Mastery motivational climate: influence on physical play and heart rate in African American toddlers.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a planned mastery motivational physical play session on physical activity (i.e., heart rate [HR] and physical play intensity [PAHR > 50]) in toddlers (N = 21), as compared to a nonplanned free play session. Participants wore a monitor to measure HR over two, 30 min play conditions. A multivariate analysis of variance was conducted to evaluate the effect of the play conditions. A significant difference between conditions and physiological measures revealed that the mastery motivational physical play session resulted in higher HR and PAHR > 50 when compared to free play. These findings suggest the mastery motivational session resulted in more vigorous physical play in toddlers than free play.
Parish
Loraine E
LE
Department of Health and Human Performance at Auburn University, AL 36849, USA. parisle@auburn.edu
Rudisill
Mary E
ME
St Onge
Paul M
PM
D001741:Black or African American; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010988:Play and Playthings; D014481:United States