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- Title
The effects of team building on the adherence patterns of youth exercise participants.
- Authors
Bruner, Mark W.; Spink, Kevin S.
- Abstract
Research has demonstrated adults exposed to a team-building (TB) activity intervention report greater adherence than those who participated in a standard-care program (Spink & Carron, 1993). Although this TB program produced positive adherence outcomes, it was not possible to ascertain whether adherence changed during the intervention or whether adherence was, in fact, associated with TB or the actual exercise program. The purpose of this study was to examine whether a standard exercise program that was enhanced with a TB intervention would positively influence youth exercise adherence vs. a control group that only received the standard exercise program. Participants included 122 youth (13-17 years) who volunteered to participate in an 8-week fitness club at 10 high schools. Following 2 weeks of participating in a standard exercise program, the high schools were randomly assigned to a TB (n = 5) or a control (n = 5) condition. Leaders from the TB condition were invited to attend a workshop that developed specific TB strategies to enhance task cohesion. Adherence, which was monitored over a 2-week period during baseline and at the end of the intervention, was assessed using measures of attendance and dropout. Task cohesion was assessed after the 2-week baseline period and at the end of the intervention using modified subscales (ATG-T, GI-T) from the GEQ. Results from a repeated measures ANOVA revealed a significant Group x Time interaction for attendance, F(1, 98) = 4.39, p = .04, with those exposed to the TB intervention recording higher attendance at the end of the program than those in the control condition, although both had declined from baseline assessments. No differences emerged for dropouts. Cohesion was maintained in the TB condition whereas it declined in the control condition, although differences were not significant at the end. Results suggest a TB intervention can positively influence specific measures of adherence and that the TB intervention appears to slow the decline in attendance associated with standard-care activity programs. Supported by CIHR.
- Subjects
EXERCISE for youth; HEALTH behavior research; HEALTH behavior in adolescence; PHYSICAL fitness research; EXERCISE -- Social aspects; ANALYSIS of variance
- Publication
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 2007, Vol 29, pS149
- ISSN
0895-2779
- Publication type
Article