the Office of the Director,U.S.National Institutes of Health,under Award Number R25RR015674-1.
Background:The Science,PE,&Me!(SPEM)curriculum is a concept-based physical education curriculum that offers students coherent educational experiences for constructing health-related fitness knowledge through movement ...
Background:Research on achievement goal orientations in sport has typically relied on the use of variable-centered approaches that tend to overlook population heterogeneity.In this study,we used a person-centered appr...
This work was supported by an Estonian Research Council grant(PUT1542).
Purpose:Grounded in self-determination theory(SDT),the present study tested how students’perceptions of autonomy support from physical education teachers predicts objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical ac...
supported by research grant #MA03401 (Feltz,PI),NASA/National Space Biomedical Research
Background: The effect of the K?hler group dynamics paradigm(i.e., working together with a more capable partner where one's performance is indispensable to the team outcome) has been shown to increase motivation to ex...
Purpose: Physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) are increasingly considered independent health behaviors. Additionally, current research suggests that both controlled and automatic determinants accoun...
the generous support of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan;the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation;the United Dairy Industry of Michigan,Gopher Sports;the Michigan Department of Community Health at USA
Background:Beginning in the elementary school years,there are differences among children on how they perceive their competence in physical activity(PA).Children's competence perceptions may influence their affective r...
supported by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme-Health (No. 223600) as part of the PAPA project (www.projectpapa.org)
Background: Evidence suggests involvement in youth sport does not guarantee daily guidelines for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity(MVPA) are met, and participation may not mitigate the risks associated with physi...
Purpose:The aim of this study was to test and expand the Motivation of Marathoners Scale(MOMS) model(Masters et al.,1993).Methods:The MOMS questionnaire was distributed to 306 male and female marathon runners(a...
funded by a grant from the Brittany House of Human Sciences(2015–2017)
Background: Players may not acquire adequate levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity(MVPA) when playing commercial video games.This study's goal was to evaluate the effects of an exercise bike video game play...
Background: Active educational video games (AVGs) appear to have a positive effect on elementary school students' motivation leading to enhanced learning outcomes. The purpose of this study was to identify the eff...