Students’ motor and perceived competence, health-related fitness, physical activity engagement and exercise motivation – 6-years follow-up and intervention study
Main funder
Funder's project number: OKM/58/626/2020, OKM/1107/626/2020, OKM/89/626/2021
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 350 000,00
Funding program
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/04/2020
Project end date: 31/12/2024
Summary
This research proposal includes two phases. The first one is longitudinal follow-up study where we track students’ motor competence, perceived competence health-related fitness, motivation/values towards physical activity, engagement in physical activity and body weight from Grade 5 (11-years of age) to Grade 11 (17–18 -years of age). The second phase of this research project includes two separate three-months interventions for Grade 5 and Grade 8 students. The purpose of the interventions are firstly to identify students who have weak motor competence, health-related fitness, perceived competence and who are sedentary, and secondly, to implement specific intervention the purpose of which is to develop their motor competence, health-related fitness, perceived competence and to promote their engagement in physical activity.
Principal Investigator
Primary responsible unit
Follow-up groups
- Multidisciplinary research on learning and teaching (University of Jyväskylä JYU) MultiLeTe
- Physical activity through life span (University of Jyväskylä JYU) PACTS
- Teacher education research (teaching, learning, teacher, learning paths, education) (University of Jyväskylä JYU) JYU.Edu; Formerly JYU.Ope
Related publications and other outputs
- Actual and Perceived Motor Competence, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Physical Activity, and Weight Status in Schoolchildren : Latent Profile and Transition Analyses (2022) Kolunsarka, Iiris; et al.; A1; OA
- Changes in the continuous leaping performance of Finnish adolescents between 1979 and 2020 (2022) Jaakkola, T.; et al.; A1
