Abstract
Music is a powerful influence in life. We hear music at work, in the car, at the mall, and in our homes. Music has also been found to have an affect during physical activity. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of music on physical activity rates, via pedometers, of college-aged students in basketball class. For this study 106 college-aged students participated in this study. Two classes played basketball with no music playing during game play. Two other classes played basketball with music playing during game play. It was found that the two classes that played basketball with music took more steps and were in more time in activity.
Highlights
Music is a powerful influence in life
A one-way ANOVA was used comparing steps taken and time in activity in two basketball classes that had music playing during game play and two basketball classes that had no music playing during game play
This analysis revealed that the students in the basketball classes with music playing took more steps (M = 3788, SD = 424.07) than the students with no music playing during game play (M = 3418, SD = 344.00)
Summary
Music is a powerful influence in life. We hear music at work, in the car, at the mall, and in our homes. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of music on physical activity rates, via pedometers, of college-aged students in basketball class. With the increased number of studies dealing with the effects music has on physical activity, a conceptual framework has been established to provide support to the research. Karageorghis, Jones, and Low (2006) proposed a conceptual framework of four factors how music in a physical activity setting can affect a person: they are a) rhythm response, b) musicality, c) cultural impact, and d) association. It was found that the students were more active in both lessons with music playing Another finding from this study was that the student’s preferred fast-tempo music and when the fast-tempo was playing, the workload intensity increased
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