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THE EFFECT OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITY CONTEXT ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Hustyi Kristin M.,
Normand Matthew P.,
Larson Tracy A.,
Morley Allison J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2012.45-401
Subject(s) - psychology , context (archaeology) , developmental psychology , autism , physical activity , context effect , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , linguistics , philosophy , word (group theory) , paleontology , biology
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.