PLAY UP: An Intervention Program to Foster Physical Literacy Through Active Play and Environmental Affordances
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- Enrolling By Invitation
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 200
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- physical literacy (motor competence)
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this cluster-randomized trial is to investigate how a co-created, affordance-based approach - developed in collaboration with children - and combined with educator training, can support preschool children's engagement in active play and their holistic development.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 3 Years 至 6 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •regular attendance in preschool; have no limitations to participate in intervention.
排除标准
- •participating in a similar intervention program for at least 3 months; having limitations (e.g. physical limitations; intellectual neurodisorder) to take the assessment tasks;
研究组 & 干预措施
participant group
Children in the experimental group will receive a 15-session intervention. Intervention will be implemented in the outdoors of the kindergarten, by a psychomotor therapist and children's educator. Sessions will involve active play and will prioritize, strengthen and expand opportunities for children to engage with their surroundings.
干预措施: PLAY UP (Behavioral)
Comparison group
This group will maintain their regular school routine.
结局指标
主要结局
physical literacy (motor competence)
时间窗: 2 months
Children's physical literacy will be assessed using Movement Assessment Battery for Children and interviews. Movement ABC consists of 3 subtests that measure three different areas: Manual dexterity; Aiming and grasping; and Balance. Assessed using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (total standardized score derived from manual dexterity, aiming and grasping, and balance).
次要结局
- Social and Emotional Competences (parents-reported)(2 months)
- Physical Activity(2 months)
- Positional Interactions(2 months)
- Kindergarten Affordances for Physical Literacy (affective/experiential domain)(2 months)
- Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Competences (educator-reported)(2 months)
- Executive Functioning(2 months)
研究者
Gabriela Almeida
PhD
University of Évora