Enjoyment mediates effects of a school-based physical-activity intervention
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PURPOSE: The study evaluated whether targeted changes in factors influencing enjoyment of physical education (PE), physical activity enjoyment, and self-efficacy beliefs about participating in physical activity mediated the effect of the Lifestyle Education for Activity Program (LEAP) intervention on participation in physical activity. METHODS: High schools (N=24) paired on enrollment size, racial composition, urban or rural location, and class structure were randomized into control (N=12) or experimental (N=12) groups. Of the 4044 girls enrolled and eligible, 2087 (51.6%) participated in the measurement component of the study. There were 1038 girls in the control group and 1049 girls in the experimental group. INTERVENTION: LEAP was a comprehensive school-based intervention emphasizing changes in instruction and school environment designed to increase physical activity among black and white adolescent girls. It was organized according to the Coordinated School Health Program and included a PE component with core objectives of promoting enjoyment of PE, physical activity enjoyment, and self-efficacy. RESULTS: Latent variable structural equation modeling indicated that: 1) the intervention had direct, positive effects on physical activity and factors influencing enjoyment of PE, which subsequently explained the effects of increased physical activity enjoyment and self-efficacy on increased physical activity; and 2) an additional, indirect effect of physical activity enjoyment on physical activity operated by an influence on self-efficacy. CONCLUSIONS: Increases in enjoyment partially mediated the positive effect of the LEAP intervention. To our knowledge, we have provided the first experimental evidence from a randomized controlled trial linking increased enjoyment with increased physical activity among black and white adolescent girls.
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Enjoyment partially mediates the positive effect of modified physical education interventions.
“Enjoyment has been found to partially mediate the positive effect of modified PE interventions (Dishman et al., 2005), which further emphasises the importance of choice and enjoyment within school-based interventions for adolescent girls.”
From The effectiveness of school-based physical activity interventions for adolescent girls: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017) · cites this paper as Dishman et al., 2005
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- Authors
- DISHMAN, R. K., MOTL, R. W., SAUNDERS, R., FELTON, G., WARD, D. S., DOWDA, M., & PATE, R. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Georgia (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- University of South Carolina (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Venue
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
- Published
- 2005-03
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 478-487
- ISSN
- 0195-9131 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2042754559
- Cited by
- 474
- References
- 29
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- FWCI
- 12.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH HL 57775)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Physical Education and Pedagogy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Keywords
- physical activity, physical education, enjoyment, self-efficacy, school-based intervention, adolescent girls, mediation, coordinated school health programs, racial differences
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Female, Happiness, Humans, Models, Psychological, Motivation, Physical Education and Training, School Health Services, Health Behavior, Exercise, Self Efficacy
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