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The aim of this study was to explore which smartphones applications features have most been appreciated by runners. This descriptive and exploratory study consisted of 278 respondents from Brazil and Portugal. A survey composed of demographic and closed questions was developed and distributed via social media. Findings revealed that 40.8% of the runners in Brazil prefer the “calories spent” as main feature, while also 40.8% of the participants in Portugal prefer the “heart rate control”. The difference between the preferred features in Brazil and Portugal indicates that more cross-cultural research is needed to unravel the bio- psycho-social mechanisms that might explain why members of some groups have different opinions than other ones.

The recognition of pedagogy and method of Judo was made effective by UNESCO, as a world-wide sport utility in the development of the human being and, as an activity whose spectrum of approach in children's age ranges is quite broad, exerts a preponderant function in the global development of its practitioners, allowing them to transfer the sport context to their specific socio-cultural context. The objective of this study was to relate the practice of Judo in the development of self-concept, self-esteem and academic performance in children’s first-cycle primary school. The study group included 8 parents in charge of education, aged 33- 45 (M = 39.75 SD = 4.33), 6 female and 2 males, 4 had a bachelor's degree, 2 had an undergraduate degree and two had the 12th grade. According to these parents, the practice of Judo is very much linked to the development of self-concept, emphasizing through the promotion of social acceptance, compliance with rules and responsibility or balanced behaviour. It is also linked to the development of self-esteem, insofar as it is an activity that promotes self-confidence. It also exerts an important influence on school performance, since it promotes concentration. It is also emphasized that in the parents' opinion, the inclusion of Judo in the Physical Education curricular programme would bring several benefits for the integral conception of the child as a citizen.

O estresse é entendido como um desequilíbrio substancial entre uma demanda e a capacidade de resposta, sob condições em que a falha em satisfazer a exigência tem consequências significativas. No esporte, esse assunto tem sido alvo de estudos a mais de quarenta anos, con- tudo, ainda há muito o que se entender sobre esse complexo tema. Assim, o objetivo dessa pesquisa foi realizar uma revisão sistemática de literatura sobre o estresse e coping no esporte, identificando as principais teorias, suas evoluções ao longo dos anos e as formas efi- cientes de investigação. Para a análise, consultamos as bases de da- dos: Google® acadêmico, Science Direct e Scielo, buscando por livros, teses, dissertações e artigos relacionados ao tema. Como resultados, destacamos o estudo de Balbinotti et al. (2013) que propôs uma nova classificação de coping, e o Modelo Transacional Cognitivo, Motivacio- nal e Relacional (Lazarus, 1991; Lazarus & Folkman, 1984), que verifica o processo de adaptação dos atletas ao contexto esportivo. Fletcher e Fletcher (2005) e Gomes (2014) também contribuíram para o desen- volvimento do Modelo de Lazarus, considerando as emoções presen- tes ao fim do processo cognitivo.