Physical activity interventions in the school setting: A systematic review

Demetriou, Yolanda; Höner, Oliver

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2011.11.006

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“…Efforts to increase physical activity levels among young people have expanded 7,8 . However, despite progress in evaluating the effectiveness of physical activity intervention programs, their effects are considered non-significant and much remains unknown about their long-term effectiveness 7,8 .…”

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“…However, despite progress in evaluating the effectiveness of physical activity intervention programs, their effects are considered non-significant and much remains unknown about their long-term effectiveness 7,8 . The identification of factors that may influence physical activity levels in adolescents, particularly those that could be potentially modified, has been considered an essential requirement in developing effective intervention programs 9,10,11 .…”

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Physical activity, psychosocial and perceived environmental factors in adolescents from Northeast Brazil

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“…Most children regularly attend school [21] and with this understanding, many researchers have developed and implemented PA interventions and/or programming while youth are at school [13,39]. PA surveillance has been identified as an important component of global action against physical inactivity; if physical activity is important it must be measured [23].…”

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Seasonal variation of American Indian children’s school-day physical activity

Brusseau

Kulinna

Kloeppel

et al. 2012

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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SummaryStudy aim: To examine the pedometer steps taken during the school-day by American Indian children during all four seasons. Material and methods: Participants included third-sixth grade children (n = 157) aged 9.6±1.07 (boys) and 9.7±1.2 (girls) attending school from one Southwestern US American Indian community. Children had a mean BMI of 23.9±7.7 with 70% being classified as overweight or obese. Children wore a pedometer (Yamax Digiwalker SW-200) for 20 days (5 days per season). Results: Children accumulated 4762±1544 (boys) and 4408±1194 (girls) steps/day across the four seasons with the highest totals occurring during the Fall (4899, males; 4796, females) and the lowest totals during the Winter (4463, males; 4043, females). Repeated measures ANOVA showed no significant differences in daily school-day steps across seasons. Children classified as normal weight averaged 5146±1688 steps/day, overweight children averaged 5020±1333 steps/day, and obese children accumulated 4275±1123 steps/day. Conclusions: PA stayed relatively consistent across seasons in this sample of children. However, children were the least active during Winter months. With 70% of the current sample being classified as overweight and with American Indian children at greater risk for numerous hypokinetic diseases there is a clear need for additional school-day PA opportunities.

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“…Key settings for physical activity promotion among adolescents are schools, home, community and primary health care centres. Among them, the most commonly targeted setting for this age group is schools (14,17), and there is strong evidence for schoolbased physical activity interventions (14,16,17).…”

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Psychometric properties of the Socail Cognitive Theory questionnaire for physical activity in a sample of Iranian adolescent girl students

Ardestani

Niknami

Hidarnia

et al. 2016

East Mediterr Health J

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This research examined the validity and reliability of a researcher-developed questionnaire based on Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) to assess the physical activity behaviour of Iranian adolescent girls (SCT-PAIAGS). Psychometric properties of the SCT-PAIAGS were assessed by determining its face validity, content and construct validity as well as its reliability. In order to evaluate factor structure, cross-sectional research was conducted on 400 high-school girls in Tehran. Content validity index, content validity ratio and impact score for the SCT-PAIAGS varied between 0.97-1, 0.91-1 and 4.6-4.9 respectively. Confirmatory factor analysis approved a six-factor structure comprising self-efficacy, self-regulation, family support, friend support, outcome expectancy and self-efficacy to overcoming impediments. Factor loadings, t-values and fit indices showed that the SCT model was fitted to the data.

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Physical activity interventions in the school setting: A systematic review

Cited by 137 publications

References 85 publications

Physical activity, psychosocial and perceived environmental factors in adolescents from Northeast Brazil

Physical activity, psychosocial and perceived environmental factors in adolescents from Northeast Brazil

Seasonal variation of American Indian children’s school-day physical activity

Psychometric properties of the Socail Cognitive Theory questionnaire for physical activity in a sample of Iranian adolescent girl students

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