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- Title
Competitive active video games: Physiological and psychological responses in children and adolescents.
- Authors
Lisón, Juan F; Cebolla, Ausias; Guixeres, Jaime; Álvarez-Pitti, Julio; Escobar, Patricia; Bruñó, Alejandro; Lurbe, Empar; Alcañiz, Mariano; Baños, Rosa
- Abstract
Background: Recent strategies to reduce sedentary behaviour in children include replacing sedentary screen time for active video games. Active video game studies have focused principally on the metabolic consumption of a single player, with physiological and psychological responses of opponent-based multiplayer games to be further evaluated. Objective: To determine whether adding a competitive component to playing active video games impacts physiological and psychological responses in players. METHODS: Sixty-two healthy Caucasian children and adolescents, nine to 14 years years of age, completed three conditions (8 min each) in random order: treadmill walking, and single and opponent-based Kinect active video games. Affect, arousal, rate of perceived exertion, heart rate and percentage of heart rate reserve were measured for each participant and condition. RESULTS: Kinect conditions revealed significantly higher heart rate, percentage of heart rate reserve, rate of perceived exertion and arousal when compared with treadmill walking (P<0.001). Opponent-based condition revealed lower values for the rate of perceived exertion (P=0.02) and higher affect (P=0.022) when compared with single play. CONCLUSION: Competitive active video games improved children's psychological responses (affect and rate of perceived exertion) compared with single play, providing a solution that may contribute toward improved adherence to physical activity.
- Subjects
SPAIN; ANALYSIS of covariance; ANTHROPOMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY metabolism; HEART beat; PEDIATRICS; STATISTICAL sampling; STATISTICS; VIDEO games; DATA analysis; BODY mass index; REPEATED measures design; PHYSICAL activity; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; EXERCISE video games
- Publication
Paediatrics & Child Health (1205-7088), 2015, Vol 20, Issue 7, p373
- ISSN
1205-7088
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/pch/20.7.373