The Efficacy of Incentives to Motivate Continued Fitness-Center Attendance in College First-Year Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Autor/inn/en	Pope, Lizzy; Harvey, Jean
Titel	The Efficacy of Incentives to Motivate Continued Fitness-Center Attendance in College First-Year Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 62 (2014) 2, S.81-90 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2013.847840
Schlagwörter	College Freshmen; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Incentives; Physical Fitness; Recreational Facilities; Physical Activities; Intervention; Measures (Individuals); Statistical Analysis; Persistence; Body Composition; Body Weight; Goal Orientation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Anreiz; Leistungsfähigkeit; Freizeiteinrichtung; Messdaten; Statistische Analyse; Ausdauer; Körpergewicht; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung
Abstract	Objective: To determine whether fitness-center attendance established with the provision of weekly monetary incentives persisted after the discontinuation, or decreased frequency, of incentives. Participants: One hundred seventeen first-year college students participated during the 2011-2012 academic year. Methods: A randomized controlled trial with control, discontinued-incentive, and continued-incentive conditions was conducted. During fall semester, students in incentive conditions received weekly monetary payments for meeting fitness-center attendance goals. During spring semester, discontinued-incentive condition participants no longer received incentives, whereas continued-incentive condition participants received payments on a variable-interval schedule. ID-card attendance records tracked fitness-center attendance. Results: Goal completion decreased from 63% in the incentive groups during the fall semester to 3% in the discontinued-incentive condition, and 39% in the continued-incentive condition during the spring semester. There was not a significant interaction between condition and body mass index change, F(6, 332) = 0.67, p = 0.68. Conclusion: Incentive discontinuation resulted in students no longer meeting fitness-center attendance goals. A variable-interval reward schedule better maintained attendance. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10