What Type of Body Shape Moves Children?: An Experimental Exploration of the Impact of Narrative Cartoon Character Body Shape on Children's Narrative Engagement, Wishful Identification, and Exercise Motivation

Dar Alon; Caio Victor Sousa; Amy Shirong Lu

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.653626

What Type of Body Shape Moves Children? An Experimental Exploration of the Impact of Narrative Cartoon Character Body Shape on Children's Narrative Engagement, Wishful Identification, and Exercise Motivation

Dar Alon, Caio Victor Sousa, Amy Shirong Lu

Health and Human Sciences

Northeastern University

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Original language	English
Article number	653626
Number of pages	13
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.653626
State	Published - Jul 11 2021

Keywords

Active video game
Animation
Body shape
Character
Children
Narrative
Physical activity
Story

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What Type of Body Shape Moves Children? An Experimental Exploration of the Impact of Narrative Cartoon Character Body Shape on Children's Narrative Engagement, Wishful Identification, and Exercise Motivation. / Alon, Dar; Sousa, Caio Victor; Lu, Amy Shirong.
In: Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 12, 653626, 11.07.2021.

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