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Danielle D Wadsworth1, Mary E Rudisill1, Peter A Hastie1

  • 1a Auburn University.

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
|May 20, 2017
PubMed

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Children

Area of Science:

  • Child Development
  • Physical Activity
  • Motivational Climate

Background:

  • Children's physical activity levels are crucial for development.
  • Understanding motivational climates' impact on activity is important.
  • Typical daycare free-play may not promote sufficient physical activity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess changes in children's physical activity during a mastery-motivational climate intervention.
  • To compare intervention activity levels with children's free-play activity.

Main Methods:

  • A 20-week mastery-motivational climate program for 12 four-year-olds.
  • Actigraph accelerometers measured sedentary time and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
  • Activity was compared between the intervention and free-play conditions.

Main Results:

  • The mastery climate intervention significantly decreased sedentary behavior and increased MVPA.
  • Children spent over 80% of free-play time being sedentary.
  • No significant changes in activity levels were observed during free play.

Conclusions:

  • Mastery climate interventions directly enhance children's physical activity.
  • Specific task structures in a mastery climate promote self-management and activity.
  • Unstructured free-play alone does not appear to stimulate moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.
Abstract

Keywords:
Engagementfree playphysical educationyoung children

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