Using Physical Education to Promote out-of-School Physical Activity in Lower Secondary School Students: A Randomized Controlled Intervention Based on Behavioural Theory
Main funder
Funder's project number: OKM/62/626/2016, OKM/74/626/2017 ja OKM/73/626/2018
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 377 000,00
Funding program
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/01/2017
Project end date: 31/05/2021
Summary
The aim of the project is to develop a PE teacher-delivered theory-based intervention to promote school students’ motivation toward PA in and out-of-school contexts. The intervention will be guided by the trans-contextual model developed to explain the processes by which PE teachers’ support for motivation in the classroom promotes children’s motivation to engage in PA outside of school. The intervention will adopt a cluster-randomized wait-list-control design with randomization by school and teacher. 24Twenty-four PE teachers from 12 schools will apply the intervention program to 476 students in PE classes. Baseline and follow-up measures at 4, 9 and 14 week will be collected from students and teachers. PE teachers will receive 12-hour training on strategies to support autonomous PA behavior. The research will make a contribution to the literature by demonstrating effects of an in-school physical activity intervention on out-of-school participation in physical activity
Principal Investigator
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Primary responsible unit
Follow-up groups
Profiling area: Physical activity through life span (University of Jyväskylä JYU) PACTS
Related publications and other outputs
- Social cognition, personality and social-political correlates of health behaviors : Application of an integrated theoretical model (2024) Griffith, Zoe M.; et al.; A1; OA
- Predictors of school students’ leisure-time physical activity : An extended trans-contextual model using Bayesian path analysis (2021) Polet, Juho; et al.; A1; OA
- Predicting change in middle school students’ leisure-time physical activity participation : A prospective test of the trans-contextual model (2020) Polet, Juho; et al.; A1; OA
- Testing a physical education-delivered autonomy supportive intervention to promote leisure-time physical activity in lower secondary school students : the PETALS trial (2020) Schneider, Jekaterina; et al.; A1; OA