Taylor, Sarah L.
Noonan, Robert J.
Knowles, Zoe R.
Owen, Michael B.
Fairclough, Stuart J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
West Lancashire Sport Partnership
West Lancashire Community Leisure
Edge Hill University
Article History
Received: 9 July 2018
Accepted: 27 November 2018
First Online: 18 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was received for the study from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Research Ethics Committee at Edge Hill University (ref #SPA-REC-2016-342). Passive (“opt-out”) parental consent were obtained in six of the schools in which parents/carers only returned a completed form if they did not want their child to participate. One school chose to use active parental consent in which parents/carers returned a completed form if they did want their child to participate. Children completed informed assent forms prior to data collection. Teachers completed consent forms prior to the interviews.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.