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Medical and health sciences
- Public health sciences not elsewhere classified
Regular exercise is beneficial for youth’s physical and mental health. Still, the majority is insufficiently active. Physical education teachers and more specifically their motivating style play a crucial role in motivating young people to be active. Hence the need for effective interventions targeting teachers’ motivating style. Current Self-Determination-Theory-based interventions are mostly workshop-like one-size-fits-all programs. In this project, we aim to (1) develop an online tailored tool to optimise secondary school teachers’ motivating style (Phase 1) and (2) evaluate its effects on student- and teacher-outcomes (Phase 2). In Phase 1, we will conduct cross-sectional (Study 1) and design-based (Study 2) research. In Study 1, tailoring principles will be developed by comparing teachers’ self-reports, students' perceptions (questionnaire), and observations (class video-recordings) of teachers’ motivating style. In Study 2, teachers' desires concerning an online tool will be identified through interviews and questionnaires. In Phase 2, we will evaluate the tool in a randomised-controlled-trial (Study 3). Effects on student- (need-satisfaction/frustration, motivation for physical education, and physical activity) and teacher- (motivating style and well-being) outcomes will be examined. Groundbreaking is the online tailoring based on multi-informant measures and the potential impact on health promotion and educational practice.