Predictors of on-task Behaviors: Evaluating Student-level Characteristics.

IF 0.5 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Health Behavior and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI:10.14485/hbpr.8.2.6

Natalie M Golaszewski, John B Bartholomew, Vanessa L Errisuriz, Elizabeth Korinek, Esbelle Jowers

{"title":"Predictors of on-task Behaviors: Evaluating Student-level Characteristics.","authors":"Natalie M Golaszewski, John B Bartholomew, Vanessa L Errisuriz, Elizabeth Korinek, Esbelle Jowers","doi":"10.14485/hbpr.8.2.6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objective: In this study, we examined students' fitness, body mass index (BMI), and demographics as predictors of observed time on-task (TOT) behaviors as an indicator of behavioral inattention.Methods: We collected demographics, fitness estimates, and BMI from 2020 fourth-graders (Mean age = 8.6 (SD = 0.5); 47% girls; 49% white) from 28 schools. We measured TOT through momentary time sampling observations. Three-level linear models were conducted to determine whether characteristics predicted differences in TOT. We tested interactions between characteristics and TOT.Results: Older students exhibited greater percent of TOT (estimate = 2.34, SE = 1.02, df = 919, t = 2.30, p < .05). Additionally, boys spent less percent TOT (estimate = -3.59, SE = 1.03, df = 906, t = -3.49, p < .05). There were no differences by race/ethnicity, SES, BMI, fitness, or time of day and percent TOT. Furthermore, none of the interactions were statistically significant (p > .15).Conclusions: Girls and older students spent more TOT. These findings are of interest to educators and psychologists working on the development of research-based guidelines aimed to support elementary students' engagement in the classroom.","PeriodicalId":44486,"journal":{"name":"Health Behavior and Policy Review","volume":"8 2","pages":"159-167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8562880/pdf/nihms-1697710.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Health Behavior and Policy Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.14485/hbpr.8.2.6","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Objective: In this study, we examined students' fitness, body mass index (BMI), and demographics as predictors of observed time on-task (TOT) behaviors as an indicator of behavioral inattention.

Methods: We collected demographics, fitness estimates, and BMI from 2020 fourth-graders (Mean age = 8.6 (SD = 0.5); 47% girls; 49% white) from 28 schools. We measured TOT through momentary time sampling observations. Three-level linear models were conducted to determine whether characteristics predicted differences in TOT. We tested interactions between characteristics and TOT.

Results: Older students exhibited greater percent of TOT (estimate = 2.34, SE = 1.02, df = 919, t = 2.30, p < .05). Additionally, boys spent less percent TOT (estimate = -3.59, SE = 1.03, df = 906, t = -3.49, p < .05). There were no differences by race/ethnicity, SES, BMI, fitness, or time of day and percent TOT. Furthermore, none of the interactions were statistically significant (p > .15).

Conclusions: Girls and older students spent more TOT. These findings are of interest to educators and psychologists working on the development of research-based guidelines aimed to support elementary students' engagement in the classroom.

查看原文本刊更多论文

任务行为的预测因素:评估学生水平的特征。

目的:在本研究中，我们考察了学生的健康状况、体重指数(BMI)和人口统计数据作为观察到的任务上时间(TOT)行为的预测因子，并将其作为行为注意力不集中的指标。方法:我们收集了2020名四年级学生的人口统计数据、健康估计和BMI(平均年龄= 8.6 (SD = 0.5);47%的女孩;白人占49%)，来自28所学校。我们通过瞬时采样观测来测量TOT。采用三水平线性模型来确定特征是否能预测TOT的差异。我们测试了特征与TOT之间的相互作用。结果:年龄较大的学生表现出更高的TOT百分比(估计值= 2.34,SE = 1.02, df = 919, t = 2.30, p < 0.05)。此外，男孩花费较少的TOT百分比(估计= -3.59,SE = 1.03, df = 906, t = -3.49, p < 0.05)。种族/民族、社会经济地位、身体质量指数、健康状况、一天中的时间和TOT百分比没有差异。此外，没有任何相互作用具有统计学意义(p > .15)。结论:女生和大龄学生的TOT花费更多。这些发现引起了教育工作者和心理学家的兴趣，他们致力于开发基于研究的指导方针，旨在支持小学生在课堂上的参与。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Health Behavior and Policy Review PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

1.40

自引率

12.50%

发文量