Effects of school-based interventions on motivation towards physical activity in children and adolescents: protocol for a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent studies have observed low levels of physical activity in children and adolescents worldwide. Physical activity interventions are increasingly carried out to counteract this development. The school environment is an ideal setting for such interventions to take place as large numbers of children and adolescents can be addressed. With the assumption that motivation is the key to initiate and sustain beneficial health behaviors, theory-based intervention studies apply motivational strategies to increase students' participation in physical activity. The main objective of this systematic review will be to analyze the effects of school-based physical activity interventions on a variety of motivational outcomes towards physical activity in school-aged children and adolesc

SUBMITTER: Demetriou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511217 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature