This study aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a Psychomotorik program grounded in Schilling’s competence-oriented approach. The program is intended to enhance self-efficacy in upper elementary school students who exhibit tendencies to...
This study aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a Psychomotorik program grounded in Schilling’s competence-oriented approach. The program is intended to enhance self-efficacy in upper elementary school students who exhibit tendencies toward social networking service (SNS) addiction. Accordingly, the following research questions were formulated. First, The program addresses challenges and anxiety-provoking situations commonly encountered during movement-based activities and aims to improve self-efficacy through repeated and varied motor experiences. After field testing for feasibility and content validity in real school settings, the final version was produced. Second, the program’s effectiveness was assessed with 34 upper elementary school students identified as having SNS addiction tendencies. Over a six-week period, 12 sessions were conducted two to three times per week. The results indicate, the Psychomotorik program positively influences academic self-efficacy and social self-efficacy, emotional self-efficacy in students with SNS addiction tendencies. Observational records revealed noticeable behavioral changes in the experimental group participants during the second session. These findings suggest that the developed Psychomotorik program is effective in enhancing self-efficacy among upper elementary school students with SNS addiction tendencies.