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| Title |
Examining the relationship between sports participation and youth developmental outcomes for socially vulnerable youth
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-018-5955-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sabina Super, Niels Hermens, Kirsten Verkooijen, Maria Koelen |
| Abstract |
Research has shown that sports participation is positively related to youth developmental outcomes, but it is still unknown if sports participation relates to these outcomes among socially vulnerable youth. Hence, this research aimed to examine the relationship between sports participation and youth developmental outcomes (i.e., problem behaviour, pro-social behaviour, school performance, subjective health, well-being, self-regulation skills, and sense of coherence) for socially vulnerable youth. In addition, the stability of the relationship between sports participation and the youth developmental outcomes were investigated with a six-month interval. Two identical questionnaires were administered with a six-month interval by youth professionals from four youth organisations, measuring the youth developmental outcomes and sports participation rates of socially vulnerable youth. In total, 283 socially vulnerable youths (average 14.68 years old) participated at baseline and 187 youths after six months. The results showed that sports participation was positively related to pro-social behaviour, subjective health, well-being, and sense of coherence at both measurements. We found no evidence for the relationship between sports participation and problem behaviour and the self-regulatory skills. In addition, sports participation was only positively related to school performance at the first, but not at the second, measurement. The results of this study show that there are positive relationships between sports participation and several youth developmental outcomes. Based on the current data no conclusions can be drawn about the causal relationship between sports participation and youth developmental outcomes. Given the focus of policymakers and health professionals on sport as a means to achieve wider social and educational outcomes for young people, including in the Netherlands, further research is needed to shed light on the relationship between sports participation and youth developmental outcomes for socially vulnerable youth, with a special focus on this group's heterogeneity. Trialregister.nl NTR4621 Date of Registration: 2 June 2014 (retrospectively registered). |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 23% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 15% |
| Turkey | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 7 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 69% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 15% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 15% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 206 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 206 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 26 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 12% |
| Lecturer | 9 | 4% |
| Researcher | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 30 | 15% |
| Unknown | 81 | 39% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 31 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 21 | 10% |
| Psychology | 21 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 4% |
| Other | 18 | 9% |
| Unknown | 90 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 August 2020.
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#2,882,455
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#3,302
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#57,237
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#74
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