Effects of Physical Activity and Psychological Modification-Based Intervention on Physical Fitness, Physical Activity and Its Related Psychological Variables in Female Adolescents

YoungHo Kim and InKyoung Park
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YoungHo Kim: Department of Sport Science, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Korea
InKyoung Park: Department of Sport Science, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 18, 1-10

Abstract: Background: The current study investigated the effects of an intervention incorporating physical activity and psychological modification strategy on physical fitness, physical activity levels, and psychological variables related to physical activity in female adolescents. Methods : Sixty female adolescents were recruited from H Middle School. Among them, 30 females (Mage = 14.35 years) were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the rest of 30 to the control group (Mage = 14.47 years) and voluntarily participated in the 12-week intervention. Results : The results indicated that the physical activity stage of female adolescents in the experimental group significantly increased over the 12-week intervention. The results revealed that all of psychological variables in the experimental group significantly improved over the intervention, while participants in the experimental group showed significantly higher scores on most of psychological variables, except cons, than those in the control group after the intervention. Moreover, most of physical fitness components in the experimental group significantly increased over the intervention. Conclusions : The current study confirmed that the physical activity-related psychological intervention was feasible for improving physical and psychological health among female adolescents.

Keywords: female adolescent; psychological strategy; transtheoretical model; physical activity; physical fitness; tabata exercise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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