A Group Contingency to Increase Walking Speed at a Residential Summer Camp

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Resident Camp Programs; Physical Activities; Summer Programs; Intervention; Contingency Management; Feedback (Response); Visual Stimuli; Psychomotor Skills; Preadolescents; Males; Program Effectiveness

10.1007/s10864-022-09467-4

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1573-3513

Groups of children often transition between activity spaces in both academic and recreational settings. In schools, children may be asked to walk as a group between the classroom and spaces such as a cafeteria and playground whereas summer camps similarly use different spaces for separate activities throughout a scheduled day. Interdependent group contingencies have previously addressed school-based transitions (e.g., "timely transitions game"); however, limited research has applied similar interventions to recreational settings such as summer camps. An ABAB design was used to evaluate an interdependent group contingency with visual feedback to increase walking speed between activities across one group of seven 10- to 11-year-old boys at a residential summer camp. The results showed that the intervention was effective to increase the average speed walking, in feet per second, for the group of boys. Further, there were high rates of intervention fidelity, and acceptability among camp counselors.

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2023

EJ1400893