THE EFFECT OF NARRATIVE ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY VIA IMMERSION DURING ACTIVE VIDEO GAME PLAY IN CHILDREN: MEDIATION ANALYSIS

BackgroundActive video games (AVGs) can increase physical activity (PA) and help produce higher physiological expenditure.Animated narrative videos (NVs) possess unique immersive and motivational properties.When added to AVGs, they have been found to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) as opposed to the original no video conditio

Abstract In the last decade Open Science principles have been successfully advocated for and are being slowly adopted in different research communities.In response to the COVID-19 pandemic many publishers and researchers have sped up their adoption of Open Science practices, sometimes embracing them fully and sometimes partially or in a sub-optimal