“…Among the benefits observed are increased self-esteem, decreased depression symptoms, better social interaction, less aggressiveness and anxiety, improvement in decision-making and conflict resolution, as well as positive behaviour changes and improvement in school achievements. When collective sports such as soccer are compared to individual sports, studies indicate better psychosocial results due to the social nature of the participation (Martínez, Ibáñez, Ramírez, Valenzuela, & Mármol, 2020;Rivas-Martínez & Bailey-Moreno, 2021;Perovano-Camargo, Mataruna-Dos-Santos, & Silva, 2022;Fernández, Cañada, & Luque, 2023).…”