Rehearsal and pedometer reactivity in children | Zendy

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Rehearsal and pedometer reactivity in children

Author(s) -

Ling Fiona C.M.,

Masters Richard S.W.,

McManus Alison M.

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of clinical psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124

H-Index - 119

eISSN - 1097-4679

pISSN - 0021-9762

DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20745

Subject(s) - pedometer , psychology , reactivity (psychology) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical activity , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology

The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether rehearsal, defined as the tendency to recurrently ruminate over upsetting aversive experiences, had an effect on pedometry reactivity. A total of 156 Hong Kong Chinese children aged 9–12 years were recruited. Participants completed the Rehearsal Scale for Children‐Chinese (RSC‐C; Ling, Maxwell, Masters, & McManus, 2010) and wore the pedometers for 3 consecutive weeks. The mean number of steps was significantly higher in Week 1 than in Week 3. High rehearsers showed a larger decrease in mean number of steps from Week 1 to Week 3 than low rehearsers. Future physical activity intervention studies should adjust for reactivity in their baseline measurements and should further examine the relationship between habitual PA and individual propensities for rehearsal. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 00:1–6, 2010.

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