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Title: The Minne-Loppet Motivation Study: An Intervention to Increase Motivation for Outdoor Winter Physical Activity in Ethnically and Racially Diverse Elementary Schools

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2018

ISSN: 0890-1171

DOI: 10.1177/0890117118768119

PMID: 29649898

Abstract: PURPOSE To test the effectiveness of an intervention to increase motivation for physical activity in racially diverse third- through fifth-grade students. DESIGN Natural experiment. SETTING Elementary schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota. PARTICIPANTS Two hundred ninety-one students in 18 Minne-Loppet Ski Program classes and 210 students in 12 control classrooms from the same schools. INTERVENTION The Minne-Loppet Ski Program, an 8-week curriculum in elementary schools that teaches healthy physical activity behaviors through cross-country skiing. MEASURES Pretest and posttest surveys measured self-determination theory outcomes: intrinsic exercise motivation, intrinsic ski motivation, autonomy, competence, and relatedness. ANALYSIS Hierarchical linear regression models tested treatment effects controlled for grade, race, sex, and baseline measures of the outcomes. RESULTS Minne-Loppet program students showed significantly greater motivation to ski (β = 0.95, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.15-1.75) and significantly greater perceived competence (β = 0.78, 95% CI: 0.06-1.50) than students in control classrooms. Treatment effects for general exercise motivation and perceived competence differed by race. African American students in Minne-Loppet classes showed significantly greater general exercise motivation (β = 1.08, 95% CI: 0.03-2.14) and perceived competence (β = 1.95, 95% CI: 0.91-2.99) than African American students in control classes. CONCLUSION The Minne-Loppet program promoted perceived competence and motivation to ski. Future improvements to the Minne-Loppet and similar interventions should aim to build general motivation and provide support needed to better engage all participants.

Url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29649898

Url: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=PMC6135702

Url: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0890117118768119

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Authors: Miller, Jonathan M.; Wolfson, Julian; Laska, Melissa Nelson; Nelson, Toben F; Pereira, Mark A.

Periodical (Full): American Journal of Health Promotion

Issue: 8

Volume: 32

Pages: 1706-1713

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