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High School Student Attributions, Interest, And Self-Efficacy In Fitness Testing, Summer Davis
High School Student Attributions, Interest, And Self-Efficacy In Fitness Testing, Summer Davis
Human Movement Sciences Theses & Dissertations
This study examined the extent to which (a) healthy weight and overweight/obese high school students differ in Progressive Aerobic Cardiorespiratory Endurance Run (PACER) and push-up test performances, (b) attributions for PACER and push-up test outcomes differ based on weight status and performance (in the healthy fitness zone [HFZ] vs not in HFZ), (c) attribution dimension scores differ based on student weight status and performance, and (d) content-specific motivation constructs including personal interest, self-efficacy and attribution dimensions predict PACER and push-up test performances. High school students (n=185) first completed questionnaires assessing their interest and self-efficacy for the PACER and push-up fitness …
The Impacts Of Formal Training On The Motivation Of Middle-Aged Runners, Margaret Turley
The Impacts Of Formal Training On The Motivation Of Middle-Aged Runners, Margaret Turley
Master's Level Papers/Projects
The problem of this study was to understand the motivational factors behind middle-aged adults who take up running, and whether or not formal training is used by this population to aid in meeting their training goals. To determine this, two surveys were distributed to running groups hosted on social media. The first survey was geared toward middle-aged runners, and the second survey was geared toward trainers and running coaches who train middle-aged runners. The results of the survey were 183 runner participants and one trainer participant. Due to the lack of sufficient data, the trainer survey was not used in …