- Title
- Controlled evaluation of a physical activity intervention for senior school students: effects of the lifetime activity program
- Creator
- Lubans, David; Sylva, Kathy
- Relation
- Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology Vol. 28, Issue 3, p. 252-268
- Relation
- http://www.humankinetics.com/JSEP/viewarticle.cfm?jid=7FpV7U7B4CvZ4TUV7MxW2bzu6NbF4u8B8CdC6&aid=6054&site=7FpV7U7B4CvZ4TUV7MxW2bzu6NbF4u8B8CdC6
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2006
- Description
- This study describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a structured physical activity intervention designed for high school students (years 11 and 12). A sample of 78 students was randomly allocated to control or intervention conditions for a period of ten weeks. Students in the control group (n = 40) participated in unstructured physical activity in a health and fitness center. Students in the intervention group (n = 38) participated in a ten-week structured health and exercise program based on Bandura's social learning theories. At the initial posttest, a number of statistically significant group differences were found using analysis of covariance. The intervention group reported more physical activity and improved exercise self-efficacy in comparison to the control group. At the 3-month follow-up, no statistically significant differences in physical activity were found. Results from this study suggest that a well-organized exercise-based program can be effective in increasing physical activity behavior of adolescents on a short-term basis.
- Subject
- adherence; exercise; adolescents
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/26727
- Identifier
- uon:1070
- Identifier
- ISSN:0895-2779
- Language
- eng
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