避孕药对幼儿园儿童享受体育活动和表现的影响:一项随机对照试验
Marlies Stopper1, Albert Wabnegger1, Anne Schienle1
1Clinical Psychology, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.
概括
假药,就像一个"神奇的药液"或普通的水,改善了小孩子的跑步速度. 这表明有可能使用安慰剂来促进学龄前儿童的身体活动.
科学领域:
- 儿科心理学 儿科心理学
- 运动科学 运动科学 运动科学
- 行为儿科 行为儿科
背景情况:
- 以前的研究表明,安慰剂可以提高成人和老年儿童的体力活动表现.
- 在非常小的儿童中,安慰剂的有效性仍然不太清楚,特别是在体力任务方面.
研究的目的:
- 检查幼儿园年龄儿童对身体表现和享受的安慰剂效应.
- 为了比较欺骗性 (魔药) 与非欺骗性 (水) 避孕药对身体能力的影响.
主要方法:
- 101名儿童 (3-6岁) 被随机分配到欺骗性安慰剂 (DP) 或非欺骗性安慰剂 (NDP) 组.
- 孩子们进行了冲刺,平衡和力量任务,有或没有安慰剂.
- 绩效,乐趣和感知到的安慰剂疗效被评估使用非语言尺度.
主要成果:
- 无论是DP还是NDP,都显著提高了运行速度.
- 对于力量,平衡或对任务的乐趣没有观察到有意义的安慰剂效应.
- 孩子们预计DP的疗效更高,但DP和NDP之间的感知疗效没有差异.
结论:
- 幼儿园年龄的孩子可以区分安慰剂类型,期望影响结果.
- 假药,包括非欺骗性假药,显示出增强身体表现的潜力,如幼儿的跑步速度.
- 进一步研究促进儿童体育活动的非欺骗性安慰剂是有必要的,因为它对健康的重要性.
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