The effect of outdoor activity context on physical activity in preschool children
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
Department
Psychology
ISSN
0021-8855
Volume
45
Issue
2
DOI
10.1901/jaba.2012.45-401
First Page
401
Last Page
405
Publication Date
Summer 2012
Abstract
The purpose of the current study was to develop and test a method for assessing the effect of outdoor activity context on level of physical activity in preschool children. The Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in Children was used to define the test conditions and various levels of physical activity within a multielement design. In general, all participants were fairly sedentary during the analysis. The fixed playground equipment condition produced the most moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, a finding that does not correspond to the descriptive assessment literature on childhood physical activity.
Recommended Citation
Hustyi, K. M.,
Normand, M. P.,
Larson, T. A.,
&
Morley, A. J.
(2012).
The effect of outdoor activity context on physical activity in preschool children.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 45(2), 401–405.
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2012.45-401
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cop-facarticles/231
Comments
This study is based on a thesis submitted by the first author in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MA degree at the University of the Pacific. We thank Barbara Beavers of Garden of Eden day care for her assistance and cooperation. We also thank Carolynn Kohn and Darrin Kitchen for their helpful comments on an earlier version of this manuscript.