A School-Based Multilevel Intervention to Increase Physical Activity of Adolescents in Pakistan: From a Social-Ecological Perspective

Tayyaba Kiyani, Sumaira Kayani, Saima Kayani, Si Qi and Michele Biasutti
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Tayyaba Kiyani: Department of Physical Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Sumaira Kayani: Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321017, China
Saima Kayani: Department of Education, University of Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 11100, Pakistan
Si Qi: Department of Physical Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Michele Biasutti: Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padova, 35122 Padova, Italy

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-18

Abstract: This study aimed to develop an intervention strategy based on the social-ecological model’s individual, interpersonal, and organizational levels for increasing adolescents’ physical activity in Pakistan. Based on the social-ecological model, an 8-week intervention was conducted for 618 school students in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A quantitative method with a quasi-experimental design was adopted, administering self-report measures before and after the intervention. Intervention materials were delivered by leaflet once a week to the intervention group. Repeated measure analysis of variance was applied to verify the intervention effects at pre- and post-test conditions. The results show that a significant intervention effect was identified from the repeated measure analysis of variance for the intervention group’s physical activity participation compared to the control group from baseline ( M = 12.01, SD = 0.136) to the 8-week post-test ( M = 16.30, SD = 0.125). The intervention based on the social-ecological model has sufficiently and effectively improved physical activity among school adolescents in Pakistan.

Keywords: social-ecological model; physical activity; quasi-experimental; school-based; intervention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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