This study examined the impact of prompting only and prompting combined with independent group-oriented contingency on incarcerated adolescent males' physical activity level during a sport-leadership program. An alternating treatment design was employed to allow for the evaluation among multiple treatment conditions. The study occurred during 35 consecutive sport programming lessons at a juvenile correctional facility. Participants were 16 adolescent males (Mage = 18.79). Two behavior modification strategies, prompting only and prompting combined with independent group-oriented contingency, were employed. Data were plotted graphically so visual analysis could be determined in order to explore any functional associations between the treatment conditions (e.g., interventions) and target behavior (e.g., step count). Prompting only slightly increased physical activity, whereas prompting in conjunction with independent group-oriented contingency elevated activity levels by 36%, with a smaller standard deviation indicating that all participants were equivalently physically active. The results of this study underpin the expansive benefits of sport-leadership programming, not just in similar programs' ability to develop life skill integration, positively impact life during incarceration, improve attitudes, and promote physical activity, but also to provide elevated opportunities for youth to be physically active.

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评估行为矫正策略对被监禁青少年身体活动水平的效果。

本研究探讨了体育领导计划期间仅提示和提示与独立的面向团体的意外事件相结合对被监禁的青少年男性身体活动水平的影响。采用交替治疗设计以允许在多种治疗条件之间进行评估。这项研究是在青少年惩教所连续 35 节体育编程课期间进行的。参与者为 16 名青春期男性 (Mage = 18.79)。采用了两种行为矫正策略：仅提示和提示与独立的面向群体的偶然事件相结合。数据以图形方式绘制，因此可以确定视觉分析，以探索治疗条件（例如干预）和目标行为（例如步数）之间的任何功能关联。提示仅略微增加了体力活动，而提示与独立的面向团体的意外事件相结合，则将活动水平提高了 36%，较小的标准差表明所有参与者都进行了同等的体力活动。这项研究的结果证实了体育领导力计划的广泛好处，不仅在于类似计划能够发展生活技能整合、对监禁期间的生活产生积极影响、改善态度和促进体育活动，而且还为青少年提供更多机会保持身体活跃。