Influences on parental involvement in youth sport.

Knight, Camilla J.; Dorsch, Travis E.; Osai, Keith V.; Haderlie, Kyle L.; Sellars, Paul

doi:10.1037/spy0000053

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“…Alternatively, informational support from parents takes the form of instruction, feedback, and advice related to sport-specific skills or more general decisions regarding sport specialization and investment. According to Knight, Dorsch, Osai, Haderlie, and Sellars (2016), parents who have a sport background similar to their children will be more likely to provide effective informational support. In contrast, tangible support relates to the time and money parents give up in order for their child to participate in sport.…”

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Parental Support, Sibling Influences and Family Dynamics across the Development of Canadian Interuniversity Student-Athletes

Lundy

Allan

Cowburn

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A vast body of research focuses on the role of parents in athlete development; however, little is known about developmental influences of siblings. In general, family dynamics (i.e., patterns of relating or interacting among family members) have yet to be investigated in youth sport contexts. This study examines how family dynamics and the individual roles of parents and siblings influence the development of Canadian interuniversity student-athletes over time. Participants included four male and six female student-athletes. Each participant took part in a qualitative retrospective timeline interview. All data was subjected to a thematic analysis. Results indicate that siblings and parents play separate yet intricately connected roles in athlete development throughout childhood and adolescence. Overall, participants described a cohesive family unit built on shared values and joint participation in sport activities. They described stable and dynamic forms of support from their parents over time, and positive and negative sibling influences. These findings offer valuable insight into the dynamic nature of parent and sibling relationships with athletes in youth sport and beyond, as well as how these relationships operate in the broader family environment to optimize (and, at times, hinder) athletic development.

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Section: Parental Roles and Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parental Support, Sibling Influences and Family Dynamics across the Development of Canadian Interuniversity Student-Athletes

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Allan

Cowburn

et al. 2019

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“…Family role usually includes the necessary financial, logistic and emotional support, which gives the child the opportunity to be engaged in sports activities and to develop their physical abilities. Apart from that, more and more emphasis is put on the effect of parental involvement (Knight, Dorsch, Osai, Haderlie, & Sellers, 2016;Stefansen, Smethe, & Strandbu, 2016;Yesu & Harwood, 2015) as well as positive and negative verbal behaviour on the psychosocial state of children engaged in sports activities. Research on microclimate created by coaches, parents and other important persons to athletes is based on a number of different theories: Achievement Goal Theory (AGT; Nicholls, 1989) and Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985), which define the type of motivation according to personal goal setting and source of its derivation.…”

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Parental Role in Children’s Sports Activities in the Context of Achievement Goal and Self- Determination Theories

Kromerova

2017

Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences

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Background. Aiming at understanding what influences youth sports experiences, researchers emphasize the significance of the role of the family not only in the decision to get engaged in sports activities, but also in the inclination to continue the activities. The increasing emphasis is on parental involvement and the impact of positive and negative verbal behaviour influence on the psychosocial state of children engaged in sport. The aim of this article was a conceptual overview of the family role, as the most significant microenvironment, in children’s sports activities. Methods. Analysis and discussion of scientific literature. Results. Parental behaviour entails different reactions of children engaged in sports, but on the basis of self- determination and achievement goal theories, it can be argued that the behaviour of the family should encourage athletes’ mastery orientation, and consequently, a more pro-social conduct and moral reasoning can be expected. Conclusions. Systematic literature review showed that both theories are in favour of actions and strategy, with reference to parents’ encouragement to involve children in a task, while reducing their ego functioning. It can be concluded that parents perceive their behaviour differently from that of their children, so often parents’ positive reinforcement can have a negative impact on athletes’ psychosocial state, values, behaviour and goal-setting at present and in the future.

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“…o date, most research on youth sport has focused on parent involvement, socialization, and influence (e.g., Coakley, 2006;Fraser-Thomas, Côté, & Deakin, 2005;Knight, Dorsch, Osai, Haderlie, & Sellars, 2016;Ullrich-French & Smith, 2006). Yet, consistent with a family systems perspective (e.g., Cox & Paley, 1997), in that multiple family relationships should be examined in order to gain a better understanding of the phenomena being studied, scholars have called for further investigation into the role that siblings play in shaping youth's interests and T participation in sports (Blazo, Czech, Carson, & Dees, 2014;Côté & Hay, 2002;Davis & Meyer, 2008;Trussell, 2014).…”

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Family Relationships and Youth Sport: Influence of Siblings and Parents on Youth's Participation, Interests, and Skills

Osai

Whiteman

2017

JAS

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Taking a family systems perspective, the present study investigated how older siblings' and parents' (mothers' and fathers') self-reported interests, skills, and participation in sports predicted younger siblings' attitudes and behaviors in those same domains. Testing social learning principles, we further examined whether family members' influence was stronger when they shared warmer relationships and siblings shared the same gender. Participants included mothers, fathers, and adolescent-aged first and second-born siblings from 197 maritally intact families. Families participated in home interviews as well as a series of 7 nightly phone calls during which participants reported on their daily activities. Across dependent variables, results revealed that parents' and (with one exception) older siblings' qualities were predictive of younger siblings' interests, skills, and participation in sports. Inconsistent with hypotheses, however, family members' influence was not moderated by relational warmth. Discussion highlights the need to examine the socialization processes by which siblings shape each other's sport-related attitudes and activities.

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Influences on parental involvement in youth sport.

Cited by 87 publications

References 36 publications

Parental Support, Sibling Influences and Family Dynamics across the Development of Canadian Interuniversity Student-Athletes

Parental Support, Sibling Influences and Family Dynamics across the Development of Canadian Interuniversity Student-Athletes

Parental Role in Children’s Sports Activities in the Context of Achievement Goal and Self- Determination Theories

Family Relationships and Youth Sport: Influence of Siblings and Parents on Youth's Participation, Interests, and Skills

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