TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Competitive active video games: physiological and psychological responses in children and adolescents JO - Paediatrics and child health (1996) A1 - Lisón, Juan F. A1 - Cebolla, Ausias A1 - Guixeres, Jaime A1 - Alvarez-Pitti, Julio A1 - Escobar, Patricia A1 - Bruñó, Alejandro A1 - Lurbe, Empar A1 - Alcañiz, Mariano A1 - Baños, Rosa SP - 373 EP - 376 VL - 20 IS - 7 N2 - 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.

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