Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Strengthening social skills: developing a social competence intervention for physical education using intervention mapping—protocol paper |
| Authors: |
Iris Schüller, V. Vanessa Wergin, Filip Mess |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 16 (2025) |
| Publisher Information: |
Frontiers Media S.A., 2025. |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Psychology |
| Subject Terms: |
social competence, connectedness, personality development, multilevel assessment, implementation, physical education, Psychology, BF1-990 |
| More Details: |
IntroductionThe promotion of social competences using multi-method approaches is an understudied area in education and psychology. This study addresses the gap by developing and presenting a program to enhance social competences using theory-derived program and assessment designs.Materials and equipmentBartholomew’s Intervention Mapping (IM) approach, initially used for health promotion, was innovatively applied to a psychological and educational context. The development process and implementation challenges are presented in this article.MethodsThe six-step IM process was adapted to create a comprehensive program design that models social behavior, specifically for Physical Education in schools. The program targets perceptive-cognitive, emotional-motivational, and behavioral components of social competence, along the social competence model by Kanning. Results on effect sizes have yet to be calculated.DiscussionThe IM process was time-consuming and extensive but provided a systematic structure, methodological quality, and traceability of effects. Future adaptations of this program could include extensions to different situational contexts and specific need groups, such as classes with a history of bullying or psychological conditions. This study contributes valuable insights into using the IM approach for promoting behavioral change in a systematic and evidence-based manner. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1664-1078 |
| Relation: |
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1484943/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1484943 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/194b5dda26f34b46927d8cf2a6673efc |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.194b5dda26f34b46927d8cf2a6673efc |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
