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Fahlman, Mariane; McCaughtry, Nate; Martin, Jeffrey; Garn, Alex C.; Shen, Bo – American Journal of Health Education, 2012
Background: There is a need for instruments that can accurately determine the effectiveness of nutrition interventions targeting low-income, inner-city adolescents. Purpose: To examine the development of a valid and reliable eating behavior scale (EBS) for use in school-based nutrition interventions in urban, inner-city communities dominated by…
Descriptors: Evidence, Validity, Health Education, Adolescents
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Shen, Bo; McCaughtry, Nate; Martin, Jeffrey; Fahlman, Mariane – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2009
This study applied self-determination theory to investigate the effects of students' autonomous motivation and their perceptions of teacher autonomy support on need satisfaction adjustment, learning achievement, and cardiorespiratory fitness over a 4-month personal conditioning unit. Participants were 253 urban adolescents (121 girls and 132 boys,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Self Determination, Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods
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Martin, Jeffrey J.; McCaughtry, Nate; Kulinna, Pamela Hodges; Cothran, Donetta – Professional Development in Education, 2009
Adolescents are physically inactive and non-Caucasian adolescents achieve the least amount of physical activity. Hence, supporting teachers' efforts to increase their students' physical activity during physical education is important. We examined the influence of a social cognitive theory-based intervention on teachers' efficacy to teach…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Social Theories, Teaching Methods, Barriers
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Shen, Bo; McCaughtry, Nate; Martin, Jeffrey – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2008
Using a multi-theory approach, the current study was designed to identify gender differences in the psychological mechanisms by which urban adolescents' motivation in physical education transfers into their leisure-time activities. The theoretical frameworks of Self-Determination Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior were integrated to…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Leisure Time, Questionnaires