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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

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

Relationship Between Procrastination And Exercise Behavior Among College Students: The Mediating Effects Of Time Efficiency, Yuan Zhang, Jian Yang, Ming Wu, Yuan Yuan

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Procrastination is prevalent in the study and life of the college student population. There is evidence suggesting that procrastination can have a negative impact on mood and behavior. However, in the field of exercise, the effects and mechanisms of procrastination on exercise have not been widely studied. Therefore, this study investigates the relationship between procrastination and exercise volume of college students, and discusses the mediation effect of time efficiency. The sample comprised 910 university students from 5 provinces（female: 509, male: 401）who completed inventories assessing their procrastination, time efficiency and exercise volume, and the relationships between these variables were examined using …

Pitfalls For Prospective International Student-Athletes Planning To Play For Ncaa-Diii: Case Study, Ran Wei, Yuanlong Liu, June Gothberg

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

More than 20,000 international student-athletes are currently competing at the NCAA level and the numbers are expected to rise (NCAA, 2019), which illustrates the successful combination of higher education and sports in North America since the 1990s (Danylchuk & Grbac, 2016). Some studies have addressed international student-athletes’ experiences at NCAA Division I and II levels (Popp, 2007, Bentzinger, 2016, Hong, 2018), but few have investigated the Division III (DIII) level on the struggles faced by international student-athletes. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of former international student-athletes (ISAs) in order to gain understanding of the …

The Influence Of Intermediate Intensity Intermittent Cycle Training On College Students’ Fitness, Qinghua Guo, Jun Yang, Tian Gao, Jilong Yang

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Australia F45 functional training is a high-intensity intermittent cycle training method, integrating life, interest, competitiveness and cooperation together. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of this training method on college students’ physical quality. 30 Participants from a university in southwest of China were recruited and were divided into two groups. The control group used traditional training methods while the experimental group used indirect circular training method, moderate intensity (pulse control at an average of 140-160 times / min), with the cooperation of music training. The corresponding fitness was tested before and 6 weeks after the experiment. …

Exploring Factors And Strategies To Promote Chinese Elders’ Physical Activity, Fanghong Yao, Rui Zhang

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

This study was designed to explore factors and strategies to promote Chinese elders’ physical activity and cultivate healthy lifestyles. We collected the CHARLS survey 2011 baseline data, and selected 2647 cases of the elderly population in China. Based on the social ecosystem theory, the univariate analysis and ordered logistic regression were used. The model was analyzed for multivariate analysis. In the present study, the appropriate IRB approval has been obtained from Peking University. The theory of social ecology believes that individual behavior is influenced individual factors, inter-individual factors, organizational factors, community factors and policy factors. This article used the gender, …

Influencing Factors And Future Route Of Chinese Teenagers’ Health Based On The Healthy China 2030 Strategy, Rui Zhang, Yunjin Zou, Fanghong Yao

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

The purpose of this study was to examine the influencing factors for Chinese teenager health and possible future route according to the Healthy China 2030 Strategy. Using data from physical fitness test of Han nationality students aged 7-18 years in in 2014, we analyzed the influencing factors and the degree of physical health of Chinese teenagers. Combining dimensionality reduction, visualization and other unsupervised machine learning techniques, 6 physical fitness indicators, including vital capacity, standing long jump, 50-meter run, muscle strength, endurance and grip strength, were converted into 2 two components, accounting for 91% of the total variance. Applying multivariate logistic …

Research On The Problems And Optimization Paths Of Sports Event Governance In China, Bo Peng, Zhihua Yin

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

The State Sports General Administration issued "Some opinions on promoting the reform of sports event approval system" on December 30, 2014, clearly canceling the right of approval of mass sports events. Based on this, the community has reflected well, and the quantity and quality of sports events have been significantly improved, but this change has also increased the difficulty of sports event governance. This paper aims to summarize the problems existing in the governance of sports events and the corresponding optimization paths and provides suggestions for the healthy development of sports event. The literature was searched using a keyword “sports …

International Experience And Inspiration Of Online Physical Education In America Under The Crisis Of Public Health Emergencies, Han Meng, Zhihua Yin

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

In recent decades, the frequent occurrence of public health crises has brought great challenges to teaching school physical education (PE). This study aims to improve the quality of PE online courses in China and provide effective support for PE teachers to carry out online teaching by learning from the experiences of how to effectively conduct online physical education in America when schools are closed. This study reviewed the relevant policy documents and literature of online physical education courses in America, including theoretical and practical studies. Furthermore, available data stemming from semi-structured interviews and focus groups with eleven PE teachers were …

An Exploratory Study Of Strengthening Non-Dominant Side Of Exercises On Adhd Children In Primary Schools, Lu Chen, Xiaozan Wang, Meiyuan Chen, Xizhe Bai

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Empirical studies indicate that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) benefited significantly from exercise interventions. Further investigation shows that strength training of non-dominant limbs improves children's athletic ability and cognitive development. This study tested the effectiveness of a strength training intervention on non-dominant limbs for primary school children with ADHD, evaluating its impacts on children’s motor skills. In this experiment, 15 children with ADHD aged 6-10 years were recruited, including 12 boys and 3 girls. All meet the diagnostic criteria of the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) for ADHD. Randomly divided into age-matched experimental and …

Reflection On The Loss Of Physical Education Teachers In Rural Schools Of China, Rui Chen

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Nowadays, the gap between urban and rural physical education (PE) in China is gradually widening. It is mainly manifested in the loss of PE teachers in rural areas. It is important to understand and solve the problem of the loss of rural PE teachers. The purpose of this paper is to explore this problem and propose some strategies to solve this problem. This study mainly used the following methods—literature review, logical analysis, and expert interview. In this study, we found the following reason of the loss of rural PE teachers: The salary and benefit package received by rural PE teachers …

Investigation And Countermeasures Of Chinese Physical Education Teachers' Teaching Status Under Integration Of Sports And Education, Caiyun Wei, Lu Chen

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

School physical education is an ideal place to improve the physical fitness of young people. In China, school physical education includes physical education and health education. Physical education teacher is an important factor that influences the quality of school physical education. This study was based on the government policy of “deepening the comprehensive reform in the field of education”. The purposes were to investigating the current situation of Chinese physical education teachers’ teaching, providing suggestions and directions for the improvement of their teaching, and subsequently improving students’ physical health. This study adopted the following methods: literature review, questionnaire and interview …

The Effects Of Fit Taijipao On Heart Rate: A Case Study, Zhaofei Chen, Hongwei Guan

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

As an American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) initiative known as Exercise Is Medicine (EIM) is becoming more and more popular globally, FIT Taijipao has been proposed as a new approach to exercise. FIT Taijipao has been introduced as an individualized and dynamic exercise. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of FIT Taijipao on Heart Rate (HR) at different speeds including peak (YANG) and minimum (YIN) points every three months across 15 months of continuous FIT Taijipao exercise, concluding with a follow-up retention test to examine the effects of an 18-month detraining. The participant of the …

Investigation And Research On Physical Education And Health Curriculum Of K-12 School In Guizhou Province, Jianpeng Wu, Xiaozan Wang, Mingming Guo, Tao Li

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

The purpose of this study is to investigate the current situation of physical education and health curriculum in primary and secondary schools in Guizhou Province, and to provide reference for promoting the better implementation of physical education and health curriculum in Guizhou Province. In the form of questionnaires, 1549 parents' questionnaires and 254 teachers' questionnaires were collected and statistically analyzed in Guizhou Province, China. Use Excel to summarize and analyze the collected questionnaires. The results found the teaching content could basically meet the needs of students. The satisfaction of primary school students, junior high school students and senior high school …

The Training Theory Of Chinese University Sports Teams Based On The Complexity Paradigm, Zeyuan Wang, Zhendong Zhang, Haoxiang Sima

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Under the background of the integration of sports and education, it is of great significance to deepening the training theory of college sports teams. This research puts forward the necessity of using the complexity paradigm to find a more suitable training theory for college sports teams. The training theory of our country is deeply influenced by the simplicity paradigm. The simplicity paradigm is based on reductionism, which believes that the research object comprises simple addition of single elements, showing a linear relationship. There are many general pieces of training in the training arrangement, the preparation period is too long, the …

Research Progress And Future Prospect Of Dance Movement Therapy In China Based On A Citespace Visual Analysis, Haohui Liu, Zhihua Yin, Xue Wan

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

The purpose of this study was to (1) explore the research progress of dance movement therapy in China and (2) reveal future development trend of dance movement therapy. With the methods of literature review, logical induction and scientific knowledge mapping, the research results of dance movement therapy in China were analyzed visually. The co-occurrence chart of key words and timeline analysis chart of key words of dance movement therapy in China were created based on the data. The co-occurrence chart of key words showed that the research hotspots centered on "dance therapy", "psychotherapy", "Parkinson's disease", "autism", "special children", "teenagers", "college …

Review On The Application Of Information Technology In Physical Education Curriculum And Teaching, Yue Tian, Zhihua Yin

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

The importance of information technology guiding the development of physical education is reflected in every field of physical education curriculum and teaching. However, due to China's late start in this field, the relevant literature is relatively confusion, lack of systematic arrangement and summary, which is not conducive to future research. The purpose of this study was to provide reference for further research in this field, and to lay a theoretical foundation for improving the level of physical education curriculum and teaching in our schools and the formation of students' good physical and mental health. In this scoping review study, we …

An Empirical Study On The Improvement Of Attention By Exercise Game Intervention In Children With Adhd, Xinyue Mao, Xiaozan Wang, Meiyuan Chen

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

This study aims to verify the attention improvement of ADHD children after sports game intervention, and provide a green and safe intervention path to help ADHD children improve their attention. 16 children with ADHD (experimental group: 10, control group: 5) were selected to carry out exercise game intervention for 24 weeks, 4 times a week, each intervention lasted about 60 minutes. D2 attention test was carried out twice in the experimental group and the control group respectively to observe the attention of children, and the results of attention change in ADHD children before and after the intervention were analyzed. Data …

Experimental Study On The Influence Of “Active Campus” Plan On Physical Fitness And Sports Interest, Xizhe Bai, Xiaozan Wang, Meiyuan Chen

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

The exploration of “Activity Campus” action plan for elementary and middle schools in China has been gradually prevailed, but the impact of this plan on students has not been clarified. Based on this, this study is to explores the impact of the "Activity Campus" action plan on students' physical fitness and sport learning interest through research in “Activity Campus” plan, and provides theoretical support for implementation of the “Activity Campus” plan. 164 fourth-grade students from Shandong Province participate in this experiment, 80 in the experimental group and 84 in the control group. The Primary School Students’ Sports Learning Interest Scale …

Research On The Path Of Training Athletes In Chinese Universities Under The Background Of Integration Of Sports And Education, Haoxiang Sima, Zhendong Zhang, Zeyuan Wang

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

The purpose of this study was to realize the cognition and practice of sports education concepts from all walks of life in China, and eliminate the barriers of traditional systems and mechanisms, it will point out the direction for the training of Chinese competitive sports reserve talents to get out of the predicament and move towards high-quality development. The cultivation of reserve talents for competitive sports in China has gone through three stages: “combination of sports and education,” “combination of education and sports,” and “integration of sports and education.” Through analysis, it is concluded that the problems encountered by high-level …

The Effectiveness Of Facebook As A Social Network Intervention To Increase Physical Activity In Chinese Young Adults, Patrick W.C. Lau, J. J. Wang, Lynda B. Ransdell, Lei Shi

Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Introduction: Facebook, one of the worlds' most popular online social networks, is easy to access and cost-effective. Its use to enhance individual's physical activity (PA) participation should be examined. This research reviews the effectiveness and successful features of Facebook for influencing PA behaviors in young adults (Study 1), and empirically examines the efficacy of the features purported in increase PA via a Facebook intervention (Study 2).

Methods: In Study 1, PubMed, Medline, SPORT Discus, ERIC, and Embase were searched for articles that identified successful features and effectiveness of Facebook PA interventions published between January 2005 and February 2022. In Study …

Change In Students’ Peer Evaluations Of Requirements Elicitation Interviews Across The Pre-Pandemic And Pandemic-Affected Semesters, Dmytro Babik, Iryna Babik

Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Successful development of an information system to solve a business problem depends on the analyst’s ability to elicit system requirements from a user. This complex competency could be trained via critical peer evaluation of the requirements elicitation (RE) interviews. In this study, 294 students across four pre-pandemic and two COVID-19 pandemic-affected semesters evaluated recorded sample RE interviews of low and high quality. A piecewise regression modeling was used to examine the change in students’ evaluations separately for the pre-pandemic and pandemic-affected semesters. Current results showed that students exhibited inflated evaluation scores (relative to instructors’ scores) for the high-quality, but not …

The Power Of 20-Minute Naps To Zen Time, Lee Rockwell

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

Naps are not just for National Nap Day on March 13^th (SHRM, 2019) and naps aren’t only for toddlers. Approximately 1 in 3 American adults nap, according to previous Pew Research Center data (Everyday Health, 2022). Research has shown that the workplace needs to offer separate time for their employees to take a 20-minute power nap or Zen time. Zen time can be defined as relaxed or feeling peaceful (Zen Definitions, 2022). ‌Some people would consider napping to be lazy. However, it is the opposite. A survey by Mattress Nerd of 2,000 adults showed nappers considered themselves more productive …

Stress And Resilience Among Resettling Refugee Youth: An Illustrative Review And New Applications For The Family Stress Model, April S. Masarik, Hailey Fritz, Vanja Lazarevic

Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Some of the world's 84 million forcibly displaced persons (approximately half are youth under the age of 18) obtain legal refugee status, which allows them passage to resettle in new communities. Although much has been documented about experiences of stress and trauma among refugees, we know less about their resilience and coping abilities. Furthermore, a lack of an overarching theoretical framework hinders our understanding of the complete refugee experience, which includes stressors, but also significant strengths and resources. In this paper, we offer a unified conceptual model inspired by family stress, ecological systems, and resilience science that outlines hypothesized stress …

An Exploratory Study On Institutional Belonging And Its Effects On Mental Health Outcomes And Academic Success, William Cooney

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

BACKGROUND

Belonging in higher education is a growing field of research, however there is limited available literature. Institutional belonging encompasses many factors of the college campus environment such as social relationships, extra-curricular activities, academics, institutional support and how they affect a college student’s sense of belonging (Hausmann et al., 2007). The purpose of this exploratory study is to further understand institutional belonging and its relationships with mental health and academic success.

METHODS

This study utilized data from the ACHA-NCHA III, Spring 2020 survey that was randomly given to undergraduate and graduate students (N=5,000) attending a Northwest regional state university. The …