Table 2 Deductive research questions and variables' description
From: Evaluation of health promotion in schools: a realistic evaluation approach using mixed methods
Research question | Dependent variables | Independent variables | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Content | Description | Content | Description | ||
What is the influence of the strategies developed through the intervention in the development of HP practices at school and class levels? | - qual: | Perception of HP | - qual | ||
Collective HP practices | yes/no - qual: types | Institutional recommendations/policy | - qual | ||
of practices | Solicitations | - qual | |||
Perception of HP | - qual | ||||
Interest | - qual | ||||
Perceived self-efficacy | - qual | ||||
- qual: | Motivation | - qual | |||
Individual HP practices | yes/no - qual: types | Institutional recommendations/policy | - qual | ||
of practices | Availability of pedagogical tools | - qual | |||
Training | - qual + quan | ||||
Community's solicitations | - qual | ||||
School climate | - quan: score | ||||
School characteristics | - qual | ||||
What is the influence of These practices on well-being in the school setting? On the relationship established with parents? | From teachers' point of view | Perceived school climate (teachers) | - quan: score | Collective HP practices | - qual: yes/no |
From children's point of view | Perceived school climate (children) | - quan: score | Individual HP practices | - qual: types of practices | |
Violence | - quan: score | School characteristics (rural/urban; educational priority status; school size; socio-economical status...) | - qual | ||
From families' point of view | Perceived school climate (families) | - quan: score | |||
Relationship with parents | quan: score | The actors' perceived school climate | - quan: score | ||
As above with the addition of: | |||||
What is the impact of the perception of the life in school on children's perception of their life skills? | Children's perception of their life skills | - quan: score | Violence | - quan: score | |
- qual | Relationship with parents | - quan: score | |||