Leisure-Time Physical Activity in School Environments: An Observational Study Using SOPLAY
Preventive MedicinePublished 1 January 2000
Thomas L. McKenzie, Simon J. Marshall, James F. Sallis, Terry L. Conway
Citations432
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.79
SNIP1.34
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
TL;DR
Few students use opportunities to be physically active during lesiure time at school, and policies and environmental manipulations are needed to attract more adolescents, especially girls, to existing activity areas.
Abstract
Few students use opportunities to be physically active during lesiure time at school. Policies and environmental manipulations (e.g., supervision, equipment, structured programs) are needed to attract more adolescents, especially girls, to existing activity areas. The feasibility of SOPLAY for measuring group PA was established.
Keywords
Social SciencesMedicine
The American Journal of PsychologyEssentials of Psychological Testing
4,560 Citations1960Benjamin Rosner, Lee J. Cronbach
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicineOverweight Prevalence and Trends for Children and Adolescents
1,439 Citations1995Richard P. Troiano
Increasing overweight among youths implies a need to focus on primary prevention, and attempts to increase physical activity may provide a means to address this important public health problem.
American Journal of Preventive MedicineEnvironmental and policy interventions to promote physical activityaaThis work was prepared for the CIAR Conference on Physical Activity Promotion: An ACSM Specialty Conference.
1,187 Citations1998James F. Sallis, Adrian Bauman +1 more
Lack of conceptual models and the inherent difficulties of evaluation have hampered research on environmental and policy interventions, and further research is needed, and practitioners and researchers should work together to evaluate programs.
Internet Archive (Internet Archive)Developing teaching skills in physical education
886 Citations1976Daryl Siedentop
This fourth edition contains 16 new and revised chapters on areas such as anti-bias teaching, added to previous editions that provided a framework within which future physical educators can plan and improve their teaching skills.
Research Quarterly for Exercise and SportPhysical Education's Role in Public Health
735 Citations1991James F. Sallis, Thomas L. McKenzie
Physical educators are challenged to collaborate with public health professionals in developing and evaluating school physical education programs that will improve the health of the nation's youth.
Pediatric Exercise SciencePhysical Activity Guidelines for Adolescents: Consensus Statement
664 Citations1994James F. Sallis, Kevin Patrick
The International Consensus Conference on Physical Activity Guidelines for Adolescents convened to review the effects of physical activity on the health of adolescents, to establish age-appropriate physical activity guidelines, and to consider how these guidelines might be implemented in primary health care settings.
Journal of Teaching in Physical EducationSOFIT: System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time
491 Citations1992Thomas L. McKenzie, James F. Sallis +1 more
American Journal of Preventive MedicineEffects of physical activity interventions in youth
470 Citations1998Elaine J Stone, Thomas L. McKenzie +2 more
The most is known about upper-elementary-age-students, including the first multicenter randomized trial to report significant results for increasing moderate to vigorous physical activity in physical education and increase vigorous PA outside of school.
Medicine & Science in Sports & ExerciseMeasuring Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure
395 Citations1996James F. Sallis
Critical Reviews in Food Science and NutritionEpidemiology of physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents
384 Citations1993James F. Sallis
Variations in physical activity and aerobic power are examined in relation to age and gender of children and adolescents to suggest that older youth and females are at increased risk of obesity because of a sedentary lifestyle.
Research Quarterly for Exercise and SportStudent Activity Levels, Lesson Context, and Teacher Behavior during Middle School Physical Education
292 Citations2000Thomas L. McKenzie, Simon J. Marshall +2 more
It is suggested that numerous opportunities exist for increasing student physical activity during middle school PE, with fitness activities producing the most activity and class size negatively associated with student activity.
Research Quarterly for Exercise and SportChildren's Activity Levels and Lesson Context during Third-Grade Physical Education
237 Citations1995Thomas L. McKenzie, Henry A. Feldman +7 more
Students' physical activity and associated variables in 293 third-grade physical education lessons in 95 schools in 4 Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) centers in California, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Texas were observed.
Journal of Applied Behavior AnalysisBEACHES: AN OBSERVATIONAL SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING CHILDREN'S EATING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BEHAVIORS AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS
220 Citations1991Thomas L. McKenzie, James F. Sallis +8 more
The Behaviors of Eating and Activity for Children's Health Evaluation System is appropriate for studying influences on diet and physical activity in children in a variety of settings.
Pediatric Exercise ScienceDescriptive Epidemiology of Physical Activity in Adolescents
216 Citations1994Russell R. Pate, Barbara Long +1 more
Comparison of descriptive epidemiology of physical activity in adolescents with physical activity guidelines for adolescents suggests the vast majority are meeting the guideline of accumulating physical activity, but a substantial number of males and the majority of females are not met the guideline for moderate to vigorous physical activity.
Pediatric Exercise ScienceValidation of Sofit for Measuring Physical Activity of First- to Eighth-Grade Students
125 Citations1997P. Joanne Rowe, Joel M. Schuldheisz +1 more
The results confirm the validity of the physical activity codes of SOFIT for elementary and middle school children and suggest that curl-ups and push-ups should be coded as MVPA.
Journal of Applied Behavior AnalysisBEHAVIORAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY GOES OUTDOORS: THE EFFECT OF ORGANIZED GAMES ON PLAYGOUND AGGRESSION
65 Citations1983Hugh Murphy, Judy Hutchison +1 more
Using a reversal (ABAB) design, it was found that the games, rope jumping, and foot racing, along with an infrequently used time-out procedure, significantly reduced the frequency of inappropriate incidents.
Journal of Physical Education Recreation & DanceAfter Physical Education … Physical Activity outside of School Physical Education Programs
63 Citations1985James G. Ross, Charles O. Dotson +2 more
Journal of Health EducationComparison of Fourth Grade Students' Out-of-School Physical Activity Levels and Choices by Gender: Project SPARK
37 Citations1995Nell Faucette, James F. Sallis +4 more