“I Felt I Was Actually Inside the Movie” An Exploratory Study into Children’s Views of Staging a Physically Active Experience, with Implications for Future Interventions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Protocol
2.3. Materials
2.3.1. Video 1—The Jellyfish Jump Physically Active Experience
2.3.2. Video 2—The Lightning’s Laps Physically Active Experience
2.3.3. Video 3—The Andy’s Coming Physically Active Experience
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Theme 1—(E)aesthetics
3.2. Theme 2—Escapist
3.3. Theme 3—Educate
3.4. Theme 4—Entertainment
3.5. Negative Comments/Areas of Improvements
3.6. Limitations and Future Directions
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Appendix A.1. Pseudonym Information
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
Thomas (boy) Daniel (boy) Mia (girl) Sarah (girl) | Chris (boy) Ava (girl) Clara (girl) Lucas (boy) | Liam (boy) Emma (girl) Noah (boy) James (boy) Ben (boy) | Lucy (girl) Isabella (girl) Arlo (boy) Sophie (girl) |
Appendix A.2. Video Links
- (1)
- https://www.dropbox.com/s/da63sw2bkhsv045/Jellyfish%20Jump.mp4?dl=0 (accessed on 14 February 2023)
- (2)
- https://www.dropbox.com/s/8x5t7aukeouexa2/Lightnings%20laps%20.mp4?dl=0 (accessed on 14 February 2023)
- (3)
- https://www.dropbox.com/s/d0jbi4o251cq3my/Andy%27s%20coming%20.mp4?dl=0 (accessed 14 February 2023)
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Budzynski-Seymour, E.; Jones, M.; Steele, J. “I Felt I Was Actually Inside the Movie” An Exploratory Study into Children’s Views of Staging a Physically Active Experience, with Implications for Future Interventions. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 3624. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043624
Budzynski-Seymour E, Jones M, Steele J. “I Felt I Was Actually Inside the Movie” An Exploratory Study into Children’s Views of Staging a Physically Active Experience, with Implications for Future Interventions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(4):3624. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043624
Chicago/Turabian StyleBudzynski-Seymour, Emily, Michelle Jones, and James Steele. 2023. "“I Felt I Was Actually Inside the Movie” An Exploratory Study into Children’s Views of Staging a Physically Active Experience, with Implications for Future Interventions" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 4: 3624. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043624