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Tarr, Christopher W.; Rineer-Hershey, Ashlea; Larwin, Karen – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Physical exercise has shown the potential to reduce stereotypic behaviors. The current investigation conducted three meta-analyses on the effects of physical exercise on stereotypic behaviors in individuals with autism. Study 1 produced four aggregate score studies (n = 54) that included nine effect sizes ranging from d = -0.85 to 0.31. Study 1…
Descriptors: Exercise, Behavior Problems, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Anshel, Mark H.; Kang, Minsoo – Behavioral Medicine, 2007
The authors' purpose in this action study was to examine the effect of a 10-week intervention, using the Disconnected Values Model (DVM), on changes in selected measures of fitness, blood lipids, and exercise adherence among 51 university faculty (10 men and 41 women) from a school in the southeastern United States. The DVM is an intervention…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Exercise, Intervention, Physical Fitness