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Higher Family Affluence is Associated With Multi-Sport Participation Among Irish Youth
The impact of early single sport participation among young people has received much attention, with both sport leaders and pediatricians advocating multi-sport participation at least until early adolescence. In this study we explored the association between family socioeconomic status and level of I...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10552351/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37366222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00315125231185653 |
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author | Kearney, Philip E. Sherwin, Ian O’Brien, Wesley Nevill, Alan M. Ng, Kwok |
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description | The impact of early single sport participation among young people has received much attention, with both sport leaders and pediatricians advocating multi-sport participation at least until early adolescence. In this study we explored the association between family socioeconomic status and level of Irish youth specialization in sport. We relied on data from the Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity (CSPPA) study, involving a representative sample of 3499 Irish children and adolescents aged 10–15 years. We analyzed data from questions related to the number of sports played, the number of days per week the youth were engaged in sport, and family affluence (as a proxy measure for socioeconomic status). Youth sport specialization before 12 years of age (males 5.7%; females 4.2%) and even between 13–15 years of age (males, 7.8%; females, 5.8%) was uncommon. However, lower levels of specialization were associated with higher socioeconomic status in that more children with high family affluence participated in multiple sports. Careful consideration should be given to whether low socioeconomic status may act as a barrier to participation in multiple sports. |
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spelling | pubmed-105523512023-10-06 Higher Family Affluence is Associated With Multi-Sport Participation Among Irish Youth Kearney, Philip E. Sherwin, Ian O’Brien, Wesley Nevill, Alan M. Ng, Kwok Percept Mot Skills Section I. Development The impact of early single sport participation among young people has received much attention, with both sport leaders and pediatricians advocating multi-sport participation at least until early adolescence. In this study we explored the association between family socioeconomic status and level of Irish youth specialization in sport. We relied on data from the Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity (CSPPA) study, involving a representative sample of 3499 Irish children and adolescents aged 10–15 years. We analyzed data from questions related to the number of sports played, the number of days per week the youth were engaged in sport, and family affluence (as a proxy measure for socioeconomic status). Youth sport specialization before 12 years of age (males 5.7%; females 4.2%) and even between 13–15 years of age (males, 7.8%; females, 5.8%) was uncommon. However, lower levels of specialization were associated with higher socioeconomic status in that more children with high family affluence participated in multiple sports. Careful consideration should be given to whether low socioeconomic status may act as a barrier to participation in multiple sports. SAGE Publications 2023-06-27 2023-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10552351/ /pubmed/37366222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00315125231185653 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Section I. Development Kearney, Philip E. Sherwin, Ian O’Brien, Wesley Nevill, Alan M. Ng, Kwok Higher Family Affluence is Associated With Multi-Sport Participation Among Irish Youth |
title | Higher Family Affluence is Associated With Multi-Sport Participation Among Irish Youth |
title_full | Higher Family Affluence is Associated With Multi-Sport Participation Among Irish Youth |
title_fullStr | Higher Family Affluence is Associated With Multi-Sport Participation Among Irish Youth |
title_full_unstemmed | Higher Family Affluence is Associated With Multi-Sport Participation Among Irish Youth |
title_short | Higher Family Affluence is Associated With Multi-Sport Participation Among Irish Youth |
title_sort | higher family affluence is associated with multi-sport participation among irish youth |
topic | Section I. Development |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10552351/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37366222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00315125231185653 |
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