PLAYshop: A Parent-focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Motor Activity
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
- Enrollment
- 130
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in children's physical literacy (motivation and enjoyment; parental report)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The PLAYshop program is a novel, brief, theory-based, parent-focused physical literacy intervention designed to address this major public health issue of childhood physical inactivity and to support families.
Primary Research Question: Does the PLAYshop program increase preschool-aged children's physical literacy, including fundamental movement skills and motivation and enjoyment, compared to controls?
Detailed Description
The overall goal for the proposed study is to examine the efficacy of the PLAYshop program, a novel, brief, theory-based, parent-focused physical literacy intervention, on child- and family-specific outcomes. Research Questions: Primary: Does the PLAYshop program increase preschool-aged children's physical literacy, including fundamental movement skills and motivation and enjoyment, compared to controls? Secondary: Does the PLAYshop program increase preschool-aged children's physical activity and co-participation in physical activity with parents, compared to controls? Tertiary: 1) Does the PLAYshop program increase parents' capability, motivation, and opportunity to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development, compared to controls? 2) What is the level of, and factors that influence, implementation at the family and program delivery level? Hypotheses: Increases in preschool-aged children's fundamental movement skills, motivation and enjoyment, physical activity, and parent-child co-participation in physical activity will be greater in the intervention group, compared to the control group. Additionally, increase in parents' capability, motivation, and opportunity to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development will be greater in the intervention group, compared to the control group.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Children aged 3-5 years and their parents
- •Living in non-rural areas of Alberta or British Columbia, Canada as defined by Statistics Canada
Exclusion Criteria
- •Children diagnosed with developmental delay or disorder/condition that may affect gross motor development or limit their ability to be physically active.
- •Families with parents who do not comfortably speak or read English.
- •Families that do not have access to a smartphone/tablet with camera and microphone.
- •Families that have participated in prior PLAYshop pilot and feasibility trials.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in children's physical literacy (motivation and enjoyment; parental report)
Time Frame: Baseline and 2 month follow-up
Children's motivation and enjoyment will be assessed via a parental questionnaire that includes items from the Preschool Physical Literacy Assessment (Pre PLAy). This scale includes 4 items with values of 1-5; higher values mean more motivation and enjoyment. Citation: Cairney et al. (2018)
Change in children's physical literacy (enjoyment; child report)
Time Frame: Baseline and 2 month follow-up
Children's enjoyment will also be assessed via self-report using an adapted Five Degrees of Happiness Likert scale for children. This scale includes 1 item with a value of 1-5; a higher value means more enjoyment. Citation: Hall et al. (2016)
Change in children's physical literacy (fundamental movement skills)
Time Frame: Baseline and 2 month follow-up
Children's fundamental movement skills, including two manipulative skills (i.e., overhand throw, underhand throw), two locomotor skills (i.e., horizontal jump, hop), and one balance/stability skill (i.e., one leg balance), will be assessed in a recorded virtual meeting. The skills are from the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD) and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (MABC-2).
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in children's physical activity(Baseline and 2 month follow-up)
- Change in parent-child co-participation in physical activity (accelerometer)(Baseline and 2 month follow-up)
- Change in parent-child co-participation in physical activity (questionnaire)(Baseline and 2 month follow-up)
- Change in parental physical activity modelling(Baseline and 2 month follow-up)