@article{ref1,
title="Competitive active video games: physiological and psychological responses in children and adolescents",
journal="Paediatrics and child health (1996)",
year="2015",
author="Lisón, Juan F. and Cebolla, Ausias and Guixeres, Jaime and Alvarez-Pitti, Julio and Escobar, Patricia and Bruñó, Alejandro and Lurbe, Empar and Alcañiz, Mariano and Baños, Rosa",
volume="20",
number="7",
pages="373-376",
abstract="BACKGROUND:  Recent strategies to reduce sedentary behaviour in children include replacing sedentary screen time for active video games. Active video game studies have focused principally on the metabolic consumption of a single player, with physiological and psychological responses of opponent-based multiplayer games to be further evaluated.  OBJECTIVE:  To determine whether adding a competitive component to playing active video games impacts physiological and psychological responses in players.  METHODS:  Sixty-two healthy Caucasian children and adolescents, nine to 14 years years of age, completed three conditions (8 min each) in random order: treadmill walking, and single and opponent-based Kinect active video games. Affect, arousal, rate of perceived exertion, heart rate and percentage of heart rate reserve were measured for each participant and condition.  RESULTS:  Kinect conditions revealed significantly higher heart rate, percentage of heart rate reserve, rate of perceived exertion and arousal when compared with treadmill walking (P<0.001). Opponent-based condition revealed lower values for the rate of perceived exertion (P=0.02) and higher affect (P=0.022) when compared with single play.  CONCLUSION:  Competitive active video games improved children's psychological responses (affect and rate of perceived exertion) compared with single play, providing a solution that may contribute toward improved adherence to physical activity. KEYWORDS:  Children; Physical activity; Sedentarism; Sport psychology; Video games.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1205-7088",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}