Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport back issues from February 2007:
Research consortium program.(Calendar)
Feb 01, 2007 ... 2007 AAHPERD National Convention and Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland Monday, March 12, 2007 4:00-9:00 p.m. Research Consortium Executive Board Meeting Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:00-11:45 a.m. Research Consortium ...
Reviewers.
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Review Panel Chairs (RPCs) are listed immediately under each topic area. The abstract and symposia reviewers for each area then follow. Biomachanics and Sports Medicine Duane Knudson (F) (RPC), California State University-Chico Michael Bird, Truman ...
Youth sport coaches: factors that predict satisfaction with the coaching experience.(2007 RESEARCH CONSORTIUM GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD WINNER)(Survey)
Feb 01, 2007; ... This abstract will be among those presented in the session entitled "Research Consortium Poster Social: Representative Research in HPERD" scheduled for Wednesday, March 14, 2007, from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall. This research was completed as part of the author's dissertation work ...
2007 R. Tait McKenzie Memorial lecture: influences on and consequences of sport participation in adolescence.(DISTINGUISHED LECTURES AND SCHOLAR LECTURES)(Lecture)
Feb 01, 2007; ... What is the role of participation in sports for adolescent development? In this talk, I will first discuss the psychological influences on adolescents' decisions to participate in either physical activity or competitive sports. I will draw on the Eccles et al. Expectancy-Value Model of ...
28th Annual C. H. McCloy research lecture--field of dreams: youth sport as a social context of development.(DISTINGUISHED LECTURES AND SCHOLAR LECTURES)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Youth sport is a unique social context for nurturing psychosocial development and a physically active lifestyle. This context and associated literature is sometimes overlooked in the "physical activity" literature, which is surprising given that organized sport connotes a huge form of ...
16th Annual Raymond A. Weiss lecture--a research conundrum in the 21st century: what to do with meaning?(DISTINGUISHED LECTURES AND SCHOLAR LECTURES)(Lecture)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The history of research would suggest that we have made both too much and too little of meaning. In some idealistic schemes, meaning has played a dominant role in understanding how the world of space and time came to be, who we movement-oriented creatures are, and how things work in the ...
2nd Annual RQES lecture--efficacy belief in sport: research on athletes teams and coaches.(DISTINGUISHED LECTURES AND SCHOLAR LECTURES)(Lecture)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Efficacy belief in sport is about the confidence that one can perform skillfully, cope with performance pressure, and sustain the hard work necessary to be successful. Some athletes are more confident than others that they can perform these skills as successfully as others. Athletes also ...
Research consortium scholar lecture: African American intercollegiate athletic experiences--from biographies, "revolt of the black athlete," "stacking," "black bottom pyramids," to "critical race theory:" a call for new research paradigms.(DISTINGUISHED LECTURES AND SCHOLAR LECTURES)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The paths taken by African American athletes from slavery to prized performers on college campuses are laced with instances of racism, sexism, discrimination, and exploitation. Pioneering African American college athletes such as Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, Wilma Rudolph, and Fritz ...
Research consortium scholar lecture: engaged scholarship--making meaningful connections between the university and the community.(DISTINGUISHED LECTURES AND SCHOLAR LECTURES)(Speech)
Feb 01, 2007; ... " ... the scholarship of engagement also means creating a special climate in which the academic and civic cultures communicate more continuously and more creatively with each other, helping to enlarge what anthropologist Clifford Geertz describes as the universe of human discourse and ...
Eastern District AAHPERD 2007 research keynote: effects of current trends in youth fitness on physical performance assessments and training methodologies of the United States military academy and the army.(INVITED LECTURES)(American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance)
Feb 01, 2007; ... There are abundant data to substantiate the continued downward spiral of youth fitness in the United States, which in turn drives down initial entry fitness levels for the armed services and the national service academies. In his introductory remarks at the Center for Accession Research ...
The epidemiology of the couch potato.(INVITED LECTURES)
Feb 01, 2007; ... This lecture, delivered by Ross Andersen, associate professor of medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, will address the current increased prevalence of obesity in the U.S. and around the world ....
RC 101: introduction to the research consortium.(INVITED LECTURES)
Feb 01, 2007; ... This presentation, delivered by Research Consortium (RC) past president Bradley J. Cardinal, a professor in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences at Oregon State University, introduces conference attendees to the RC of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, ...
First annual graduate student--research consortium scholar social.(INVITED LECTURES)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The Research Consortium (RC) is pleased announce a new session hosted by RC president Ron McBride and designed specifically for graduate students attending the 2007 AAHPERD Conference. Graduate students are cordially invited to visit with the 2007 Raymond A. Weiss Lecturer, Scott ...
Symposium: choreography as research.(PEER-REVIEWED SYMPOSIA)
Feb 01, 2007 ... The process of choreography and dance reconstruction is complex, time consuming, artful, imaginative and rigorous. Choreographers know this. But to the rest of academia, choreography is an unknown quantity. This symposium will present methodologies of rigorous choreography and dance ...
Symposium: scholarship in dance.(PEER-REVIEWED SYMPOSIA)
Feb 01, 2007 ... In 2007, the National Dance Association celebrates 75 years of service to dance. The purpose of this symposium is to present two indicators of the existence of research in dance fostered by members of NDA. One presentation examines 15 years of dance research presentations (1992-2006) in ...
Symposium: computerized adaptive testing.(PEER-REVIEWED SYMPOSIA)
Feb 01, 2007 ... In 1987, Spray introduced to the field of kinesiology and physical education the concept of computerized adaptive testing (CAT), in which test items are selected and presented based on the performance of the examinee. Except for a few exploratory attempts, CAT has been ignored by the ...
Symposium: new methods for analyzing and modeling complex data in interdisciplinary research.(PEER-REVIEWED SYMPOSIA)(generalized estimating equation, structural mean modeling, social network analysis, agent-based modeling)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Data in physical activity and health behaviors research are often clustered in multilevel structures and have involved complex relationships. These kinds of data are usually analyzed by conventional statistical methods, which may violate some important assumptions, ignore important ...
Symposium: "more than a game:" impact of The First Tee life skills programs on positive youth development.(PEER-REVIEWED SYMPOSIA)
Feb 01, 2007 ... The purpose is to report first-year results of a longitudinal study evaluating the effectiveness of The First Tee, a youth development program, in teaching life skills and core values. Because positive youth development refers to acquiring psychological and social skills that transfer to ...
Symposium: social physique anxiety research and measurement: a 20-year retrospective.(PEER-REVIEWED SYMPOSIA)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Item 4 of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (Hart, Leary, & Rejeski, 1989) reads, "There are times when I am bothered by thoughts that other people are evaluating my weight or muscular development negatively." How characteristic of you is this statement? Approximately 20 years ago, ...
Integrating the family into the camp experience: exploring the impact of residential diabetes family camp.
Feb 01, 2007; ... In 2002, the total annual economic cost of diabetes was estimated to be $132 billion (ADA, 2005). An increasing number of adolescents are being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (ADA, 2004) and families appear to play an important role in adolescents' diabetes self-management. Inadequate ...
Centrality in the National Football League.(PEER-REVIEWED PRECONVENTION SYMPOSIA)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2007; ... This presentation is on progress the National Football League teams have made toward the reduction of stacking on and off the field in particular decision making positions. It examines the stereotypes that have been associated with the abilities of football players of different races. This ...
African American coach hiring practices.(PEER-REVIEWED PRECONVENTION SYMPOSIA)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Using Grusky (1963) definition centrality is in terms of professional football as being from certain racial or ethnic group being either over or under represented at certain positions in team sports. This practice often leads to racial discrimination is most likely to occur at central ...
Collective and experiential dimensions of teachers' practical knowledge: African American women in the professoriate speak.
Feb 01, 2007; ... This study documents and analyzes the nature and content of the knowledge that enables professors to foster learning for African-American students. Its findings suggest that there is a complex grounding for this type of pedagogical competence, one that goes beyond mastery of subject matter ...
Pedal reaction forces during exercise on the elliptical trainer.(BIOMECHANICS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The elliptical trainer was developed as a cardiovascular machine that could provide an exercise similar to running but with reduced impact forces. There is little or no information in the literature on the actual forces generated at the pedal during exercise on an elliptical trainer. The ...
Biomechanical aspects of learning pole vault.(BIOMECHANICS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The number of pole vaulters has markedly increased since the event was added to the women's track and field program. Many of them have learned vaulting at a later stage of their athletic careers. Reasons include lack of vaulting facilities at younger age, switching from another event, or ...
Bilateral transfer of motor skills in dance.(DANCE)
Feb 01, 2007; ... In the motor learning literature, the debate as to whether bilateral transfer of fine motor skills is greater from the dominant to the nondominant side or vice versa is inconclusive and task dependent. To date, the only dance study (Puretz, 1983) showed that bilateral transfer was greater ...
Comparison of holistic and analytic rating approaches on the assessment of dance performance.
Feb 01, 2007; ... Traditionally, assessments on the dance performance were based on a holistic rating approach, meaning that there is one overall score instead of discrete domains. This approach, however, is limited in use in the field because it does not provide the feedback with a scale that includes ...
The seven movements in dancing viewed through Laban Movement Analysis.
Feb 01, 2007; ... Jean Georges Noverre is the dancer and ballet master who wrote Lettres sur la danse et les ballets in 1760 which revolutionized ballet. His theories are with us today. Noverre analyzed ballet movement into seven basic categories. These are known as the seven movements in dancing. These are ...
Supplemental rhythmic activities for elementary-age children and the effects on levels of rhythmic self-efficacy.
Feb 01, 2007; ... The purpose of the study was to determine if elementary children have increased rhythmic self-efficacy after participating in supplemental rhythmic activities. Children who took a rhythms class were compared to those who had not had a class. Analyses of gender and ethnicity were also ...
Relationships between children's engagement in physical activity and health-related fitness indicators: exploring the link between engagement and health.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Current recommendations call for children to be physically active 60 min each day, with bouts of continual activity lasting at least 15 min. Although the importance of physical activity (PA) for children is recognized, there is little empirical evidence concerning how activity levels ...
Growth rates in fitness by children in grades 4 through 8.
Feb 01, 2007; ... The notion that all children need to achieve adequate levels of physical fitness would find few dissenters. However, the best means to achieve this important national goal is the subject of considerable debate among scholars and decision makers. Recently, concern has again shifted to ...
Measuring physical activity of fifth-grade students using pedometers.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The purpose of this study was to determine the physical activity levels that students' acquire during recess, physical education, the school day, and the total day, measured by pedometers. Additionally, this study investigated whether there were gender differences among students regarding ...
Sagittal abdominal diameter as a measure of abdominal adiposity.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Excess abdominal adiposity has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. There has been increased discussion about the use of a new method of measuring abdominal obesity, sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD). The purpose of the ...
Improvements in competitive swimming performance following a season of high volume training.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Competitive swimmers in elite training programs have been challenged with high aerobic training volumes characterized in the literature as excessive, as a cause of depletion of energy reserves needed for nonoxidative energy production and detrimental to performances. Our hypothesis was ...
College female students' fitness levels, learning motivation, and attitudes in a physical education setting.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Economic prosperity and modern technology have raised the quality of life in Taiwan to developed-world levels. And like developed countries around the world, Taiwan has begun to make physical fitness a national priority (Taiwan Time, 2004). According to the government, which formulated the ...
Percentage of kindergarten through third-grade children above the FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM body mass index healthy fitness zone.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Childhood obesity has increased to epidemic proportions during the past 20 years. The state of California mandates physical fitness assessment of all public school children in grades 5, 7 and 9, using the FITNESSGRAM/ACTMTYGRAM battery. Data for 2005 show that for the body mass index (BMI) ...
Predictors of marathon performance time in female runners.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The number of U.S. marathon runners has increased exponentially since 1976, with women today comprising 40% of all finishers. Studies that relate marathon performance time (MPT) to training regimens have been conducted using male participants; however few studies have been conducted using ...
Physical activity comparison of male and female adults in Puerto Rico.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Adequate levels of physical activity (PA) have been associated with the promotion of health and prevention of disease. In recent years different investigations have found differences between ethnic groups in terms of their levels of PA. However there has been little data regarding the PA ...
Decreasing elevator travel in women using sign prompts encouraging stair use.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Much research has been published examining ways to increase stair use and decrease elevator/escalator use. Many of these studies used a point-of-choice prompt encouraging stair use. Conducted in community settings, such as shopping malls, train stations, and airports, few studies have been ...
Using performance variables to predict strength in female athletes.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The importance of assessing strength for improving performance is commonly done with repetition maximums or repetition to fatigue assessments. However, because of the volume of weight lifted, lack of lifting experience, and level of physiological maturation these lifts may not always be ...
Passive static stretching of the lower extremity and the impact on running economy.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Traditionally, large muscle dynamic movement (DM) and acute static stretching (SS) prior to performance based activities have been used as a warm-up activity and are reported to enhance performance. Recent research has focused on performance variables associated with anaerobic based ...
Health-related fitness changes in Hispanic elementary schoolchildren after 1 year of regular physical education.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... High rates of overweight and physical inactivity have been found in African American and Hispanic children (CDC, 1997). School physical education is a primary way for children to engage in regular physical activity. However, the time, content and method variation of current elementary ...
Exploring perceptual gender differences toward lifetime fitness and wellness classes among college students.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... As individuals in our society engage in fitness or physical activities for various reasons (Wooledge, Screws, & Shorter, 2002), gender has been an essential variable to test different motivational patterns toward fitness activities (Gill, 1992). Are women similar to men regarding reasons ...
Does a season of lacrosse practice and competition change the fitness levels of middle school girls?(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The purpose of this study was to see if a season of lacrosse practice and competition resulted in improvements in the fitness levels of girls on a middle school lacrosse team. During the first week of the season, a middle school girls' lacrosse team composed of 49 seventh- and eighth-grade ...
Influence of step distance on knee joint angle and energy exercise.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Step exercise remains a popular form of low-impact aerobic exercise. Because the height of the platform can be adjusted, all ages and populations can participate in this form of dance exercise. Although injury rates are low for shorter heights, the energy cost decreases linearly with ...
Gender differences in cortisol response to physical activity: comparing young children with adults.(EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND FITNESS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Cortisol is a glucocorticoid hormone with a secretory baseline pattern that is circadian in nature. It is additionally released in response to physiological or psychological stressors as the end product of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis. Increases in cortisol ...
Health care providers and intimate partner violence: attitudes beliefs and education.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Nonfatal Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) victimizations against women occur in 5 to 6 million intimate relationships yearly in the United States. Violence may be physical, sexual or psychological. The physician-patient relationship is viewed as an avenue of addressing violence against ...
Impact of the first semester college experience on cardiovascular risk factor development.(HEALTH)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Few studies have investigated the impact of the first semester freshman college experience on cardiovascular disease risk factors such as blood lipids and fasting blood glucose. Thirty-one college freshman ages 18-22 years (9 men and 22 women) completed blood lipid and fasting blood ...
Effectiveness of social marketing poster campaigns on a university campus.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Social marketing has been widely used on college campuses to influence the acceptance of behaviors for reducing the risk for health practices associated with high-risk alcohol consumption. The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of a poster campaign, designed by the National ...
Teacher- and school-specific factors related to implementation of the positive action program.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Evidence indicates high fidelity implementation (i.e., the degree to which a planned program is carried out to its original intent) of school-based prevention programs is related to teacher- and school-specific characteristics (Dane & Schneider, 1998; Han & Weiss, 2005). Factors specific ...
Do body mass index referenced step count recommendation apply to U.S. children (6-12 years)?(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Prior research has established pedometer step count recommendations for children (ages 6-12 years) based on international body mass index (BMI) cut points (Cole, et al., 2000; Tudor-Locke et al, 2004). Data used to arrive at these recommendations (boys 15,000 and girls 12,000 steps x ...
Effects of a high protein diet and exercise on lipid levels.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... High protein diets have become increasingly popular among the general public. High protein diets have been postulated to negatively impact lipid levels, yet new research suggests that lipid changes may in fact be due to fat content in the diet or active weight loss. The purpose of this ...
Association between accelerometer-determined summertime physical activity and body composition in adolescents.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Lack of daily physical activity is a contributing factor to the adolescent obesity epidemic. Few studies have been conducted to examine the relationship between accelerometer-determined physical activity and body composition during the summer months in adolescents. The purposes of this ...
Urban and suburban differences in dietary behaviors in middle school students.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Unhealthy dietary behaviors have been identified by the CDC as one of the top risk factors associated with morbidity and mortality in the United States. This problem is especially prevalent in urban settings where large numbers of the population suffer from obesity related diseases. It has ...
A comparison of selected body composition protocols: skinfold versus bioelectrical impedance.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The OMRON Body Logic hand held body fat analyzer model HBF-306BL[c] is an inexpensive, portable, noninvasive, battery operated instrument that measures body fat percentage via electrical impedance. The manufacturer claims the OMRON portrays reliable body fat measurements if a person is ...
Psychological distress, coping deficits, and the tendency to drink alcohol to cope in a college population.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Numerous researchers have identified the disposition to drink alcohol to cope with psychological distress as one of the most predictive elements of problematic patterns of alcohol use. Affect regulation and social learning models posit that psychological distress increases an individual's ...
Effects of the Michigan model curriculum on students' nutritional knowledge and behaviors.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... One of the behaviors identified by the Center for Disease Control that is most strongly related to morbidity and mortality is unhealthy dietary behaviors. Because most of these unhealthy behaviors begin early in life, the burden of early prevention education falls largely on health ...
The effects of fitness and fatness on cardiovascular disease risk factors and self-perception of health in urban teenagers: the PATH program.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Intervention strategies are crucial in planning school-based wellness programs. Understanding whether cardiovascular disease risk factors (RF) and self-perception of health (SPH) are affected by fitness or fatness can affect strategies. 865 girls and 497 boys were tested on body mass index ...
Parental role in reducing television viewing in kindergartners: findings from a national study.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends parents limit their children to a maximum of 2 hr of TV per day. Recent data suggest young children are exposed more than 3 hr. Excessive TV viewing is shown to increase a child's risk for obesity, attention deficit disorder, and propensity for ...
Sexuality education report card for Michigan schools: policies and practices.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services established two national goals to increase the proportion of adolescents who never have had sexual intercourse and increase condom use among sexually active adolescents. Schools are an ideal setting in which to educate students about ...
Dietary and physical activity perceptions in a rural Louisiana community.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Obesity and inactivity are increasingly prevalent in our society and will soon surpass tobacco as the leading cause of preventable death and disease (CDC, 2006). Individuals interested in a community-based physical activity program completed questionnaires on body perceptions and stages of ...
Physical activity levels of older adults: the influence of self-determination.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Although the physiological, psychological, and social benefits of physical activity are well documented, few individuals sufficiently engage in it. Older adults are the least active segment of the population, despite evidence that the potential benefits of physical activity are especially ...
Perfectionism and disordered eating among athletes.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The construct of perfectionism has been linked with eating disorders although the relationship remains unclear. Female athletes are at heightened risk of disordered eating behaviors, and perfectionism appears to be a central component raising the risk of disordered eating and the ...
Examining the relationship between perceptions of the physical environment and percentage of body fat estimated from dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry.(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... A growing body of evidence indicates that urban sprawl, poor land use-mix, lack of infrastructure conducive to physical activity (PA), and negative perceptions about neighborhood safety and aesthetics are related to reductions in PA and subsequent increases in obesity. With approximately ...
Chinese culture and cigarette smoking: why is smoking so prevalent in China?(HEALTH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... About one fifth of the Chinese population smokes, and two thirds of Chinese men become daily smokers before reaching 25 years of age. If current rates of new smokers persist in China, tobacco will kill one third of all Chinese men now under the age of 30 years (about 100 million) before ...