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Effect of Technology Based Programme “Brain Breaks” on the Pupils’ Attitudes towards Physical Activity in Secondary Schools

Ľubor Tománek, Iveta Cihová, Gabriela Luptáková, Branislav Antala, Ming-kai Chin and Peter Šagát

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 27, Issue S3, December 2019

Keywords: Attitudes, physical activity, pupils, secondary schools, technology based programme “Brain Breaks”, video-exercise

Published on: 30 December 2019

This study examines effects of the technology-based physical activity intervention program on the attitudes of secondary school pupils towards physical activity. A total of 229 Grade 6 pupils participated in the study. The experimental group completed a 3-month intervention of a 3-5 min physical activity break during a random lesson every school day. A standardized questionnaire (51 items) was used to collect the data on a cognitive, affective and behavioral component of pupils’ attitudes before and after the intervention. The control group only filled in the survey without taking part in the physical activity program. A paired samples t-test was applied to identify the differences between the pre-test and post-test data. The One-way ANOVA was used to compare two indepenten samples, differences between the experimental and the control group. As a result, significant differences between the pre-test and post-test were found in overall attitudes of the experimental group in both boys (p = 0.025) and girls ((p = 0.039), and additionally, in the affective component in boys ((p = 0.009) and girls ((p = 0.002). Moreover, significant differences between the experimental and the control group were found in pupils’ overall attitudes (boys (p = 0.002; girls (p = 0.007), in the affective component in boys ((p < 0.001), and in the affective ((p = 0.003) and behavioral ((p = 0.024) component in girls. To conclude, such intervention programs may serve as a valuable tool to enhance pupils’ attitudes towards physical activity which may lead to their greater active participation in physical activity, and consequently, an improved overall health

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

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JSSH(S)-1330-20

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