Mastery Motivational Climate: Influence on Physical Play and Heart Rate in African American Toddlers

• Autores: Loraine E. Parish, Mary E. Rudisill, Paul M. Onge
• Localización: Research quarterly for exercise and sport, ISSN 0270-1367, Vol. 78, Nº. 2, 2007, págs. 171-178
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a planned mastery motivational physical play session on physical activity (i.e., heart rate [HR] and physical play intensity [PAHR > 50]) in toddlers (N = 21), as compared to a nonplanned free play session. Participants wore a monitor to measure HR over two, 30 min play conditions. A multivariate analysis of variance was conducted to evaluate the effect of the play conditions. A significant difference between conditions and physiological measures revealed that the mastery motivational physical play session resulted in higher HR and PAHR > 50 when compared to free play. These findings suggest the mastery motivational session resulted in more vigorous physical play in toddlers than free play.