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CHILDREN’S MOTIVATION TO ENGAGE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
DURING RECESS
by
Merav W. Efrat
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2010
Copyright 2010 Merav W. Efrat
Object Description
| Title | Children's motivation to engage in physical activity during recess |
| Author | Efrat, Merav W. |
| Author email | merav.efrat@csun.edu; Efrat@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-04-05 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-05-21 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hirabayashi, Kimberly |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Seli, Helena Riconscente, Michelle |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to explore strategies that may increase children’s motivation to engage in physical activity during unstructured in-school free-time, such as recess. One hundred and sixty-two students, recruited from three elementary schools and nine fourth grade classrooms, were randomly assigned to one of three groups: 1) a teacher’s daily verbal persuasion to engage in physical activity during recess; 2) a modeling of active recess time games by a competent adult; and 3) a comparison group that received no treatment. Pre-and post-treatment self-efficacy and effort data were collected utilizing a recess time physical activity self-efficacy instrument and accelerometers.; A Spearman’s rank correlation analysis determined that, in the context of recess, self-efficacy and effort are not related. A series of 2 x 3 ANCOVAs with pre-treatment scores as covariates determined that following treatment, the verbal persuasion group participants, compared to the modeling group participants, had significantly greater self-efficacy and effort mean scores. A borderline significant gender by treatment interaction effect on effort indicated that verbal persuasion was slightly more effective at increasing males, compared to female’s effort. A series of 3 x 2 repeated measures ANOVAs determined that from pre- to post-treatment only participants in the verbal persuasion group spent a significantly higher percent of their recess time engaged in moderate to vigorous physical activity. Lastly, a principal component analysis with varimax rotation indicated that the barrier self-efficacy scale utilized in this study consisted of two types of barrier self-efficacy: adult verbal persuasion barrier self-efficacy and other barrier self-efficacy.; Given school districts current budget and curriculum constrains, this study provides strong evidence that one cost effective strategy for increasing children’s daily physical activity levels is a small dose of social prompting in the form of a teacher’s verbal persuasion. In light of evidence suggesting that physical activity is linked to lower obesity rates, and substantial health and academic benefits, social prompting may be a useful strategy for addressing the childhood obesity epidemic, and improving students’ academic and health outcomes. |
| Keyword | children; modeling; physical activity; recess; self-efficacy; verbal persuasion |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | San Fernando Valley |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3095 |
| Rights | Efrat, Merav W. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Efrat-3716 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Efrat-3716.pdf |
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| Full text | CHILDREN’S MOTIVATION TO ENGAGE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DURING RECESS by Merav W. Efrat A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2010 Copyright 2010 Merav W. Efrat |
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