Developing young people's sense of self and place through sport

Hixson, Eliza

doi:10.1080/11745398.2013.768156

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“…They actively participate in leisure that requires certain skills and high commitment such as sports or outdoor recreation. Their determination and serious participation benefit them with various outcomes depending on their personal objectives such as improvement of their health status, levels of involvement, satisfaction, determination, self-expression and well-being (Heo et al 2010;Cheng and Tsaur 2012;Hixson 2013). However, studies on migrants' serious leisure participation are still few and much has to be done to fully understand the subject.…”

Section: Leisure Effects and Acculturative Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Leisure and settlement distress: the case of South Australian migrants

Hasmi

Gross

Scott-Young

2014

Annals of Leisure Research

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Acculturative stress is an important issue in understanding the early settlement of migrants in a new country. This stress relates to difficulties migrants experience in their adjustment to the lifestyle of their host countries. How such stress can be ameliorated through leisure activities is an under-researched area. The present study explored trends and challenges that migrants face in leisure participation during their early years in a new country. Semistructured interviews were conducted with migrants and representatives of migration and leisure organizations in South Australia. Five themes emerged from network analysis. One significant positive theme (leisure as a coping strategy) emphasized the benefits of leisure activities to migrants as a tool to alleviate acculturative stress. However, the other four themes (employment challenges, financial issues, perceived discrimination and family obligations) disclosed negative aspects. These restrictions not only form the basis of acculturative stress among migrants but also represent hurdles for their participation in leisure activities. The results of the study indicate that, overall, migrants' leisure participation plays a significant role in decreasing acculturative stress.

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Section: Leisure Effects and Acculturative Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Leisure and settlement distress: the case of South Australian migrants

Hasmi

Gross

Scott-Young

2014

Annals of Leisure Research

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“…fees, travel, camps, and equipment), which may indicate that the tags of poverty are more difficult to override for boys than for girls. However, sports tend to have a strong local base (Schrumpf 2006) and it is possible that participation in sports lead to more explicit place relations than do other types of organized leisure activities (Hixson 2013). These findings can be interpreted in a number of ways and it is difficult to draw conclusions about gender differences until future studies have clarified the role of gender and subjective school relations.…”

Section: Gender and Community Assessments Among Youthsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…People-place relationships cover a variety of practical, social and psychological dimensions, from educational and occupational links to emotions relating to places or the way meaning applies to places. Emotional place relations vary in both intensity and value (Williams 2014;Vestby 2015), but it is often assumed that participation in leisure activities strengthens place relations and renders them more positive (Baeck 2004;Sinkkonen 2012;Hixson 2013).…”

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Leisure and community assessments: Emotional place relations among young teenagers in a Norwegian industrial stronghold

Gulløy

2020

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography

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The purpose of the article is to explore the role of participation in organized leisure activities in young teenagers' emotional place relations. Data from a survey of students in lower secondary schools were analysed using multivariate linear regression models to address the research questions concerning whether participation in organized leisure activities was associated with more positive community assessments in youths in line with early Nordic welfare theory and the role played by socioeconomic hardships and gender in the association. The results showed that for boys there were no indications of a general positive association between participation in organized leisure activities and community assessments, while for girls the association was modest. Students who experienced socioeconomic hardships had more negative assessments of community compared with well-off students, even when they participated in organized leisure activities. The author discusses the results according to a welfare theory approach to emotional place relations, supplemented by other theoretical perspectives. From a theoretical perspective, the findings point to social exclusion and inclusion dynamics instead of early Nordic welfare theory approaches to leisure participation. The author concludes that gender, class and school relations are strongly associated with young teenagers' emotional place relations.

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“…Often, the former can be aligned to the (professional) developmental perspective of adults; leisure for future good (Pollard and Lee, 2003). Thinking about the importance of leisure from this stance signals its significance on growth and development, enabling exploration of the world and skill and identity development (Feinstein, Bynner and Duckworth, 2006;Fjortoft, 2004;Hixson, 2013). This is especially so during the teenage years.…”

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Young Wheelchair Users’ Play and Recreation

Pyer¹

2015

Play, Recreation, Health and Well Being

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Despite a rapid increase in research into children and young people's lives, the experiences of disabled children -and in particular disabled young people -still remain largely overlooked. This chapter offers some reflections on the leisure experiences of young wheelchair users (13-17 years) in their homes and across a range of public spaces. The data that are presented were collected during a multi-method UK-based project which was designed to capture their use of different spaces away from the school environment. The teenagers and their parents discussed the physical and social barriers inherent in these places which impeded on their access to leisure. Their contributions signal the importance of situating the leisure experiences of young people in the context of families. The complex relationships and negotiations between parents and teenagers in accessing leisure are explored, signalling the ways that they work together, or at times in opposition, to open up or close down leisure opportunities. James: Massive thing, massive.Mother: It's a sturdy table, really sturdy.James: And we got the TV up a bit.Mother: …it was a coffee table and we chopped it so, his TV sits on that, even more to bring it up to his eye level.

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Developing young people's sense of self and place through sport

Cited by 6 publications

References 32 publications

Leisure and settlement distress: the case of South Australian migrants

Leisure and settlement distress: the case of South Australian migrants

Leisure and community assessments: Emotional place relations among young teenagers in a Norwegian industrial stronghold

Young Wheelchair Users’ Play and Recreation

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