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ERIC Number: EJ1060274
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Jun
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-8405
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Association of a Behaviorally Based High School Health Education Curriculum with Increased Exercise
Annesi, James J.; Trinity, John; Mareno, Nicole; Walsh, Stephanie M.
Journal of School Nursing, v31 n3 p196-204 Jun 2015
Increasing exercise in children and adolescents through academic classes is an understudied area. Potential benefits include associated improvements in health, psychosocial, and quality-of-life factors. A sample of 98 students (M[subscript age] = 14.3) from high school health education classes received six, 40-min lessons incorporating cognitive-behavioral methods to increase exercise over 6 weeks. Significant within-group improvements in exercise, mood, and body satisfaction were found, with slightly larger effect sizes identified for the boys. Increase in exercise was significantly associated with reduced mood distress (ß = -0.17, p < 0.001). For the girls only, change in body satisfaction significantly mediated that relationship, and a reciprocal relationship between changes in mood and body satisfaction was also identified. Incorporation of lessons emphasizing goal setting and self-regulation within high school health education classes may foster increased exercise and associated improvements in mood and body satisfaction. For girls, the positive effects may reinforce one another.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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