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Feasibility of an Implementation Strategy for a Physical Activity Program in Rural Middle Schools

5. Oktober 2026 aktualisiert von: Kyle A. Kercher, Indiana University

Feasibility of a Multilevel Implementation Strategy for a Sport-based Youth Development Physical Activity Program in Rural Middle Schools

The investigators aim to build on the pilot study data looking at the feasibility of implementation of Goal Setting alongside Hoosier Sport at two schools (Eastern Greene Middle School and White River Valley Middle School). The investigators plan to assess the effect of goal setting on physical activity engagement and psychological measures across the two schools. One school will receive the goal setting intervention in Fall while the other will receive it in Spring.

Studienübersicht

Status

Rekrutierung

Bedingungen

Intervention / Behandlung

Detaillierte Beschreibung

The study will assess the effect of goal setting on physical activity implementation strategy through a comparison of two rural middle schools: White River Valley (WRV) and Eastern Greene (EG). This will be a quasi-experimental, school-level crossover design. There will be an intervention semester and control semester at each school. For the intervention semester, Students will receive the 6-weeks of 30-minute small group sessions spent establishing and checking in on goals on a goal-setting worksheet. The program will be delivered during the school's lunch period. Students will get 15 minutes to eat prior to getting into their small groups to complete the goal-setting worksheet. The subjects will be able to eat throughout the group time as well. During this 6-week timeframe, participants will receive pedometers (step trackers) that the participants can wear throughout the duration of the goal setting program. Participants are not required to wear or use the pedometers to set their goals; however, participants will be encouraged to use the pedometer as a potential physical activity to set goals around (steps). At the end of the 6 weeks, participants will be asked to return the pedometer. With the goal setting worksheets, participants will set physical activity goals, track their progress, and check in on their goals throughout the program with members of the study team. Students will also complete all required data collection related to the study. Data collection will include both quantitative and qualitative measures and occur as follows: once the week before the group sessions start (with a survey inquiring about how participants feel toward physical activity and wearing an accelerometer for a 7 day period), the 6th week of the goal-setting sessions (students will wear the accelerometer for one more week), and the week after week 6 (students will complete a survey that includes questions about their experience with the goal-setting sessions and how participants feel toward physical activity). White River Valley will be the intervention school in Fall 2026 and Eastern Greene will be the intervention school in Spring 2027. Study procedures include an initial meeting to collect demographic information, introduce the intervention, and complete baseline assessments.

The non-intervention semester will be the control semester. During the control semester, participating students will receive a small health pamphlet with information on the benefits of physical activity and setting goals around physical activity. The participants will fill out two surveys during this semester (one at the beginning and one at the end) at a time chosen by the school and study team. This will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. Subjects will also wear accelerometers to track physical activity for 1 week around the time that each survey is completed. During the weeks in which participants are wearing the accelerometers, there will be a 'compliance check' once per week to ensure the accelerometers are actively being worn. This design ensures that data collected from both schools will inform the effectiveness of the implementation strategy and its impact on key clinical outcomes, such as physical activity levels and psychological health indicators. By comparing outcomes between WRV and EG, the study will evaluate whether goal setting alongside sport-based youth development programming improves children's physical activity levels and related health metrics in rural middle school settings.

Studientyp

Interventionell

Einschreibung (Geschätzt)

80

Phase

  • Unzutreffend

Kontakte und Standorte

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Studienorte

    • Indiana
      • Bloomfield, Indiana, Vereinigte Staaten, 47424
        • Rekrutierung
        • Eastern Greene Middle School
        • Kontakt:
      • Lyons, Indiana, Vereinigte Staaten, 47443
        • Rekrutierung
        • White River Valley Middle School
        • Kontakt:

Teilnahmekriterien

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Zulassungskriterien

Studienberechtigtes Alter

11 Jahre bis 13 Jahre (Kind)

Akzeptiert gesunde Freiwillige

Ja

Studienberechtigte Geschlechter

Alle

Beschreibung

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Currently enrolled in 6th - 7th grade at White River Valley Middle School or Eastern Greene Middle School
  • Have parental consent to participate
  • Agree to study participation [verbal assent]
  • Planning to attend all school days during the program period
  • Be available for baseline and post-intervention measurement.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Have a medical condition that would interfere with the goal-setting program plan
  • In treatment for a psychiatric disorder such that the intervention materials will not be appropriate.

Studienplan

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Wie ist die Studie aufgebaut?

Designdetails

  • Hauptzweck: Sonstiges
  • Zuteilung: Zufällig
  • Interventionsmodell: Crossover-Aufgabe
  • Maskierung: Keine (Offenes Etikett)

Waffen und Interventionen

Teilnehmergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandlung
Experimental: Goal-Setting

The experimental group will participate in the Hoosier Sport program during their school's physical education class, which consists of sport curricula, leadership development, and health lessons. This group will complete this program with additional goal-setting programming.

The intervention being tested is the addition of a goal-setting program during Hoosier Sport lessons. Students will receive 6-weeks of 30-minute small group sessions spent establishing and checking in on goals on a goal-setting worksheet

Aktiver Komparator: No Goal-Setting/Control

The control group will participate in the Hoosier Sport program during their school's physical education class, which consists of sport curricula, leadership development, and health lessons. Participants will receive a goal-setting pamphlet; however, participants will not actively receive the goal-setting programming.

This group will participate in Hoosier Sport lessons without goal-setting programming. Instead, students will receive a small health pamphlet with information on the benefits of physical activity and setting goals around physical activity.

Was misst die Studie?

Primäre Ergebnismessungen

Ergebnis Maßnahme
Maßnahmenbeschreibung
Zeitfenster
Total Physical Activity
Zeitfenster: 7 days, prior to the start of the intervention & end of intervention. The same timeline occurs in the control semester.

Total physical activity measured by AX3 accelerometer at week 0 and week 6 of the goal-setting semester, reported in minutes per day.

7 days, prior to the start of the intervention & end of intervention. The same timeline occurs in the control semester.
Self-Reported Physical Activity
Zeitfenster: 7 days, at the start of the control semester

Self-reported physical activity using the Global Student-Based Health Survey data at week 0. There are 9 questions. Each question is individually scored as follows:

  • Sport team participation: Score ranges from 0 to 3 or more. Higher value indicates participation on more sports teams
  • Stretching: Score ranges from 0 to 7. Higher value indicate stretching on more days during the past week
  • Physical activity breaks during school: Yes or no answer, reported as percentage of students selecting each response.
  • Physical activity via sports or games at school: Yes or no answer, reported as percentage of students selecting each response.
  • Exposure to physical activity advertisements: Score ranges from 1 (Never) to 5 (Daily). Higher value indicates more frequent advertisement exposure
  • Questions 6-9: Answers range from yes or no or I do not know, reported as percentage of students selecting each response.
7 days, at the start of the control semester
Self-Reported Physical Activity
Zeitfenster: 7 days, 6 weeks after the start of the intervention

Self-reported physical activity using the Global Student-Based Health Survey data at week 6. There are 9 questions. Each question is individually scored as follows:

  • Sport team participation: Score ranges from 0 to 3 or more. Higher value indicates participation on more sports teams
  • Stretching: Score ranges from 0 to 7. Higher value indicate stretching on more days during the past week
  • Physical activity breaks during school: Yes or no answer, reported as percentage of students selecting each response.
  • Physical activity via sports or games at school: Yes or no answer, reported as percentage of students selecting each response.
  • Exposure to physical activity advertisements: Score ranges from 1 (Never) to 5 (Daily). Higher value indicates more frequent advertisement exposure
  • Questions 6-9: Answers range from yes or no or I do not know, reported as percentage of students selecting each response.
7 days, 6 weeks after the start of the intervention
Light Physical Activity
Zeitfenster: 7 days, prior to the start of the intervention & end of intervention. The same timeline occurs in the control semester.

Light-intensity physical activity measured by AX3 accelerometer at week 0 and week 6 of the goal-setting semester, reported in minutes per day.

7 days, prior to the start of the intervention & end of intervention. The same timeline occurs in the control semester.
Moderate Physical Activity
Zeitfenster: 7 days, prior to the start of the intervention & end of intervention. The same timeline occurs in the control semester.

Moderate-intensity physical activity measured by AX3 accelerometer at week 0 and week 6 of the goal-setting semester, reported in minutes per day.

7 days, prior to the start of the intervention & end of intervention. The same timeline occurs in the control semester.
Vigorous Physical Activity
Zeitfenster: 7 days, prior to the start of the intervention & end of intervention. The same timeline occurs in the control semester.

Vigorous-intensity physical activity measured by AX3 accelerometer at week 0 and week 6 of the goal-setting semester, reported in minutes per day.

7 days, prior to the start of the intervention & end of intervention. The same timeline occurs in the control semester.

Sekundäre Ergebnismessungen

Ergebnis Maßnahme
Maßnahmenbeschreibung
Zeitfenster
Enjoyment of Physical Activity
Zeitfenster: 8 weeks

Participants will complete the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale Short Version pre and post-intervention to determine how much participants enjoy physical activity. This is a 5-point Likert scale with 4 items, with answers ranging from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree). Possible scores range from 1 to 5 with higher scores indicating greater physical activity enjoyment.

8 weeks
Commitment to Physical Activity
Zeitfenster: 8 weeks

Participants will fill out the Commitment to Physical Activity Scale for Adolescents pre and post-intervention to determine their commitment to physical activity.

8 weeks
Social Support for Exercise
Zeitfenster: 8 weeks

Participants will complete the Social Support and Exercise Survey pre and post intervention to assess perceived support from family and friends for physical activity participation. This is a 26 item 5-point Likert scale that ranges from 1 (Never) to 5 (Very Often). There are 3 subscales.

  • Family Participation: Possible scores range from 10-50 with higher scores indicating greater participation-based support from parents and family.
  • Family Rewards & Punishment: Possible Scores range from 3 to 15, with higher scores indicating more frequent rewards and punishment behaviors related to physical activity.
  • Friend Participation: Possible scores range from 10-50 with higher scores indicating greater participation-based support from friends
8 weeks
Athletic Identity
Zeitfenster: 8 weeks

Participants will complete the Athletic Identity Questionnaire (AIQ) pre and post intervention to assess their perception of themselves as physically active, including appearance, competence, and importance of physical activity. This is a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree). There are 6 subscales. For each subscale, higher scores indicate the following:

  • Athletic Appearance: higher score = stronger perceptions of athletic appearance.
  • Athletic Competence: higher score = stronger perceptions of athletic competence.
  • Importance of Physical Activity: higher score = physical activity and sport are more important
  • Encouragement from Parent/Family: higher score = more encouragement from parents/family
  • Encouragement from Best-Friend: higher score = more encouragement from best friends
  • Encouragement from Teacher/Outside Adult: higher score = more encouragement from teacher/outside adult
8 weeks
Motivation to Exercise
Zeitfenster: 8 weeks

Participants will complete the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory pre and post intervention to determine their levels of motivation to exercise. This includes 22 items with 7 different subscales. The minimum value is 1 and maximum value is 7. For subscales: Interest/Enjoyment, Perceived Competence, Perceived Choice, Effort/Importance, Value/Usefulness, and Relatedness - the higher the value, the greater intrinsic motivation. For subscale Pressure/Tension, the higher the value, the more anxiety present.

8 weeks
Goal Attainment
Zeitfenster: 8 weeks

Participants will respond to a single-item Goal Attainment Scale post-intervention to assess how successful the subject feels in achieving their personal goals from 0% to 100%. Closer to 100% reflects greater attainment.

8 weeks

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Haupttermine studieren

Studienbeginn (Geschätzt)

1. Oktober 2026

Primärer Abschluss (Geschätzt)

1. April 2027

Studienabschluss (Geschätzt)

1. April 2027

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Zuerst eingereicht

29. September 2026

Zuerst eingereicht, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt hat

29. September 2026

Zuerst gepostet (Tatsächlich)

5. Oktober 2026

Studienaufzeichnungsaktualisierungen

Letztes Update gepostet (Tatsächlich)

8. Oktober 2026

Letztes eingereichtes Update, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt

5. Oktober 2026

Zuletzt verifiziert

1. Oktober 2026

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Andere Studien-ID-Nummern

  • 31209
  • 24CDA1038890 (Andere Zuschuss-/Finanzierungsnummer: American Heart Association)

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