Trial reportBMC public health2025
Web-based intervention program to foster need-supportive behaviors in physical education teachers and parents: a cluster-randomized controlled study to increase students' intention and effort to engage in physical activity.
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- Associations between parenting dimensions and physical activity levels among Chinese adolescents: psychological capital as a mediator.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Privacy rights versus surveillance, challenges of sex education in the digital age: an exploratory qualitative study in Indonesia.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The effect of perceived supportiveness of instruction on high school students' sport ethics orientation: the mediating role of sport learning motivation.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- A bidirectional association between school environmental factors and physical activity habit formation among Chinese urban adolescents: a cross-lagged panel model.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study evaluates the effect of two web-based interventions- one targeting physical education (PE) teachers and the other targeting parents- designed to enhance need-supportive behaviors in their interactions with adolescents. Need support, which involves fostering autonomy, competence, and relatedness, plays a crucial role in increasing adolescents' autonomous motivation, intention, and effort in leisure-time physical activity (PA).
methods115 child-parent pairs were recruited (children: 55 boys, 60 girls; M
resultsThe intervention for PE teachers had a significant direct effect on adolescents' perceived need-support from parents (β = 0.28, p = 0.027), controlled motivation in PE (β=-0.25, p = 0.042), attitude towards (β = 0.24, p = 0.016), and perceived behavioral control regarding leisure-time PA (β = 0.30, p = 0.006). Changes in perceived need support from PE teachers enhanced students' autonomous motivation in PE (β = 0.61, p = 0.001), while need support from parents increased autonomous motivation towards leisure-time PA (β = 0.29, p = 0.041). Changes in perceived need-support from parents additionally had significant specific indirect effects on changes in adolescents' intention (B = 0.06, p = 0.025) and effort (B = 0.04, p = 0.024) towards leisure-time PA, the effect mediated by changes in autonomous motivation and attitude. DISCUSSION: While PE teachers' support is necessary in fostering autonomous motivation in students, parental support may need more tailored strategies. Both parents and PE teachers play a critical role in providing need support, which significantly enhances adolescents' motivation toward leisure-time PA. When adolescents feel supported, their attitude, intention, and effort toward leisure-time PA improve.
conclusionsWeb-based intervention for PE teachers effectively changed motivational constructs, while the parental intervention did not yield expected direct effects, indicating that parental support may be more complex. This study emphasizes the role of perceived need support from PE teachers and parents in enhancing adolescents' autonomous motivation towards leisure-time PA, highlighting the need for collaboration between educators and parents in supporting adolescents' basic psychological needs.
trial registrationProspectively registered in ISRCTN registry as ISRCTN78373974 (15.12.2022). Overall study status is 'completed'.
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