ABSTRACT

Children’s reduced engagement in outdoor playing in recent years has contributed to increasing academic and practice interests in understanding this behavior, as well as investigating the effectiveness of combined social, physical and digital interventions on stimulating children’s outdoor playing. This paper provides a systematic review of recent empirical evidence on the correlates of the outdoor playing behavior of children, ages 4–12. In addition, the potential roles of digital interventions in stimulating children’s outdoor playing are explored. The COM-B behavior change model is used to establish relevant correlates and functions of digital interventions. COM-B model defines behavior as the result of an interaction between three components: capability, opportunity and motivation. This model provides a basis for designing effective behavior change interventions. This paper’s contribution is twofold: it presents the case for adding ‘digital environment’ as a new component of the COM-B model, and it further develops a conceptual framework of different functions of digital interventions aiming at stimulating children’s outdoor playing behavior. The findings contribute to the theory-based behavior change interventions stimulating children’s outdoor playing.

摘要

近年来，儿童参与户外活动的减少有助于提高学术和实践对理解这种行为的兴趣，以及调查结合社会、身体和数字干预措施对刺激儿童户外活动的有效性。本文对 4 至 12 岁儿童户外玩耍行为相关性的最新实证证据进行了系统回顾。此外，还探讨了数字干预措施在刺激儿童户外玩耍方面的潜在作用。COM-B 行为改变模型用于建立数字干预的相关关联和功能。COM-B 模型将行为定义为三个组件之间相互作用的结果：能力、机会和动机。该模型为设计有效的行为改变干预措施提供了基础。本文的贡献是双重的：它提出了将“数字环境”添加为 COM-B 模型的新组成部分的案例，并进一步开发了旨在刺激儿童户外玩耍行为的数字干预的不同功能的概念框架。这些发现有助于基于理论的行为改变干预措施刺激儿童的户外玩耍。