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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Movement Science
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1573954
Efficacy of Exergaming Dance and Aerobic Dance on Young Adults' Enjoyment, Situational Motivation, Selfefficacy, and Steps
Provisionally accepted- 1Huaihua University, Huaihua, China
- 2Webb School of Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
- 3The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, United States
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Given the increasing number of video game users among college students, exergaming presents a promising solution by integrating physical activity (PA) into a familiar and engaging format. While literatures have evaluated that different PA modalities of the same exercise may have varying effects on individuals' enjoyment, situational motivation, self-efficacy, and PA levels, few studies have evaluated exergaming aerobic dance modalities. on individuals' enjoyment, situational motivation, self-efficacy and PA levels as compared to traditional aerobic dance. This research is of significant public health implication as it utilized a digital device (exergame) with a dance component which have the ability to foster enjoyment and reduce psychological barriers like boredom or low motivation making it an effective way to encourage ind ividuals, particularly those less inclined toward traditional workouts, to adopt and sustain an active lifestyle. Therefore, with the u se of Digital intervention in our study targeted towards adherence to active lifestyle we believe this manuscript fit the scope of the selected journal.
Keywords: Formal analysis, Writingoriginal draft, Writingreview & editing. John Oginni: Formal Analysis, Writingreview & editing. Kai Tan: Data curation, Writingreview & editing. Kun Tao: Data curation, Writingreview & editing. Zan Gao: Data curation, methodology, supervision
Received: 11 Feb 2025; Accepted: 21 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Tan, Autry, Oginni, Tao and Gao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
John Oginni, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, United States
Zan Gao, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, United States
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