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Isabel Mesquita

Isabel Mesquita

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
47
Citations
7246
World Ranking
3456
National Ranking
6

Overview

Isabel Mesquita is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal. Their research spans multiple fields including Psychology, Social Sciences, and Health Professions. Within these, their work extensively covers subfields such as Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

The main topics addressed in Mesquita's research are diverse and include Physical Education and Pedagogy, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Sport Psychology and Performance, Sports Performance and Training, Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport, Physical Education and Sports Studies, and Sports Analytics and Performance.

Mesquita has contributed to several scholarly publications, often collaborating with other researchers. Frequent co-authors who have appeared alongside them in research include Patrícia Coutinho, Ana Ramos, Cláudio Farias, José Afonso, and Cristiana Bessa.

Their research has been published in multiple venues, with recurring publications in the following journals and periodicals:

  • Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto
  • Education Sciences
  • Retos
  • European Physical Education Review
  • International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mesquita include:

  • Challenges faced by preservice and novice teachers in implementing student-centred models: A systematic review, 2021, European Physical Education Review
  • Sport Education and Traditional Teaching: Influence on Students' Empowerment and Self-Confidence in High School Physical Education Classes, 2021, Sustainability
  • What Actually Differs between Traditional Teaching and Sport Education in Students' Learning Outcomes? A Critical Systematic Review, 2021, Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
  • Developing Players' Tactical Knowledge Using Combined Constraints-Led and Step-Game Approaches-A Longitudinal Action-Research Study, 2020, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
  • The Influence of Parents, Coaches, and Peers in the Long-Term Development of Highly Skilled and Less Skilled Volleyball Players, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology

Best Publications

  • Princípios Táticos do Jogo de Futebol: conceitos e aplicação

    Israel Teoldo da Costa;Júlio Manuel Garganta da Silva;Pablo Juan Greco;Isabel Mesquita

  • The impact of a hybrid Sport Education–Invasion Games Competence Model soccer unit on students’ decision making, skill execution and overall game performance:

    Isabel Mesquita;Cláudio Farias;Peter Hastie

  • Talent development in sport: A critical review of pathways to expert performance:

    Patrícia Coutinho;Isabel Mesquita;António M Fonseca

  • ANALYSIS OF THE SETTER'S TACTICAL ACTION IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

    Jóse Afonso;Isabel Mesquita;Rui Marcelino;Jose António da Silva

  • Effects of quality of opposition and match status on technical and tactical performances in elite volleyball

    Rui Marcelino;Isabel Mesquita;Jaime Sampaio

  • The weight of terminal actions in Volleyball. Contributions of the spike, serve and block for the teams’ rankings in the World League 2005

    Rui Marcelino;Isabel Mesquita;José Afonso

  • Tactical Determinants of Setting Zone in Elite Men's Volleyball

    Jose Afonso;Francisca Esteves;Rui Araújo;Luke Thomas

  • Sistema de avaliação táctica no Futebol (FUT-SAT): Desenvolvimento e validação preliminar

    Israel Teoldo da Costa;Júlio Garganta;Pablo Juan Greco;Isabel Mesquita

  • Attack Efficacy in Volleyball: Elite Male Teams

    José Castro;Adriano Souza;Isabel Mesquita

  • Determinants of block cohesiveness and attack efficacy in high-level women's volleyball

    José Afonso;Isabel Mesquita

  • Determinants of attack tactics in Youth male elite volleyball

    Gustavo Conti Costa;R. Conselheiro Joaquim Caetano;Natália Neiva Ferreira;Gabriel Junqueira

  • Home advantage in high-level volleyball varies according to set number

    Rui Marcelino;Isabel Mesquita;José Manuel Palao Andrés;Jaime Sampaio

  • Attack and serve performances according to the match period and quality of opposition in elite volleyball matches

    Rui O. Marcelino;Jaime E. Sampaio;Isabel M Mesquita

  • Portuguese Coaches' Perceptions of and Preferences for Knowledge Sources Related to their Professional Background.

    Isabel Mesquita;Sofia Isidro;António Rosado

  • Relationship between the set outcome and the dig and attack efficacy in elite male Volleyball game

    Ricardo Monteiro;Isabel Mesquita;Rui Marcelino

  • Sex differences in discriminative power of volleyball game-related statistics.

    Paulo Vicente João;Nuno Leite;Isabel Mesquita;Jaime Sampaio

  • Coaching and Coach Education in Brazil

    Michel Milistetd;Pierre Trudel;Isabel Ribeiro Mesquita;Juarez Vieira do Nascimento

  • Game Performance and Understanding within a Hybrid Sport Education Season.

    Cláudio Filipe Farias;Isabel Ribeiro Mesquita;Peter A. Hastie

  • Towards a more equitable and inclusive learning environment in Sport Education: results of an action research-based intervention

    Cláudio Farias;Peter Andrew Hastie;Isabel Mesquita

  • Treatment of azo dye-containing wastewater by a Fenton-like process in a continuous packed-bed reactor filled with activated carbon.

    Isabel Mesquita;Luís C. Matos;Filipa Duarte;F.J. Maldonado-Hódar

  • What Do We Know About the Development of Personal and Social Skills within the Sport Education Model: A Systematic Review

    Cristiana Bessa;Peter Hastie;Rui Araújo;Isabel Mesquita

  • How structured and unstructured sport activities aid the development of expertise in volleyball players

    Patrícia Coutinho;Isabel Mesquita;Keith Davids;António M. Fonseca

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter A. Hastie
Peter A. Hastie Auburn University
Keith Davids
Keith Davids Sheffield Hallam University
Jean Côté
Jean Côté Queen's University
Robyn L. Jones
Robyn L. Jones Cardiff Metropolitan University
José Alberto Pereira
José Alberto Pereira Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
Pierre Trudel
Pierre Trudel University of Ottawa
Stephen C. Harvey
Stephen C. Harvey University of Pennsylvania

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