Zusammenfassung

The purpose of this research project was to make a contribution towards filling the international and especially in Germany existing research gap concerning health promotion in PE. The first objective of the project was the development of HealthyPEP, a programme for the health enhancement of young students during PE. HealthyPEP was designed based on the current theoretical and empirical findings in sports science concerning the methods of physical fitness enhancement. The second aim was to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of HealthyPEP and to examine its short- and middle-term effects on students’ health using a quasi-experimental design. Therefore, several process measures to examine the degree of the treatment integrity were used and a number of outcome measures on three target levels (psychological determinants of physical activity, physical activity behaviour itself, and variables on the overriding health and fitness level) were applied to analyse the intervention effects.

(Zwischen)Ergebnisse

The process measures revealed a positive picture concerning the implementation of HealthyPEP and its evaluation by the participating teachers and the students. The results on the outcome variables of the study revealed that HealthyPEP was mostly in a position to positively influence the IG students’ health and fitness variables and specifically motor performance and BMI.