Does Membership in Civil Society Organizations Foster Social Integration? The Case of Danish Voluntary Sport Organizations

Østerlund, Karsten; Seippel, Ørnulf

doi:10.1080/17448689.2013.847548

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“…According to most theorists, volunteering and active participation in civil society is a crucial element of social capital [ 25 ]. This has made the belief in the socially integrative effects of participation in sport and in voluntary organizations so strong, that it appears as self-evident [ 41 ]. Several authors warn however that the relation between sport and social capital is ambiguous.…”

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“…It has therefore been argued that different types of sports and contexts where the sports take place are crucial for the social capital outcome [ 46 , 47 ]. For instance, a study that focused on the relation of individual and organizational characteristics of sport clubs with social capital, found that members of team sports have stronger bonds with each other than in individual sports [ 41 ]. Another study in Japan showed that sport clubs open to people from all ages, from all levels providing various sports in the neighborhood scored higher on social capital compared to more traditional sport clubs, which were more focused on providing the technical practice of sport [ 46 ].…”

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Interrelation of Sport Participation, Physical Activity, Social Capital and Mental Health in Disadvantaged Communities: A SEM-Analysis

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BackgroundThe Health through Sport conceptual model links sport participation with physical, social and psychological outcomes and stresses the need for more understanding between these outcomes. The present study aims to uncover how sport participation, physical activity, social capital and mental health are interrelated by examining these outcomes in one model.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in nine disadvantaged communities in Antwerp (Belgium). Two hundred adults (aged 18–56) per community were randomly selected and visited at home to fill out a questionnaire on socio-demographics, sport participation, physical activity, social capital and mental health. A sample of 414 adults participated in the study.ResultsStructural Equation Modeling analysis showed that sport participation (β = .095) and not total physical activity (β = .027) was associated with better mental health. No association was found between sport participation and community social capital (β = .009) or individual social capital (β = .045). Furthermore, only community social capital was linked with physical activity (β = .114), individual social capital was not (β = -.013). In contrast, only individual social capital was directly associated with mental health (β = .152), community social capital was not (β = .070).ConclusionThis study emphasizes the importance of sport participation and individual social capital to improve mental health in disadvantaged communities. It further gives a unique insight into the functionalities of how sport participation, physical activity, social capital and mental health are interrelated. Implications for policy are that cross-sector initiatives between the sport, social and health sector need to be supported as their outcomes are directly linked to one another.

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“…From a policy evaluation point of view, more knowledge is needed which outlines the actual impact of sport organisations' social roles. This could, for example, focus upon their (potential) contribution to the development of social capital or social integration (Albrecht, Elmose-Østerlund, Klenk, & Nagel, 2019 this issue;Østerlund & Seippel 2013). Whilst existing research demonstrates an ambivalent picture of the social role of sports clubs, several studies have shown that sports organisations can reduce social differences and create social networks and friendships (e.g.…”

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Social roles of sport organisations: developments, contexts and challenges

Waardenburg

Nagel

2019

European Journal for Sport and Society

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“…At the organisational level, sports participation might lead to social cohesion (Carron & Brawley, 2000), and social relations and trust within sports groups could facilitate both participation and performance in sports (Lusher, Kremer, & Robins, 2014;Macdonald-Wallis, Jago, & Sterne, 2012;Warner, Bowers, & Dixon, 2012). Sports' sociability is, moreover, also supposed to impact larger issues such as social integration, inclusion and social capital (Ibsen et al, 2019;Nicholson & Hoye, 2008;Østerlund & Seippel, 2013;Seippel, 2006).…”

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Social networks and gender in organized youth sports

Dalen

Seippel

2019

European Journal for Sport and Society

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Sports are social, and the sociability of sports (e.g. individual experiences, group cohesion or generalised social trust) and its consequences (e.g. enjoyment, inclusion, or social capital) depends on the social networks in sports teams. In this study we investigate various types of social networks in sports-strong and weak-for boys and girls. We look at the number of social relations in each team (average degree), how centralised and hierarchical teams are, and how each team clusters and consists of subgroups. We hypothesise that: (i) Boys' and girls' teams differ in number of social relations, (ii) Boys' social networks are more hierarchical than girls' networks, and (iii) Girls' teams are more clustered than boys' teams. Network data from 387 adolescent athletes on 30 sports teams in football, handball, crosscountry skiing and biathlon were collected with an electronic survey-questionnaire. The results reveal large differences in network structures between teams. We find that the total number of social relations is higher in girls' teams, that there are small gender differences with respect to networks' hierarchies, and that girls' networks cluster more than boys' networks.

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Does Membership in Civil Society Organizations Foster Social Integration? The Case of Danish Voluntary Sport Organizations

Cited by 32 publications

References 23 publications

Interrelation of Sport Participation, Physical Activity, Social Capital and Mental Health in Disadvantaged Communities: A SEM-Analysis

Interrelation of Sport Participation, Physical Activity, Social Capital and Mental Health in Disadvantaged Communities: A SEM-Analysis

Social roles of sport organisations: developments, contexts and challenges

Social networks and gender in organized youth sports

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