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Exploring The Barriers And Facilitators To Making Healthy Physical Activity Lifestyle Choices Among Uk Bame Adults During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study Protocol, Johnson Mbabazi, Fiona Macgregor, Mona Salman, Jeff Breckon, Edward Kunonga, Barry Tolchard, Lawrence Achilles Nnyanzi
Exploring The Barriers And Facilitators To Making Healthy Physical Activity Lifestyle Choices Among Uk Bame Adults During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study Protocol, Johnson Mbabazi, Fiona Macgregor, Mona Salman, Jeff Breckon, Edward Kunonga, Barry Tolchard, Lawrence Achilles Nnyanzi
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Past research has identified that individuals from BAME communities face health inequalities and report poorer outcomes from numerous health interventions. This study will explore some of the reasons with a focus on the perceptions towards physical activity in the lifestyle prevention of diseases. It will also seek to elicit a range of facilitators and barriers towards improving physical activity lifestyle choices amongst UK BAME adults, including but not limited to those in the individual, structural, environmental and social domains. Furthermore, it will consider the role of ethnicity and culture in the forming of physical activity lifestyle choices. This study was …
Associations Of 24-Hour Movement Behaviors, Parental Academic Support, And Academic Achievement In Alaskan Adolescents, You Fu, Ryan D. Burns, Nora Constantino, Xavier Lopez, Samantha Dyer
Associations Of 24-Hour Movement Behaviors, Parental Academic Support, And Academic Achievement In Alaskan Adolescents, You Fu, Ryan D. Burns, Nora Constantino, Xavier Lopez, Samantha Dyer
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between meeting recommendations for 24-hour movement behaviors, parental academic support, and student academic achievement in a sample of Alaskan adolescents. Data were obtained from the 2019 Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS; N = 1,897; mean age = 15.8 ± 1.3 years old). The associations between meeting recommendations for the 24-hour movement behaviors of physical activity, screen use, and sleep with high academic achievement (mostly A’s and B’s) were examined using weighted multivariable logistic regressions. Subpopulation analyses determined if associations differed by levels of parental academic support. Approximately 18.8% of …
A Comparative Study On The Construction Of Special Psychological Ability Indexes Of Curling Male Athletes, Xuelin Pang, Zhengze Zhang
A Comparative Study On The Construction Of Special Psychological Ability Indexes Of Curling Male Athletes, Xuelin Pang, Zhengze Zhang
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Curling is a sport combining skill and intelligence. Athletes should not only have proficient physical fitness, technical and tactical level, but they also need strong psychological ability. This study attempts to build a special psychological ability system for curling athletes, to provide guidance for the athlete selection and training. In this study, 13 male athletes of Heilongjiang curling team were recruited. HengChan Yin 's attention scale, Dr. Ping Ye's competitive motivation scale, XiaoChuan Yin 's excellent athlete's will quality evaluation scale, Vealey's athlete's trait self-confidence scale, Martens's sports competition state anxiety scale, LiWei Zhang's pre competition emotion scale-t scale, electronic …
The Relationship Between Physical Activity And Academic Performance Of Students, Haizhi Dai, Shuisheng Xu
The Relationship Between Physical Activity And Academic Performance Of Students, Haizhi Dai, Shuisheng Xu
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
In China, many teachers and parents concern that physical activities take too much time of students, which would negatively influence students’ academic performance and the inescapable pressure of schools to produce students who meet academic standards. However, decreased physical activity participation due to the scarcity of exercises becomes prevalent in Chinese students. The correlation between students’ physical activity participation and academic achievement has raised increased attention. This study explored the relationship between students’ physical activity participation and academic performance from the perspective of humanities and sociology to explore a way to balance the two aspects for students. We conducted literature …
The Influence Of Tai Chi Intervention On Inhibitory Function Of African College Students, Tongtong Guo, Jian Yang
The Influence Of Tai Chi Intervention On Inhibitory Function Of African College Students, Tongtong Guo, Jian Yang
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Inhibitory function is the core sub-function of executive function, which is mainly aimed at inhibiting the current dominant response in the cognitive process. It is embodied in the control of preventing the activation of irrelevant information, disturbing the irrelevant information, and the dominant reaction in the process. However, little research has examined the impact of Tai Chi on inhibitory function among native African students. The major purpose of this study was to conduct an experimental study on the inhibitory function of African college students through Tai Chi intervention, and to explore the non-Tai Chi local country students’ changes in the …
Correlation Between College Students' Physical Fitness And Running Habits, Mingming Guo, Xiaozan Wang
Correlation Between College Students' Physical Fitness And Running Habits, Mingming Guo, Xiaozan Wang
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between the Physical Fitness of Chinese college students and their daily Running Habits (RH). A total of 718 college students from East China Normal University participated in this study (385 boys and 333 girls). Each participant participated in the Chinese Students’ Physical Fitness Test (CSPFT) during the 2018-2019 school year. In addition, each student was also required to use the APP to record all their running results during each run during the 2018-2019 school year. Researchers queried and exported all running records through the app's management platform. Correlation analysis was …
Effect Of The Fit Taijipao On 20-30-Year-Old Adults’ Cardiorespiratory Function, Liyuan Li
Effect Of The Fit Taijipao On 20-30-Year-Old Adults’ Cardiorespiratory Function, Liyuan Li
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
The FIT taijipao is a personalized fitness run, based on tai chi thought, and taking physiological index heart rate as the assessment of exercise load standard. According to the current research, there is no clear study to confirm its health benefits. Therefore, this study intended to examine the effects of FIT taijipao on cardiorespiratory function for 20-30 years old adults. 60 volunteers were recruited from a university of Sichuan province, China. After the volunteers signed informed consent, they were randomly divided into the experimental group (30 students) and the control group (30 volunteers). The experimental group had the FIT taijipao …
The Relationship Between Physical Exercise And Mobile Phone Addiction Of College Students From Low Social Classes, Yuan Yuan, Jian Yang, Ming Wu
The Relationship Between Physical Exercise And Mobile Phone Addiction Of College Students From Low Social Classes, Yuan Yuan, Jian Yang, Ming Wu
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Mobile phone addiction has become a common phenomenon among college students, which seriously affects their physical and mental health. In this process, individuals with a strong sense of loneliness tend to seek social support and belonging in the virtual network, which leads to the occurrence of mobile phone addiction. At the same time, studies have begun to explore ways to reduce mobile phone addiction by improving physical activity. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of low-level college students' physical exercise on mobile phone addiction, and focuses on the mediating mechanism of loneliness. The mobile phone addiction …
Examining Physical Fitness And Training Strategies For Chinese Elite Canoe Slalom Players, Ping Gao, Ran Wei, Yuanlong Liu
Examining Physical Fitness And Training Strategies For Chinese Elite Canoe Slalom Players, Ping Gao, Ran Wei, Yuanlong Liu
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Research showed that aerobic metabolism is one of the main energy supply for slalom athletes in training and competition (Jan Busta et al., 2018). To assist canoe slalom players improving their performance, it would be beneficial to examine the top canoe slalom athletes’ physical fitness status and their training protocols. By comparing the difference of the fitness status and training protocols, we may develop an optimal training protocol to improve the athletes’ physical fitness and their performance. In this study, the world top athletes and Chinese elite players’ fitness status was compared. The goal was to help Chinese players to …
Research On The Influence Of Sports Culture On Community Harmonious Relationship In Urban Community Fitness Activities, Gaoyuan Cui
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Fitness promotion has been recognized as a part of Chinese national strategic plan. Community sports fitness activities play an important role in the urban community sports of the country. However, homogeneity of participants, monotonous ways of participation, poor exercise effects, and lack of organization and guidance still hinder the publicization of urban community sports. At the same time, the effect of sports activities in urban communities to promote the harmonious construction and effective governance of urban communities has not been fully explored. Therefore, warranted is a study on the influence of sports culture on community harmonious relationship in urban community …
Analysis On The Choreographic Characteristics Of The Top Eight Jazz Cheerleading Events In The 2019 World Cheerleading Championship, Ge Guo, Yan Zhou
Analysis On The Choreographic Characteristics Of The Top Eight Jazz Cheerleading Events In The 2019 World Cheerleading Championship, Ge Guo, Yan Zhou
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
As the highest award platform in cheerleading competitions, the World Cheerleading Championship is participated by the elite teams and international judges and experts from all over the world. This paper aims to explore the similarities and differences between excellent teams from the aspects of complete sets of dance movements, difficult movements, complete sets of music, and stage visual effects. To collect data, we searched relevant documents and materials through China Knowledge Net, Wanfang data periodical net, and other information networks. Meanwhile, we watched videos of the top eight teams that participated in the 2019 World Cheerleading Championship. In addition, we …
Experimental Study On The Influence Of Kdl Physical And Health Education Curriculum On Primary School Students' Physical Fitness, Fan Wenrui, Wang Xiaozan, Guo Mingming
Experimental Study On The Influence Of Kdl Physical And Health Education Curriculum On Primary School Students' Physical Fitness, Fan Wenrui, Wang Xiaozan, Guo Mingming
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Physical and Health Education Curriculum (KDL) is a curriculum based on China's Sports and Health Curriculum Standards and China's Health Sports Curriculum Model. This study aims to explore the influence of KDL on primary school students' physical fitness. A total of 91 primary school students participated in this study, including 47 in the experimental group and 44 in the control group. The experiment lasted for 18 weeks. During the experiment, the PE teacher of experimental group used KDL to teach, with specific requirements: (1) The activity time of each class was more than 75%, and the intensity, measured with average …
Implementing Path Of Zhengzhou University's Establishment Of Football Academy, Zhaoxin Ma, Ling Niu, Yongqiang Chang, Xinyue Kong
Implementing Path Of Zhengzhou University's Establishment Of Football Academy, Zhaoxin Ma, Ling Niu, Yongqiang Chang, Xinyue Kong
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Under the new policy background of the 2020 "Opinions on Deepening the Integration of Sports and Education and Promoting the Healthy Development of Adolescents", as the highest educational institution in China, higher education institutions should shoulder the responsibility of cultivating high-quality talents to meet social needs. As the highest-quality higher education institution in Henan Province, Zhengzhou University's innovation and exploration of teaching methods and talent training models under the background of the integration of sports and education will play a leading role in the development of higher education in Henan Province. Through combing and analyzing the existing policy documents, firstly, …
The Development And Practice Of Integrating Knowledge From Other Subject Matters Into Physical Education, Nengyan Wang
The Development And Practice Of Integrating Knowledge From Other Subject Matters Into Physical Education, Nengyan Wang
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
To promote the curriculum integration of Physical Education (PE) with other school subject matters (such as Chinese, Math, English, etc.), this paper explored the effects of the curriculum integration on the teachers' and students' development of core literacy. Teachers and students from the two campuses of Sanjiaohu education groups participated in this study. Teachers and students from one campus served as the experimental group, and the other served as the control group. The integrated curriculum include the integrated curriculum of “martial art · art”, which derived from the integration among three levels of “martial art”, the related period music subject …
Progress And Review Of The Research On School Physical Education Management In China, Xue Wan, Zhihua Yin, Haohui Liu
Progress And Review Of The Research On School Physical Education Management In China, Xue Wan, Zhihua Yin, Haohui Liu
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Reviewing and summarizing the research of school physical education management can promote school physical education work. The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) sorting out the achievements and shortcomings of the current research of school physical education management, and (2) putting forward prospects for the future research of school physical education management. In this review study, we followed three steps. We used the following keywords: “school physical education management”, OR “physical education management” for the literature search via the libraries resources of a large university in Shanghai, China. A total of 396 relevant articles were retrieved and then saved …
Comparative Analysis Of The Physical Education And Health Curriculum Standards Between China And United States From The Perspective Of Key Competencies, Guyue Zhang, Zhihua Yin
Comparative Analysis Of The Physical Education And Health Curriculum Standards Between China And United States From The Perspective Of Key Competencies, Guyue Zhang, Zhihua Yin
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
With the increasing world multipolarization, economic globalization, cultural diversity and social informatization, all countries in the world have adopted key competencies as an important part of education research. As a programmatic document of physical education in the new century, physical education and health curriculum standards play an important role in the demonstration and promotion of quality education. The purpose of this study was to compare the Chinese and United States (US) high school physical education and health curriculum standards from the perspective of key competencies. Using literature review, this study compared the high school physical education and health curriculum standards …
Social Media-Based Professional Development Of Physical Education Teachers In China, Yue Xu, Zhihua Yin
Social Media-Based Professional Development Of Physical Education Teachers In China, Yue Xu, Zhihua Yin
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
In recent years, social media has played an important role in the professional development（PD）of physical education (PE) teachers (Jeffrey P. Carpenter & Stephen Harvey, 2020). There is a wealth of research on the professional development of PE teachers, but few relevant studies examined social media-based PDs. The purpose of this study was to specifically explore the research interests and changes in the PD of PE teachers in social media, and to explore the potential research space in this field. In this literature review, we followed three steps to conduct literature search. We used the following keywords: “social media”, OR “Wechat/Weibo”, …
Experimental Study On The Effectiveness Of Extracurricular Football Training For Improving Primary Students Physical Fitness, Yizhi Zhang, Xiaozan Wang, Mingming Guo
Experimental Study On The Effectiveness Of Extracurricular Football Training For Improving Primary Students Physical Fitness, Yizhi Zhang, Xiaozan Wang, Mingming Guo
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of after-school football training in improving the physical fitness of primary school students, so as to provide corresponding Suggestions for carrying out after-school football training in primary schools. A total of 72 students from the experimental primary school of Mouping district, Yantai city, Shandong province, participated in this experimental study, including 36 in the experimental group and 36 in the control group.The experiment was conducted for two semesters. During the experiment period, the experimental group conducted one-hour football training after school from Monday to Thursday afternoon every week, and two …
Gender And Grade Differences In Knowledge And Behaviors Related To Active Living For Adolescents, Baofu Wang, Yang Liu, Stacy Imagbe, Senlin Chen
Gender And Grade Differences In Knowledge And Behaviors Related To Active Living For Adolescents, Baofu Wang, Yang Liu, Stacy Imagbe, Senlin Chen
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
The purpose of this study was to examine differences by gender and grade in middle school students’ physical activity and fitness (PAF) knowledge, physical activity, and sedentary behavior (SB). The study took place at one middle school located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Boys (n = 136) and girls (n = 166) in 6th (n =129), 7th (n = 96) and 8th (n = 77) completed a PE Metrics written test to assess PAF knowledge. They (N = 312) also completed the validated Youth Activity Profile to report …
A Comparative Study Of The Chinese Nationwide System And American Association System In Athletic Sports, Shuisheng Xu, Hanzhi Dai
A Comparative Study Of The Chinese Nationwide System And American Association System In Athletic Sports, Shuisheng Xu, Hanzhi Dai
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
China and the United States, both in the first-tier in competitive sports worldwide, have different management and administrative systems. China employs the Nationwide System, in which the government has power to allocate resources from all dimensions to promote athletic sports. The government-based Chinese Nationwide System is led by government and mainly focuses on micro-management. In comparison, the social-led association system used in US is based on the macroeconomic regulation with indirect involvement of government. A comparative analysis of the Chinese Nationwide System and the American Association System would contribute to exploring their successful experience in competitive sports. This study deeply …
Experimental Research Of Body Functional Training On Promoting Physical Quality Of College Students, Songjian Du, Zhendong Zhang, Yingping Huang
Experimental Research Of Body Functional Training On Promoting Physical Quality Of College Students, Songjian Du, Zhendong Zhang, Yingping Huang
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
After being introduced into China, body functional training has been widely applied to the training of high-level athletes (Wang & Liu, 2014; Cui & Qiu, 2013). However, it is still in the exploratory stage in college teaching. In this research, body functional training was designed for the physical characteristics of ordinary college students, and the physical health status of students was monitored in order to understand the promoting effect of body functional training on college students' physical quality. It also provides theoretical and data support for the continuous improvement of body functional training courses. The research process was approved by …
Gender Differences In Value Orientation Of Pe Teachers In Chinese Secondary Education, Yuchen Huang
Gender Differences In Value Orientation Of Pe Teachers In Chinese Secondary Education, Yuchen Huang
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
This study analyzed the performance of gender differences in value orientation of physical education teachers in junior and senior high schools. Researcher selected 16 middle school PE teachers(8 males and 8 females) in China under the premise of controlling the environment（all objects work in first-tier urbans）, education background (same degree and graduated from same university) and working years(3 years). Participants’ value orientation was assessed with the value orientation scale and individual interviews. The results illustrated that female teachers rated the self-actualization index and social responsibility index the highest, while male counterparts were more likely to orient teaching towards disciplinary mastery …
Review Curriculum Evaluation Of Physical Education Specialty Under The Perspective Of Teacher Training Certification, Gailing Han, Chunshan Zhu, Jie Cui
Review Curriculum Evaluation Of Physical Education Specialty Under The Perspective Of Teacher Training Certification, Gailing Han, Chunshan Zhu, Jie Cui
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
The purpose of this study was to summarize the main body, content, method and application effects of physical education curriculum evaluation, to understand the current situation of physical education curriculum evaluation in China, and to construct an evaluation index system based on teacher training professional certification. The Chinese and English databases were searched by systematic evaluation, and the retrieval time was from December 31, 2018. The research literature that met the standard were included, and qualitative analysis was conducted by subject analysis method. A total of 100 studies were included, most of which summarized the concept, content and subject of …
Implementing The Core Literacy Of Physical Education And Health Disciplines Through The Chinese Healthy Physical Education Curriculum Model, Shengting Dai, Le Wang, Jingfei Yan
Implementing The Core Literacy Of Physical Education And Health Disciplines Through The Chinese Healthy Physical Education Curriculum Model, Shengting Dai, Le Wang, Jingfei Yan
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Physical literacy, as embodied within physical education, has been vaunted as having increasing importance as a disposition for students of all abilities to establish lifelong adherence to physical activity. Physical education is a school curricular subject that supports the development of the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for participating in active and healthy lifestyle. Physical literacy has become a hot topic in the field of physical education in schools in recent years. With the promulgation of "the Development of Core literacy of Chinese Students", the cultivation of Core literacy of Discipline becomes an important direction of deepening curriculum reform in …
A Study On The Weakening Of Physical Fitness In Physical Education Reform Of China, Xia Zhao, Shuai Wang
A Study On The Weakening Of Physical Fitness In Physical Education Reform Of China, Xia Zhao, Shuai Wang
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
The Chinese students' physical fitness was weakening from 1985 to 2005. Since 1995, almost all the physical fitness indicators have showed substantial decline over times. This study took this issue as the breakthrough point to examine how the physical education (PE) curriculum reform affected the students’ physical fitness in China. The primary and secondary school physical fitness literature has been reviewed. This study summarized the change of PE reform theory and practice during this period. Using the descriptive statistics, the proportions of physical activity in the PE curriculum of Chinese primary and secondary schools were analyzed. In the reform process …
The Origin And Characteristics Of Family Sports In Germany, Run Yuan, Hongying Wang
The Origin And Characteristics Of Family Sports In Germany, Run Yuan, Hongying Wang
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Family sports, as a breakthrough of national fitness in Germany, has gone through more than 30 years of development. This study examined the origin, management, operation, guarantee, and promotion mechanism of family sports in Germany by using the methods of literature and field investigation. It is found that family sports in Germany originated from the implementation of "Gold Plan" in Germany, which has the following characteristics: Taking the top management organization of national sports as the link, paying attention to the coordinated management of family and club; paying attention to the coordination and cooperation of multiple departments and organizations. To …
Impact Of International Sport Events In Promoting International Attention Of Cities：Evidence From Google Trends, Yuanxin Chen, Jingyu Li
Impact Of International Sport Events In Promoting International Attention Of Cities：Evidence From Google Trends, Yuanxin Chen, Jingyu Li
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
In order to raise the international attention and gain more competitive advantages, many Chinese cities are aiming at holding international sport events to promote urban development. However, previous studies indicated that international sport events have attracted international attention for hosting cities, but only stay at theoretical level of interpretation, empirical studies are scarce and needed. Therefore, the major purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of international sport events on urban development from the perspective of cities’ international attention, and to provide new dimensions and ideas for the relationship between sport events and urban development. This study used …
College Students’ Time Management Disposition, Self-Esteem And Mobile Phone Addiction: A Moderate Mediation Model, Ming Wu, Jian Yang, Yuan Yuan, Yuan Zhang
College Students’ Time Management Disposition, Self-Esteem And Mobile Phone Addiction: A Moderate Mediation Model, Ming Wu, Jian Yang, Yuan Yuan, Yuan Zhang
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of time management disposition on mobile phone addiction, explore the mediating role of self-esteem, and examine the differences between active and inactive college students in this mediating role. 887 college students participated in this study with valid measures. According to physical activity rating scale (PARS-3), students who met the recommendations of the World Health Organization's Global recommendations on physical activity for health were categorized into active groups while the others were inactive group. The data was subjected to mediation model testing and multi-group comparison using Amos 21.0. The proportion of …
Examining Body Shape Characteristics On Chinese Urban College Male Students, Shun Shan, Ran Wei, Xiaofen Ding
Examining Body Shape Characteristics On Chinese Urban College Male Students, Shun Shan, Ran Wei, Xiaofen Ding
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
According to the Chinese National Adolescent Health report, the status of adolescent physical health has been decreasing for 26 years. The associated factors which caused such decline was studied and pointed out by Gao (2018). As many scholars claimed, “Sunshine sports” should be implemented to promote the adolescent physical health development (Yang, 2011). Previous study indicated that the age of 18 has been a transition point to study on adolescent physical health. However, there has been few studies conducted on the differences of Body Shape Characteristics (BSC) among different regions. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the …
Experimental Research On The Influence Of Innovative After-Class Activities On Primary Students’ Attention, Zhongting He, Xiaozan Wang, Jiarong Zhong
Experimental Research On The Influence Of Innovative After-Class Activities On Primary Students’ Attention, Zhongting He, Xiaozan Wang, Jiarong Zhong
International Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Nowadays, due to factors such as long teaching time of the teacher, students often show problems of inattention. The purpose of this article is to explore whether innovative after-class activities can significantly improve the attention level of third-grade primary students. Through teaching experiment intervention, the attention levels of boys and girls in the experimental group and the control group were compared. According to the principle of no significant difference in the previous test, four classes of the third grade of Xiangtan Road Primary School in Qingdao, Shandong Province were selected, two as experimental classes (60 students, including 30 boys and …