Physical activity epidemiology group to publish in Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Zachary Pope, the first year Ph.D. student in physical activity epidemiology lab, is the lead author of an article to be published in Journal of Physical Activity and HealthBeth Lewis, Ph.D., associate professor, was a co-author and Zan Gao, Ph.D., assistant professor and director of Physical Activity Epidemiology Laboratory (PAEL) was the corresponding author.

The article used the Transtheoretical Model to examine the effects of exergaming on physical activity among children. The findings indicate that progressive children had more improvements on self-efficacy, decisional balance, and physical activity levels when playing exergaming than regressive children over time.

The citation is as below: Pope, Z., Lewis, B., & Gao, Z. (in press). Using the Transtheoretical Model to examine the effects of exergaming on physical activity among children. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2014-0310