from the reality of the complex network of relationships and int...

The objective of this study is to analyse the everyday behaviour of a caregiver at the Emmi Pikler nursery school in Budapest as she manages the breakfast of the 12 children aged 2–3 under her care, as an example of quality care. The methodology used was observational. The design was idiographic, follow-up and multidimensional, and the observation...

This paper aims to assess gender differences in the usage of public open spaces (POS), as an everyday context. Forty POS in the city of Barcelona were studied over 3 months using systematic observation. To objectively measure park use, an observational instrument (EXOdES) was purposely designed combining a field format and several category systems....

The literature on mixed methods and multimethods has burgeoned over the last 20 years, and researchers from a growing number and diversity of fields have progressively embraced these approaches. However, rapid growth in any movement inevitably gives rise to gaps or shortcomings, such as “identity crises” or divergent conceptual views. Although some...

The behavior of a handball team is the outcome of the interactions of its players to beat their rival, bearing in mind that all the behaviors both influence and are influenced by all the elements that arise around them at this time. The purpose of this research is to study the influence of one player on the group game, so one objective is to a...

Following observational methodology, we analyzed successful and unsuccessful offensive attacks by professional and elite under-16 (U16) basketball players in Spain using an adapted ad hoc observation instrument designed to study efficiency in basketball. We identified both similarities and differences between how players from both categories built...

This mixed-methods study examined differences in social interaction patterns between a school-age boy with autism and his friends, non-reciprocal friends, and non-friends during recess time at a mainstream school (third grade of elementary school). Through a combination of observational methodology and social network analysis with an idiographic, f...

Advances in the study of non-verbal behavior and communication have generated a need for movement transcription systems capable of incorporating continuous developments in visual and computer technology. Our research team has been working on the construction of a common morphokinetic alphabet (CMA) for the systematic observation of daily life activ...

En esta comunicación se aporta como elemento innovador el interjuego entre la observación directa y la indirecta, partiendo de su conceptualización y perfil, consistente en que la observación directa permite captar la realidad in situ, tal como ocurre, siendo posible la grabación videográfica, mientras que la observación indirecta, que presenta div...

Background: The behaviour of all living beings consists of hidden patterns in time; consequently, its nature and its underlying dynamics are intrinsically difficult to be perceived and detected by the unaided observer. Method: Such a scientific challenge calls for improved means of detection, data handling and analysis. By using a powerful and v...

This observational methodology study had a substantive and a methodological aim. The substantive aim was to analyse the use of overall and effective play-space (EP-S) in the construction of offensive sequences ending in a shot by under-12 (U12) FC Barcelona (FCB) players. Analysis of EP-S helps to contextualise play in terms of a player’s relations...