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NCT Number: NCT03783767

Peer Leadership for Physical Literacy

The purpose of the proposed research is to develop, implement, and test the efficacy of a theory-driven evidence-based peer leadership program for elementary school students (Grade 6/7; age 11/12 years) in relation to (a) their own leadership skills and their leadership self-efficacy (i.e., confidence to lead), as well as (b) the physical literacy of younger (Grade 3/4; age 8/9) students with whom they are partnered.

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Key information

Conditions

Leadership Behavior Motor Activity Physical Activity

Age range

8 year–14 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Psychology of Exercise, Health, and Physical Activity Laboratory

Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Canada

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants must be teachers (Grade 6/7) and students (Grade 3,4, 6 or 7) in elementary schools in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.
  • Students must have a basic working knowledge of English.

Exclusion criteria

  • There are no exclusion criteria that would exclude anyone who otherwise meets the inclusion criteria specified above

Treatment and study plan

Leadership Intervention

Behavioral

Grade 6/7 teachers will take part in a workshop on developing transformational leadership among their Grade 6/7 students, and provide teachers with a 4-week training program. Teachers will implement a 4-week leadership development component to their Grade 6/7 students. Grade 6/7 students will then deliver a 10-week peer-led FMS program to Grade 3/4 students. The Grade 6/7 peer leaders will lead 2 x 30 min sessions per week during physical education classes, recess, or lunch times. In weeks two and three, peer leaders will be observed by members of the research team and provided with feedback using a structured checklist regarding their delivery in the session. Mid-way through the 10-week program teachers will deliver a booster leadership training component to the Grade 6/7 peer-leaders.

Primary outcomes

  1. Teacher's rating of their student's transformational leadership using the Transformational Teaching Questionnaire

    Time frame: Change from Baseline Transformational Leadership at 6 months (Post Intervention)

    Transformational leadership by Grade 6/7 peer leaders will be assessed by teachers using an adaption version of the Transformational Teaching Questionnaire (Beauchamp et al., 2010). This abbreviated measures has been used in our previous studies which demonstrated sound reliability (cronbach alpha > 0.89).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Self-Rated Leadership Self-Efficacy using a ten-item questionnaire

    Time frame: Change from Baseline Leadership Self-Efficacy at 6 months (Post Intervention)

    Leadership Self-Efficacy by Grade 6/7 peer leaders will be assessed using a ten-item leadership self-efficacy measure using Bandura's (2006) recommended procedures for assessing self-efficacy.

  2. Grade 3/4 student self reported intrinsic motivation using the Intrinsic motivation measure by Sebire and colleagues (2013)

    Time frame: Change from Baseline Intrinsic Motivation at 6 months (Post Intervention)

    Intrinsic motivation among Grade 3/4 students will be assessed using the Intrinsic Motivation measure developed by Sebire and colleagues (2013) for specific use with young children in school physical education settings. This measure displays sound reliability (cronbach alpha = 0.77), as well as factorial validity.

  3. Grade 3/4 self-reported Perceived Competence using the Perceived Competence measure developed by Sebire and colleagues (2013)

    Time frame: Change from Baseline Intrinsic Motivation at 6 months (Post Intervention)

    Grade 3/4 Perceived Competence will be measured by a questionnaire developed by Sebire and colleagues (2013) for specific use in school physical education settings with young children. This measure has been shown to display sound reliability (cronbach alpha = 0.72).

  4. Physical Self Description Questionnaire (Marsh et al., 2010) will assess Grade 3/4 self-reported self-concept

    Time frame: Change from Baseline Self-Concept at 6 months (Post Intervention)

    The Physical Self Description Questionnaire is a self-report measure for Grade 3/4 students that has sound reliability and factorial validity.

  5. Fundamental Movement Skills Competence assessed via the Test of Gross Motor Development (3rd edition) and product scores (throw/kick speed, successful number of catches)

    Time frame: Change from Baseline Fundamental Movement Skills at 6 months (Post Intervention)

    The kick, throw and a combination throwing/catching test will be performed. Skills will be videoed so that raters can assess the process of each movement and score according to predefined criteria of the Test of Gross Motor Development 3rd edition (Ulrich and Webster, 2017). Our assessment will also enable us to assess maximal kicking and throwing speed. The combination throwing/catching test will be performed for two trials of 30 seconds each, with scores assigned based on the number of successful catches each participant completes.

  6. School Day Physical Activity will be assessed in Grade 3/4 students using hip worn GT3X+ accelerometers

    Time frame: Change from Baseline School Day Physical Activity at 6 Months (Post Intervention)

    A subsample of Grade 3/4 students will be randomly selected to wear an accelerometer for one school week (5 days) during the school day only.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of British Columbia

Other

Collaborators

  • Newcastle University
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • University of Victoria

Registry information

Official study title

Peer Leadership for Physical Literacy: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Elementary School Students

Acronym: PLPL

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Dec 21, 2018
Registry last updated
Apr 25, 2022

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