Effect of a Storyboarding Technique on Selected Measures of Fitness among University Employees

Autor/inn/en	Anshel, Mark H.; Sutarso, Toto
Titel	Effect of a Storyboarding Technique on Selected Measures of Fitness among University Employees
Quelle	In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 81 (2010) 3, S.252-263 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-1367
Schlagwörter	School Personnel; Universities; Physical Fitness; Story Telling; Writing (Composition); Health Behavior; Behavior Change; Body Composition; Intervention; Pretests Posttests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulpersonal; University; Universität; Leistungsfähigkeit; Schreibübung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of storyboarding (i.e., participants' written narrative) on improving fitness among university employees over 10 weeks. Groups consisted of storytelling during the program orientation, storytelling plus two coaching sessions, or the normal program only (control). Using difference (pretest from posttest) scores, a one-way multivariate analysis of variance indicated significant differences between groups (p less than 0.01). For percent body fat, only the coached group was statistically superior to the control group (p less than 0.03), while the two experimental groups were statistically similar. For submax VO[subscript 2], both storyboarding groups were superior to the control group (p less than 0.04). It was concluded that storyboarding may be an effective means for changing selected health behaviors. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10