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Trial reportJournal of applied behavior analysis2026

A comparison of the Don't Stop! Game and the Step it UP! Game to increase step counts of adults with disabilities.

David Buckles, Rebecca Seward, Ryan Redner

Abstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of applied behavior analysis, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

David BucklesSchool of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA.
Rebecca SewardDepartment of Psychology, Murray State University, Murray, KY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3884-6058
Ryan RednerSchool of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0962-1690

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Step it UP! Game, a modified version of the Good Behavior Game (GBG), has previously been shown to increase physical activity levels among elementary school children and adults with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to compare a novel modification of the GBG targeting physical activity, the Don't Stop! Game, with the Step it UP! Game. Participants included 14 young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Three conditions were alternated randomly within a multielement design: baseline, Step it UP! Game (in which the team with the most steps wins a prize), and Don't Stop! Game (in which the team with the fewest demerits for standing still wins a prize). All 14 participants had higher steps per minute during intervention conditions relative to baseline, but the degree of difference between intervention conditions differed across participants. The Don't Stop! Game was preferred by more participants.

Indexed as

Developmental DisabilitiesIntellectual DisabilityMotor ActivityPersons with DisabilitiesAdultFemaleHumansMaleYoung AdultexerciseGood Behavior Gameinterdependent group contingencyphysical activity

Identifiers

PMID41367135
PMCPMC13500363

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