Brain Breaks Physical Activity Solutions® in higher education: Randomized controlled trial among Turkish university student

Uzunos, Fatma and Dinc, Sirri and Popeska, Biljana and Kuan, Garry and Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching and Edington.R, Christopher and Cuplan, Ian and Chin, Ming-Kai and Durstin.J., Larry (2023) Brain Breaks Physical Activity Solutions® in higher education: Randomized controlled trial among Turkish university student. Asian Journal of Physical Education and Computer Science in Sports, 28 (1). pp. 5-13. ISSN 0975-7732

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Abstract

A substantial volume of empirical evidence exists regarding the positive effects of technology-supported physical activity (PA) solutions in school children. However, a lack of potential impact of these solutions in higher education settings exists. This study aimed to examine the effects of Brain Breaks PA Solutions® on university students’ attitudes toward PA. This study used a pre-test and post-test with a quasi-experimental design and convenience sampling. Students (n = 521) from seven different faculties of a public university in the Cappadocia region of Turkey volunteered as study participants and were randomly assigned to either experimental (n = 263) or control (n = 258) groups. During a 3-month intervention, the experimental groups received Brain Breaks PA Solutions® videos. Student attitudes toward PA were measured using the attitudes toward PA Scale (APAS) before and after the intervention. Repeated measures analysis of variance indicates a time interaction effect for PA benefits. Time-by-group interaction effects with varying effect sizes were found for most APAS variables with the greatest gain noted in the experimental groups for fun, followed by learning from the videos, and self-efficacy (P < 0.05). This study provides evidence that technology-supported PA programs in higher education settings positively impact students’ attitudes toward PA.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Educational sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Educational Science
Depositing User:	Biljana Popeska
Date Deposited:	16 Jan 2024 09:06
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2024 09:06
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/33080

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