“Just Let Me Play!”—Understanding Constraints That Limit Adolescent Sport Participation

Casper, Jonathan M.; Bocarro, Jason N.; Kanters, Michael A.; Floyd, Myron F.

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“…Therefore, while providing 6th graders with the opportunity to "try-out" for sport teams may increase the number of 6th grade participants, the overall number of students participating in school sports across all grades would likely remain unchanged due to the displacement of current participants. Keeping 6th grade students engaged is critical as prior research has shown that both physical activity and sport participation rates decline around the beginning of middle school [34][35][36]. Thus, increasing opportunities to engage children rather than providing additional barriers should be considered.…”

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School Sport Participation Under Two School Sport Policies: Comparisons by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status

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Background School-based extracurricular sport remains an effective strategy to increase physical activity. However, school sport is often limited to a small number of elite athletes. Few schools provide more inclusive sport programs that offer a wider array of activities regardless of ability. Purpose The aim of this study was to examine school sport participation in middle schools (ages 11-14) with contrasting school sport delivery strategies (intramural vs. interscholastic). Methods Data were obtained through an online survey administered to students at four public middle schools (grades 6-8) in a southeastern US city (n02,582). Results More students participated in school sports at intramural schools. Boys were more likely to participate in afterschool sports at intramural schools. Low-income and Black children, two groups at greater risk of physical inactivity and other negative outcomes, had greater participation in intramural programs. Conclusions After-school intramural sports in middle school is a promising strategy for increasing sport participation.

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School Sport Participation Under Two School Sport Policies: Comparisons by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status

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“…Alexandris and Carroll (1997a) found in a study in Greece in which nonparticipants experienced significantly more intrapersonal constraints than participants. Constraints were experienced most frequently by women, lower educated people, the elderly and people with a minority background, indicating a relationship between the experience of constraints and social class (Alexandris & Carroll, 1997b;Casper, Bocarro, Kanters, & Floyd, 2011;Shores, Scott, & Floyd, 2007). Alexandris, Kouthouris, Funk, and Chatzigianni (2008) stressed the importance of intrapersonal constraints for involvement and loyalty among skiers.…”

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Too busy or too far away? The importance of subjective constraints and spatial factors for sports frequency

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2016

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Previous studies on the association between the availability of sports facilities and sports participation have neglected the influence of subjective constraints that individuals experience with regard to sports participation. This paper investigates to what extent constraints experienced by sports participants are associated with their spatial circumstances and whether these subjective constraints or objective spatial circumstances have a greater impact on sports frequency. Based on a survey among 776 adults in urban and rural municipalities in the Netherlands, regression analyses revealed that constraints were related to neighbourhood liveability and distance to indoor sports facilities and swimming pools. Time constraints had a strong negative effect on sports frequency, but the effect of distance to indoor facilities and swimming pools was even more important. Our results furthermore indicate a growing need for flexibility in the spatiotemporal organization of sports activities and an increased importance of the public space for sports participation.

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“…The fi ndings of the latent mean diff erences across physically inactive and active participants revealed that physically inactive participants reported higher scores than physically active participants did in all constraints except for accessibility, which are similar with previous fi ndings among young people (e.g., Masmanidis, et al ., 2009 ;Casper, et al ., 2011a ), but diff erent from the fi ndings among adults (e.g., Alexandris & Carroll, 1997b ) between participants and non-participants. However, it is diffi cult to identify the potential reasons for these diff erences or similarities because previous studies failed to exclude the infl uences of the measurement issues on the results.…”

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Constraints of Recreational Sport Participation: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences across Sex and Physical Activity Status

2014

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The purpose of the current study was to (a) examine the measurement invariance of the Constraint Scale of Sport Participation across sex and physical activity status among the undergraduate students (N = 630) in Hong Kong and (b) compare the latent mean differences across groups. Measurement invariance of the Constraint Scale of Sport Participation across sex of and physical activity status of the participants was examined first. With receiving support on the measurement invariance across groups, latent mean differences of the scores across groups were examined. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the configural, metric, scalar, and structural invariance of the scale was supported across groups. The results of latent mean differences suggested that the women reported significantly higher constraints on time, partner, psychology, knowledge, and interest than the men. The physically inactive participants reported significantly higher scores on all constraints except for accessibility than the physically active participants.

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“Just Let Me Play!”—Understanding Constraints That Limit Adolescent Sport Participation

Cited by 43 publications

References 42 publications

School Sport Participation Under Two School Sport Policies: Comparisons by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status

School Sport Participation Under Two School Sport Policies: Comparisons by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status

Too busy or too far away? The importance of subjective constraints and spatial factors for sports frequency

Constraints of Recreational Sport Participation: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences across Sex and Physical Activity Status

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