Interdependent Group Contingency to Promote Physical Activity in Children

Autor/inn/en	Foote, Catherine; Bray, Melissa A.; Kehle, Thomas J.; VanHeest, Jaci L.; Gelbar, Nicholas W.; Byer-Alcorace, Gabriel; Maykel, Cheryl; DeBiase, Emily
Titel	Interdependent Group Contingency to Promote Physical Activity in Children
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 32 (2017) 2, S.144-161 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0829-5735
DOI	10.1177/0829573516644901
Schlagwörter	Physical Activities; Recess Breaks; Obesity; Child Health; Intervention; Prevention; Physical Activity Level; Contingency Management; Group Activities; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Elementary School Students; Gender Differences; Body Weight; Body Height; Body Composition; Measurement Equipment; Check Lists; Reinforcement; Effect Size; Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktive Pause; Adipositas; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Krisenbewältigung; Gruppenaktivität; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Geschlechterkonflikt; Körpergewicht; Körpergröße; Messinstrument; Checkliste; Positive Verstärkung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	As the number of children affected by obesity increases in the United States, it is necessary to intervene with preventive and intervention techniques that will enact change. Because children spend a significant amount of their time in school, it is of particular interest to target strategies during the school day. Given the recommendations for the total duration and intensity of physical activity children should participate in, recess period is a means of acquiring a portion of this daily recommendation. Contingent reinforcement is a technique that is consistently used in schools to promote behavior change. One of these techniques, group contingencies, has repeatedly been shown to increase desired behavior and decrease inappropriate behavior in schools. In the present study, a multiple baseline design was utilized to investigate the use of interdependent group contingencies in physical activity performance during recess, as measured by pedometers, with one class from each of the third, fourth, and fifth grades at an elementary school. Some of the variability existed in gender- and body mass index-specific (BMI) subgroups, in regard to the effectiveness of the intervention and continued maintenance of increased physical activity levels, following the removal of the intervention. However, the overall results support the use of an interdependent group contingency intervention to increase the amount of physical activity students engaged in during recess. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01