scholarly journals “… been down so long …”: Perpetual vs. intermittent inferiority and the Köhler group motivation gain in exercise groups.

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert L. Kerr ◽  
Samuel T. Forlenza ◽  
Brandon C. Irwin ◽  
Deborah L. Feltz
Keyword(s):  
Motivation Gain

Buddy Up for Exergames

2016 ◽  
pp. 222-244
Author(s):  
Alison Ede ◽  
Samuel Thomas Forlenza ◽  
Deborah L. Feltz
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Health And Human Services ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Task Structures ◽  
Motivation Gain ◽  
The U.S

Many adults and children in the U.S. are not active enough to meet the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services guidelines for physical activity to maintain health and reduce the risk of chronic disease. Exergames (exercise video games) have the potential to promote physical activity, and researchers have examined ways for improving motivation to exercise for longer and at higher intensities with these types of games. This chapter considers group dynamics principles as one way to influence motivation within exergames to help realize better health outcomes. We illustrate how group dynamics principles can be applied to exergames and how different task structures within groups (e.g., conjunctive, additive, and coactive tasks) can influence motivation. One group dynamic principle, the Köhler motivation gain effect, has been the basis of a series of research studies that we have conducted within exergames. We summarize this research, discuss the issues, controversies, and problems with using group dynamics in exergames, and provide possible solutions and recommendations.

P-Curve Analysis of the Köhler Motivation Gain Effect in Exercise Settings: A Demonstration of a Novel Technique to Estimate Evidential Value Across Multiple Studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher R Hill ◽  
Stephen Samendinger ◽  
Amanda M Rymal
Keyword(s):  
Curve Analysis ◽  
Selective Reporting ◽  
Group Dynamic ◽  
Evidential Value ◽  
Dynamic Motivation ◽  
Single Effect ◽  
Kohler Effect ◽  
Motivation Effect ◽  
Motivation Gain ◽  
Size Estimates

Abstract Background Practitioners and researchers may not always be able to adequately evaluate the evidential value of findings from a series of independent studies. This is partially due to the possibility of inflated effect size estimates for these findings as a result of researcher manipulation or selective reporting of analyses (i.e., p-hacking). In light of the possible overestimation of effect sizes in the literature, the p-curve analysis has been proposed as a worthwhile tool that may help identify bias across a series of studies focused on a single effect. The p-curve analysis provides a measure of the evidential value in the published literature and might highlight p-hacking practices. Purpose Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to introduce the mechanics of the p-curve analysis to individuals researching phenomena in the psychosocial aspects of behavior and provide a substantive example of a p-curve analysis using findings from a series of studies examining a group dynamic motivation gain paradigm. Methods We performed a p-curve analysis on a sample of 13 studies that examined the Köhler motivation gain effect in exercise settings as a means to instruct readers how to conduct such an analysis on their own. Results The p-curve for studies examining the Köhler effect demonstrated evidential value and that this motivation effect is likely not a byproduct of p-hacking. The p-curve analysis is explained, as well as potential limitations of the analysis, interpretation of the results, and other uses where a p-curve analysis could be implemented.

An examination of the stability and persistence of the Köhler motivation gain effect.

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Lount ◽  
Norbert L. Kerr ◽  
Lawrence A. Messé ◽  
Dong-Heon Seok ◽  
Ernest S. Park
Keyword(s):  
The Stability ◽  
Motivation Gain

Trying Harder for Different Reasons

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 221-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Lount ◽  
Lawrence A. Messé ◽  
Norbert L. Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Work Teams ◽  
Task Demands ◽  
Sex Composition ◽  
Work Context ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Collective Work ◽  
Potential Factor ◽  
Motivation Gain

Summary: Past investigations of performance on a conjunctive physical persistence task have yielded consistent evidence of motivation gains in the less able worker - a pattern first seen in data collected over 70 years ago ( Köhler, 1926 , 1927 ). Moreover, recent work indicates that these gains are due to the increased instrumentality of the weaker participant's efforts. The present study sought to demonstrate that another potential factor in the work context - the sex composition of the group, which is known to moderate self-presentation concerns - could also affect such motivation gains. Male and female members of work teams performed a physical persistence task. In one condition they performed work trials as individuals. In others, they first worked on the task alone and then were paired with a more capable same- or other-sexed teammate to perform the task conjunctively - i. e., this trial was over as soon as either person stopped. As expected, these less capable participants worked significantly harder under conjunctive task demands, irrespective of coworker sex. However, also as predicted, males tended to show even greater motivation gain when paired with a more capable female, while females' efforts tended to vary the most when they were paired with a male. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding the potentially multifaceted bases for motivation gains in collective work contexts.

scholarly journals Aerobic Exercise Is Promoted when Individual Performance Affects the Group: A Test of the Kohler Motivation Gain Effect

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon C. Irwin ◽  
Jennifer Scorniaenchi ◽  
Norbert L. Kerr ◽  
Joey C. Eisenmann ◽  
Deborah L. Feltz
Keyword(s):  
Aerobic Exercise ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Group A ◽  
Motivation Gain
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