Impact of Playing Exergames on Mood States : A Randomized Controlled Trial

To examine how playing exergames impacts the mood states of university students and staff, and whether such an impact depends on gender and players' previous exercise time. This study was designed as a randomized controlled trial. It enrolled 337 participants and randomly assigned them to an intervention group (n = 168) or a control group (n = 167). A 2-week exergame program was designed for the participants in the intervention group. They were required to play exergames for 30 consecutive minutes each week for 2 weeks and respond to the items measuring vigor, happiness, and perceived stress. All measures were administered before and after the study. Repeated measures analysis of variances were conducted. Playing exergames enhanced vigor and happiness for participants in the intervention group. This group exhibited more positive change in vigor and happiness than the control group. This effect of playing exergames was not moderated by gender, age, occupation (student or staff), or previous exercise time. Playing exergames may induce positive mood states among university students and staff.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking - 20(2017), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 246-250

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Han-Chung [VerfasserIn]
Wong, May-Kuen [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Ya-Hui [VerfasserIn]
Chiu, Hsin-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Teng, Ching-I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Exergame
Happiness
Journal Article
Perceived stress
Randomized Controlled Trial
Randomized controlled trial
Vigor

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Date Completed 08.06.2017

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1089/cyber.2016.0322

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM270818146