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Goal-SettingNCT07859033

Feasibility of an Implementation Strategy for a Physical Activity Program in Rural Middle Schools

A study testing Goal-Setting in Sport-Based Youth Development and No Goal-Setting Program in people with Goal-Setting, run by Indiana University at 2 sites in United States.

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Trial summary

The investigators aim to build on the pilot study data looking at the feasibility of implementation of Goal Setting alongside Hoosier Sport at two schools (Eastern Greene Middle School and White River Valley Middle School). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 11 to 13 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Goal-Setting
What is being tested?
Goal-Setting in Sport-Based Youth Development and No Goal-Setting Program
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
80 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Oct 2026to Apr 2027
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 11 to 13 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Currently enrolled in 6th - 7th grade at White River Valley Middle School or Eastern Greene Middle School
  • Have parental consent to participate
  • Agree to study participation [verbal assent]
  • Planning to attend all school days during the program period
  • Be available for baseline and post-intervention measurement.

Who cannot join

  • Have a medical condition that would interfere with the goal-setting program plan
  • In treatment for a psychiatric disorder such that the intervention materials will not be appropriate.

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

United States2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • Eastern Greene Middle School

    Bloomfield, Indiana, 47424

    Nathan Martindale Athletic Director, (812) 825-5010, nmartindale@egreene.k12.in.us

    Recruiting
  • White River Valley Middle School

    Lyons, Indiana, 47443

    Zack Waggoner Principal, 812-659-3915, zwaggoner@wrv.k12.in.us

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Feasibility of a Multilevel Implementation Strategy for a Sport-based Youth Development Physical Activity Program in Rural Middle Schools

The investigators aim to build on the pilot study data looking at the feasibility of implementation of Goal Setting alongside Hoosier Sport at two schools (Eastern Greene Middle School and White River Valley Middle School). The investigators plan to assess the effect of goal setting on physical activity engagement and psychological measures across the two schools. One school will receive the goal setting intervention in Fall while the other will receive it in Spring.

Read the detailed description

The study will assess the effect of goal setting on physical activity implementation strategy through a comparison of two rural middle schools: White River Valley (WRV) and Eastern Greene (EG). This will be a quasi-experimental, school-level crossover design. There will be an intervention semester and control semester at each school. For the intervention semester, Students will receive the 6-weeks of 30-minute small group sessions spent establishing and checking in on goals on a goal-setting worksheet. The program will be delivered during the school's lunch period. Students will get 15 minutes to eat prior to getting into their small groups to complete the goal-setting worksheet. The subjects will be able to eat throughout the group time as well. During this 6-week timeframe, participants will receive pedometers (step trackers) that the participants can wear throughout the duration of the goal setting program. Participants are not required to wear or use the pedometers to set their goals; however, participants will be encouraged to use the pedometer as a potential physical activity to set goals around (steps). At the end of the 6 weeks, participants will be asked to return the pedometer. With the goal setting worksheets, participants will set physical activity goals, track their progress, and check in on their goals throughout the program with members of the study team. Students will also complete all required data collection related to the study. Data collection will include both quantitative and qualitative measures and occur as follows: once the week before the group sessions start (with a survey inquiring about how participants feel toward physical activity and wearing an accelerometer for a 7 day period), the 6th week of the goal-setting sessions (students will wear the accelerometer for one more week), and the week after week 6 (students will complete a survey that includes questions about their experience with the goal-setting sessions and how participants feel toward physical activity). White River Valley will be the intervention school in Fall 2026 and Eastern Greene will be the intervention school in Spring 2027. Study procedures include an initial meeting to collect demographic information, introduce the intervention, and complete baseline assessments.

The non-intervention semester will be the control semester. During the control semester, participating students will receive a small health pamphlet with information on the benefits of physical activity and setting goals around physical activity. The participants will fill out two surveys during this semester (one at the beginning and one at the end) at a time chosen by the school and study team. This will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. Subjects will also wear accelerometers to track physical activity for 1 week around the time that each survey is completed. During the weeks in which participants are wearing the accelerometers, there will be a 'compliance check' once per week to ensure the accelerometers are actively being worn. This design ensures that data collected from both schools will inform the effectiveness of the implementation strategy and its impact on key clinical outcomes, such as physical activity levels and psychological health indicators. By comparing outcomes between WRV and EG, the study will evaluate whether goal setting alongside sport-based youth development programming improves children's physical activity levels and related health metrics in rural middle school settings.

Conditions
Goal-Setting
Being tested
Goal-Setting in Sport-Based Youth Development, No Goal-Setting Program
Keywords
Sport Based Youth Development, Goal-Setting, Children, Rural, Adolescents, Behavior Change Techniques

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Goal-Setting in Sport-Based Youth DevelopmentBehavioural

    The intervention being tested is the addition of a goal-setting program during Hoosier Sport lessons. Students will receive 6-weeks of 30-minute small group sessions spent establishing and checking in on goals on a goal-setting worksheet

  • No Goal-Setting ProgramBehavioural

    This group will participate in Hoosier Sport lessons without goal-setting programming. Instead, students will receive a small health pamphlet with information on the benefits of physical activity and setting goals around physical activity.

Study groups in NCT07859033
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Goal-SettingExperimentalThe experimental group will participate in the Hoosier Sport program during their school's physical education class, which consists of sport curricula, leadership development, and health lessons. This group will complete this program with additional goal-setting programming.
Receives: Behavioral: Goal-Setting in Sport-Based Youth Development
No Goal-Setting/ControlActive comparatorThe control group will participate in the Hoosier Sport program during their school's physical education class, which consists of sport curricula, leadership development, and health lessons. Participants will receive a goal-setting pamphlet; however, participants will not actively receive the goal-setting programming.
Receives: Behavioral: No Goal-Setting Program

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Total Physical Activity

    Total physical activity measured by AX3 accelerometer at week 0 and week 6 of the goal-setting semester, reported in minutes per day.

    Measured: 7 days, prior to the start of the intervention & end of intervention. The same timeline occurs in the control semester.

  2. Self-Reported Physical Activity

    Self-reported physical activity using the Global Student-Based Health Survey data at week 0. There are 9 questions. Each question is individually scored as follows:

    • Sport team participation: Score ranges from 0 to 3 or more. Higher value indicates participation on more sports teams
    • Stretching: Score ranges from 0 to 7. Higher value indicate stretching on more days during the past week
    • Physical activity breaks during school: Yes or no answer, reported as percentage of students selecting each response.
    • Physical activity via sports or games at school: Yes or no answer, reported as percentage of students selecting each response.
    • Exposure to physical activity advertisements: Score ranges from 1 (Never) to 5 (Daily). Higher value indicates more frequent advertisement exposure
    • Questions 6-9: Answers range from yes or no or I do not know, reported as percentage of students selecting each response.

    Measured: 7 days, at the start of the control semester

  3. Self-Reported Physical Activity

    Self-reported physical activity using the Global Student-Based Health Survey data at week 6. There are 9 questions. Each question is individually scored as follows:

    • Sport team participation: Score ranges from 0 to 3 or more. Higher value indicates participation on more sports teams
    • Stretching: Score ranges from 0 to 7. Higher value indicate stretching on more days during the past week
    • Physical activity breaks during school: Yes or no answer, reported as percentage of students selecting each response.
    • Physical activity via sports or games at school: Yes or no answer, reported as percentage of students selecting each response.
    • Exposure to physical activity advertisements: Score ranges from 1 (Never) to 5 (Daily). Higher value indicates more frequent advertisement exposure
    • Questions 6-9: Answers range from yes or no or I do not know, reported as percentage of students selecting each response.

    Measured: 7 days, 6 weeks after the start of the intervention

  4. Light Physical Activity

    Light-intensity physical activity measured by AX3 accelerometer at week 0 and week 6 of the goal-setting semester, reported in minutes per day.

    Measured: 7 days, prior to the start of the intervention & end of intervention. The same timeline occurs in the control semester.

  5. Moderate Physical Activity

    Moderate-intensity physical activity measured by AX3 accelerometer at week 0 and week 6 of the goal-setting semester, reported in minutes per day.

    Measured: 7 days, prior to the start of the intervention & end of intervention. The same timeline occurs in the control semester.

  6. Vigorous Physical Activity

    Vigorous-intensity physical activity measured by AX3 accelerometer at week 0 and week 6 of the goal-setting semester, reported in minutes per day.

    Measured: 7 days, prior to the start of the intervention & end of intervention. The same timeline occurs in the control semester.

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Enjoyment of Physical Activity

    Participants will complete the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale Short Version pre and post-intervention to determine how much participants enjoy physical activity. This is a 5-point Likert scale with 4 items, with answers ranging from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree). Possible scores range from 1 to 5 with higher scores indicating greater physical activity enjoyment.

    Measured: 8 weeks

  2. Commitment to Physical Activity

    Participants will fill out the Commitment to Physical Activity Scale for Adolescents pre and post-intervention to determine their commitment to physical activity.

    Measured: 8 weeks

  3. Social Support for Exercise

    Participants will complete the Social Support and Exercise Survey pre and post intervention to assess perceived support from family and friends for physical activity participation. This is a 26 item 5-point Likert scale that ranges from 1 (Never) to 5 (Very Often). There are 3 subscales.

    • Family Participation: Possible scores range from 10-50 with higher scores indicating greater participation-based support from parents and family.
    • Family Rewards \& Punishment: Possible Scores range from 3 to 15, with higher scores indicating more frequent rewards and punishment behaviors related to physical activity.
    • Friend Participation: Possible scores range from 10-50 with higher scores indicating greater participation-based support from friends

    Measured: 8 weeks

  4. Athletic Identity

    Participants will complete the Athletic Identity Questionnaire (AIQ) pre and post intervention to assess their perception of themselves as physically active, including appearance, competence, and importance of physical activity. This is a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree). There are 6 subscales. For each subscale, higher scores indicate the following:

    • Athletic Appearance: higher score = stronger perceptions of athletic appearance.
    • Athletic Competence: higher score = stronger perceptions of athletic competence.
    • Importance of Physical Activity: higher score = physical activity and sport are more important
    • Encouragement from Parent/Family: higher score = more encouragement from parents/family
    • Encouragement from Best-Friend: higher score = more encouragement from best friends
    • Encouragement from Teacher/Outside Adult: higher score = more encouragement from teacher/outside adult

    Measured: 8 weeks

  5. Motivation to Exercise

    Participants will complete the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory pre and post intervention to determine their levels of motivation to exercise. This includes 22 items with 7 different subscales. The minimum value is 1 and maximum value is 7. For subscales: Interest/Enjoyment, Perceived Competence, Perceived Choice, Effort/Importance, Value/Usefulness, and Relatedness - the higher the value, the greater intrinsic motivation. For subscale Pressure/Tension, the higher the value, the more anxiety present.

    Measured: 8 weeks

  6. Goal Attainment

    Participants will respond to a single-item Goal Attainment Scale post-intervention to assess how successful the subject feels in achieving their personal goals from 0% to 100%. Closer to 100% reflects greater attainment.

    Measured: 8 weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted5 Oct 2026
  2. Study startOct 2026 (estimated)
  3. Primary completionApr 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completionApr 2027 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
80 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07859033
Sponsor's protocol ID
31209
Other IDs
24CDA1038890
Status last verified
Oct 2026
First submitted
29 Sep 2026
Last updated
8 Oct 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Goal-Setting in Sport-Based Youth Development and No Goal-Setting Program in people with Goal-Setting, run by Indiana University at 2 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Total Physical Activity (time frame: 7 days, prior to the start of the intervention & end of intervention. The same timeline occurs in the control semester.). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 8 Oct 2026.

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