Title

Behavioral assessment of physical activity in obese preschool children

Authors

Kristin M. Hustyi, University of the Pacific
Matthew P. Normand, University of the PacificFollow
Tracy A. Larson, University of the Pacific

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Department

Psychology

ISSN

0021-8855

Volume

44

Issue

3

DOI

10.1901/jaba.2011.44-635

First Page

635

Last Page

639

Publication Date

Summer 2011

Abstract

We measured changes in physical activity in 2 obese preschool children when a package intervention was evaluated in a reversal design. Physical activity was measured via direct observation and pedometers. Although the intervention produced only modest increases in activity, the results provide preliminary concurrent validation for the dependent measures used, in that the two measures covaried and a similar degree of change was observed with each across baseline and intervention phases.

Comments

We thank Scott Greenberg, Ella Sargent, and the other members of the behavior analysis research group at the University of the Pacific for their assistance throughout the conduct of this study.

Recommended Citation

Hustyi, K. M., Normand, M. P., & Larson, T. A. (2011). Behavioral assessment of physical activity in obese preschool children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(3), 635–639. DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-635
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cop-facarticles/233