Aims and hypotheses
SECONDARY
The aims of this study were to develop, implement, and test the efficacy of a theory-driven, scalable, evidence-based peer leadership program for elementary school students (Grade 6/7; age 11–12 years) in relation to (a) their own leadership skills (primary outcome) and their leadership self-efficacy (i.e., confidence to lead; secondary outcome), as well as (b) components of physical literacy of younger (Grade 3/4; age 8–9 years) students with whom they were partnered for 10 weeks (secondary outcomes). We hypothesized that the intervention would result in greater use of peer leadership behaviors by Grade 6/7 students as rated by their teacher, compared to control peers (primary research question). As secondary research questions, we also hypothesized that the intervention would result in higher levels of peer leaders’ confidence to lead, and as well as increases in outcomes related to components of physical literacy in Grade 3/4 students’ when compared to control students.