Sarah Spengler

University of Konstanz · Sports Science

Background: Participants in Outdoor Education Programmes (OEPs) presumably benefit from these programmes in terms of their social and personal development, academic achievement and physical activity (PA). The aim of this systematic review was to identify studies about regular compulsory school- and curriculum-based OEPs, to categorise and evaluate...

Damit der Schulsport den ihm zugesprochenen Doppelauftrag – Bewegungsbildung und allgemeine Bildung – erfüllen kann, sind passende Strukturen eine wichtige Voraussetzung, beispielsweise ein ausreichender Umfang von Sportunterricht. Doch das Wissen über die Situation des Schulsports in Deutschland ist defizitär. Ziel der Arbeit ist es, Strukturdaten...

Purpose The displacement hypothesis predicts that physical activity and media use compete in adolescents; however, findings are inconsistent. A more differentiated approach at determining the co-occurrence of physical activity and media use behaviors within subjects may be warranted. The aim of this study was to determine the co-occurrence of physi...

Background Promoting a healthy lifestyle especially in adolescents is important because health-related behaviors adopted during adolescence most often track into adulthood. Longitudinal studies are necessary for identifying health-related risk groups of adolescents and defining target groups for health-promoting interventions. Multiple health behav...

Background Although knowledge on single health-related behaviors and their association with health parameters is available, research on multiple health-related behaviors is needed to understand the interactions among these behaviors. The aims of the study were (a) to identify typical health-related behavior patterns in German adolescents focusing o...

There are warnings that human actions will lead to irreversible environmental damage if they continue at their current pace and scale. With regard to individual aspects, a pro-environmental attitude and positive affective-motivational beliefs towards sustainability represent fundamentals for a more sustainable future. However, there is little data...

There is little information on the development of school-based programs to change students’ sustainability behavior. The goal of this article is to describe the systematic development and the content of a program that includes education for sustainable development in regular physical education. The Intervention Mapping approach was used as a method...

Background. The physical education (PE) teacher is a decisive factor for PE development and teaching. Reflecting on and making the best possible use of the PE teachers’ personal resources positively influence teacher effectiveness and student achievement. This requires a comprehensive analysis of PE teachers’ personal characteristics. Aims. Conseq...

Physical Education (PE) aims to convey the joy of exercise and by this educate students to lifelong physical activeness. Student motivation in PE decreases during the school career. This study therefore comprehensively analyzes student characteristics determining motivation in PE: General Personality Traits, Physical Self-Concept, Achievement Motiv...

Purpose: Schools and organized sports both offer great chances to promote physical activity among children. Full-day schools particularly allow for extensive participation in extra-curricular physical activities. However, due to time reasons, full-day schools may also prevent children from engagement in organized sports outside school. There is on...

The teacher’s personality in general plays an important role in the educational process. It is often examined in relation to outcome factors on the teacher or student side, e.g., teaching effectiveness or student motivation. Physical education (PE) with its peculiarities and allocated educational mandate particularly demands the personality of the...

Students' personality is an essential component in order to plan and teach physical education (PE) lessons according to students' individual needs. Additionally, personality formation in general is part of the educational mandate and student personality development specifically is considered as an elementary goal of PE. Although student personality...

Background: The co-occurrence of multiple health behaviors such as physical activity, diet, and sedentary behavior affects individuals' health. Co-occurence of different health behaviors has been shown in a large number of studies. This study extended this perspective by addressing the co-occurrence of multiple health behaviors in multiple persons....

Background: Theoretical and empirical studies indicate that dance can strengthen the participants' self. The aim of the systematic review is to give an overview of studies investigating the effects of dance interventions on aspects of the self (e.g., self-concept/-esteem). Research questions are: (a) What is the evidence of the reported effects on...

Background Motor performance is an important factor for health. Already in childhood, motor performance is associated with, e.g., obesity and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. It is widely believed that the motor performance of children has declined over recent years. However, this belief is lacking clear evidence. The objective of this stu...

To fulfil the aims of physical education - physical literacy and general education, structural conditions of physical education at school must be appropriate. However, our knowledge about current structural conditions of physical education in Germany is scarce. The aim of this work was to study the current situation of physical education in Germany...

Ziel der Studie - Um die Gesundheit von Jugendlichen optimal fördern zu können ist es wichtig, typische jugendliche Verhaltensmuster zu kennen. Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung war es, ge-schlechtsspezifische gesundheitsrelevante Verhaltensmuster von Jugendlichen in Deutsch-land zu identifizieren und zu vergleichen. Methodik - Im Rahmen des KiGG...

MoMo Study dataset. (XLSX)

Einleitung: Eine genaue Erfassung der körperlich-sportlichen Aktivität (KSA) ist über den Energieverbrauch möglich, das heißt über ‚metabolische Äquivalente‘ (MET). Bei den Arbeiten zu den sozialen Unterschieden bei KSA ist diese Möglichkeit bisher kaum genutzt worden. Methoden: Die Analysen basieren auf Daten des Motorik-Moduls (MoMo) der KiGGS-St...

Introduction Promoting a healthy lifestyle especially in adolescents is important because health-related behaviors adopted during adolescence most often track into adulthood [1]. Longitudinal studies are necessary for identifying health-related risk groups of adolescents. Multiple health behavior research may represent a useful approach towards a b...

Background: Little is known about the relationship between physical activity and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adolescents. The purpose of this study was 1) to quantify the predictive power of greater physical activity on higher HRQOL in adolescents and 2) to analyze whether the prediction is better for the sports club setting than for...