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Factors Related to Adolescents’ Participation in Organized Sports
Participation in organized sports has important health benefits in adolescence, yet participation rates are concerning. A better understanding of factors influencing adolescents’ participation in organized sports offers opportunities to improve participation rates. The aim of this study was to exami...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9735911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36497944 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315872 |
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author | Spruijtenburg, Gwennyth E. van Abswoude, Femke Platvoet, Sebastiaan de Niet, Mark Bekhuis, Hidde Steenbergen, Bert |
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description | Participation in organized sports has important health benefits in adolescence, yet participation rates are concerning. A better understanding of factors influencing adolescents’ participation in organized sports offers opportunities to improve participation rates. The aim of this study was to examine to what extent motives, perceived competence, encouragement and motor skills were associated with participation in organized sports in a sample of first-year secondary school students. In this cross-sectional study, data were collected from 386 Dutch adolescents (11–14 years) in October and November 2020. A series of multilevel logistic regression models estimated the likelihood of adolescents’ participating in organized sports. First, we examined whether motives, perceived competence, encouragement and motor skills were independently associated with the likelihood of participation. Second, we examined whether these factors were concurrently associated with the likelihood of participation. When considered individually, motives, perceived competence, encouragement and motor skills were significantly associated with participation. When considered together, only motives were significantly associated with participation and the associations of all other factors with sport disappeared. These findings show the importance of motivation for participation in sports over other factors. These findings inform the development of interventions aimed at improving adolescents’ participation rates. |
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spelling | pubmed-97359112022-12-11 Factors Related to Adolescents’ Participation in Organized Sports Spruijtenburg, Gwennyth E. van Abswoude, Femke Platvoet, Sebastiaan de Niet, Mark Bekhuis, Hidde Steenbergen, Bert Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Participation in organized sports has important health benefits in adolescence, yet participation rates are concerning. A better understanding of factors influencing adolescents’ participation in organized sports offers opportunities to improve participation rates. The aim of this study was to examine to what extent motives, perceived competence, encouragement and motor skills were associated with participation in organized sports in a sample of first-year secondary school students. In this cross-sectional study, data were collected from 386 Dutch adolescents (11–14 years) in October and November 2020. A series of multilevel logistic regression models estimated the likelihood of adolescents’ participating in organized sports. First, we examined whether motives, perceived competence, encouragement and motor skills were independently associated with the likelihood of participation. Second, we examined whether these factors were concurrently associated with the likelihood of participation. When considered individually, motives, perceived competence, encouragement and motor skills were significantly associated with participation. When considered together, only motives were significantly associated with participation and the associations of all other factors with sport disappeared. These findings show the importance of motivation for participation in sports over other factors. These findings inform the development of interventions aimed at improving adolescents’ participation rates. MDPI 2022-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9735911/ /pubmed/36497944 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315872 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Spruijtenburg, Gwennyth E. van Abswoude, Femke Platvoet, Sebastiaan de Niet, Mark Bekhuis, Hidde Steenbergen, Bert Factors Related to Adolescents’ Participation in Organized Sports |
title | Factors Related to Adolescents’ Participation in Organized Sports |
title_full | Factors Related to Adolescents’ Participation in Organized Sports |
title_fullStr | Factors Related to Adolescents’ Participation in Organized Sports |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors Related to Adolescents’ Participation in Organized Sports |
title_short | Factors Related to Adolescents’ Participation in Organized Sports |
title_sort | factors related to adolescents’ participation in organized sports |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9735911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36497944 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315872 |
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