PMID- 37238347 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230530 IS - 2227-9067 (Print) IS - 2227-9067 (Electronic) IS - 2227-9067 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 5 DP - 2023 Apr 28 TI - A Proof-of-Concept Evaluation of the 1616 Story-Based Positive Youth Development Program. LID - 10.3390/children10050799 [doi] LID - 799 AB - The 1616 Program is a newly developed and evidence-informed story-based positive youth development (PYD) program for young ice hockey players (10-12 years of age) in North America. The program uses elite ice hockey players as role models-through story-telling-to serve as inspirational figures to engage youth athletes and important social agents (i.e., parents, coaches) with evidence-informed PYD concepts. The objective of this study was to use a Proof-of-Concept evaluation to assess whether the 1616 Program 'worked' in enhancing PYD outcomes and to determine if the concepts were engaging and enjoyable for youth, their parents, and coaches. The 5 week Proof-of-Concept evaluation was conducted with 11 ice hockey teams (n = 160 youths, 93 parents, and 11 coaches), encompassing both qualitative (e.g., focus groups) and quantitative (e.g., retrospective pretest-posttest questionnaires) processes and outcome assessments. Results showed that the program was well received by participants and positively impacted the intended outcomes. Overall, the data presented in this Proof-of-Concept evaluation was deemed to support the development and implementation of the full-scale 1616 Program for a more comprehensive evaluation. FAU - Cote, Jean AU - Cote J AD - School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada. FAU - Coletti, Jennifer AU - Coletti J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8658-9167 AD - School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada. FAU - McGuire, Cailie S AU - McGuire CS AD - School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada. FAU - Erickson, Karl AU - Erickson K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7732-3770 AD - School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada. FAU - Saizew, Kelsey AU - Saizew K AD - School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada. FAU - Maw, Alex AU - Maw A AD - School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada. FAU - Primeau, Chris AU - Primeau C AD - Impact Society, Calgary, ON T2E 7L8, Canada. FAU - Wolff, Meredith AU - Wolff M AD - Ladd Foundation, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada. FAU - Ladd, Brandy AU - Ladd B AD - Ladd Foundation, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada. FAU - Martin, Luc J AU - Martin LJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5336-6119 AD - School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada. LA - eng GR - IT26518/Mitacs/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230428 PL - Switzerland TA - Children (Basel) JT - Children (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101648936 PMC - PMC10217580 OTO - NOTNLM OT - character development OT - knowledge to action OT - partnership research OT - pilot test COIS- Researchers (J.C. (Jean Cote), K.E. & L.J.M.) and the story creation expert (C.P.) received financial compensation in their capacity as consultants from the Ladd Foundation during the development of the 1616 Program curriculum. EDAT- 2023/05/27 09:42 MHDA- 2023/05/27 09:43 PMCR- 2023/04/28 CRDT- 2023/05/27 01:05 PHST- 2023/03/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/03/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/04/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/05/27 09:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/27 09:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/27 01:05 [entrez] PHST- 2023/04/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - children10050799 [pii] AID - children-10-00799 [pii] AID - 10.3390/children10050799 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Children (Basel). 2023 Apr 28;10(5):799. doi: 10.3390/children10050799.