Comparing the Effectiveness of Verbal Feedback Versus Acoustical Feedback Within a Behavior Skills Training Package When Teaching Beginning Yoga Postures to Novice Yoga Practitioners

Behavior skills training (BST), composed of modeling, instructions, rehearsal, and feedback, is an efficient and commonly used training package that has been proven effective in fostering behavior change in a variety of learners and with a multitude of behaviors, including those related to health and fitness. Feedback has been deemed a critical component of BST and there are various ways in which feedback can be administered. This study compared the effectiveness and efficiency of providing verbal feedback versus acoustical feedback within a BST package when teaching beginning yoga postures to participants who have never before practiced yoga. No feedback method proved to be significantly more effective or efficient than the other. Future research should replicate this study with additional participants to gather more substantial findings.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Rauschl, Molly

Contributors dc:contributor

• Richard Marsicano
• Stephanie Stein
• Brian McGladrey

• feedback acoustical yoga behavior skills training
• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Sports Studies

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1203

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-2186