Sport Participation and Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal Study

Dyer, Angela; Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L.; Mann, Michael J.; Smith, Megan L.; Allegrante, John P.

doi:10.5993/ajhb.41.2.9

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“…Studies have demonstrated the positive role of participating in sports on academic achievements, such as graduation rates, GPA, educational goals, and motivation (e.g., Dyer, STUDENT-ATHLETES' IDENTITY PROFILES 9 Kristjansson, Mann, Smith, & Allegrante 2017; Hwang, Feltz, & Kietzmann., 2013;Lumpkin & Favor, 2012). For example, in a longitudinal study on a sample of upper-secondary-school students, Dyer et al (2017) found a positive connection between supervised sports participation and academic achievement. In a longitudinal study on a large sample of upper-secondary-school student-athletes, Hwang et al (2013) also found that participating in athletics was positively connected to the development of both an athletic and academic identity, which was associated with an increase in graduation rates through heightened levels of educational achievement.…”

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Antecedents and Consequences of Student-Athletes’ Identity Profiles in Upper Secondary School

Moazami-Goodarzi

Sorkkila

Aunola

et al. 2020

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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This study examined the identity profiles that upper secondary school Finnish student-athletes show and the extent to which these profiles were associated with their athletic and academic achievements and withdrawal from sports and school. A total of 391 adolescent athletes (51% female) completed assessments of student and athletic identity four times during their time in upper secondary school. Using growth mixture modeling, three groups were identified: dual identity (77%), changing identity (5%), and athletic identity (18%). The higher the academic achievement was at Time 1, the more likely the athletes were to show a dual identity than an athletic identity profile. Similarly, athletes with dual identity showed higher subsequent academic achievement at Time 4 than those with an athletic identity profile. Finally, athletes with dual identity were more likely and athletes with athletic identity less likely to withdraw from sport activities during upper secondary school than would be expected by chance.

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Antecedents and Consequences of Student-Athletes’ Identity Profiles in Upper Secondary School

Moazami-Goodarzi

Sorkkila

Aunola

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Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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“…In addition to the wide-ranging health benefits of PA and more specifically sport, there has been recent attention internationally, to the role that PA can have on children's and adolescents' academic performance (Telford et al, 2012;Dyer et al, 2017;Castro-Sánchez et al, 2019). Academic performance is linked to PA as acknowledged in the current Australian national sports policy document, Sport 2030 (Department of Health, 2018).…”

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The Physical Activity and Sport Participation Framework—A Policy Model Toward Being Physically Active Across the Lifespan

Westerbeek

Eime

2021

Front. Sports Act. Living

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The changing social and policy context in which sport is produced, delivered, and consumed is considered as a foundation for proposing a new integrated framework that incorporates participation in sport with participation in leisure-time physical activity (PA) more broadly. In order to position sport in the broader context of leisure-time PA, the concept of physical literacy is reviewed and integrated into the theoretical foundations of a new lifespan framework. It is argued that historically, sport policy largely focused on competitive club-based sport and elite performance and that in line with this, talent development pathway models were developed and implemented. However, with increasing physical inactivity globally, these models do not apply to the general population. This is why we propose a population-based “whole of sport ecosystem” lifespan model—the Physical Activity and Sport Participation (PASP) framework. We conclude that this framework may serve as a holistic policy and implementation guide for all in the sport ecosystem. This includes governmental PA and sport policy makers, sport governing bodies and clubs, and the ever-increasing range of private PA and sport providers and also health agencies. In recognition of the changing patterns of participation in PA and sport across the lifespan, the PASP framework can contribute to coordinated and integrated PA and sport policy development, which, in turn, can lead to strategies that tackle the global physical inactivity crisis.

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“…Similarly, among investigations utilizing objective measures of physical activity and/or academic performance, some have found small to moderate associations [ 26 , 30 – 32 ], and others found null associations [ 33 ]. Longitudinal studies investigating the impact of sport participation on self-reported academic performance have demonstrated positive relationships [ 34 , 35 ]; however, it is unclear whether physical activity benefits academic achievement, or whether other factors associated with sport participation (e.g., enhanced social support, self-efficacy) impact achievement [ 36 , 37 ], or whether such findings are affected by academic thresholds for sport participation. The sample sizes have been limited in some cases and the absolute effect sizes have been relatively small in all cases, however.…”

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An examination of the prospective association between physical activity and academic achievement in youth at the population level

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Exercise has significant benefits for brain health and this may have downstream learning benefits for youth. However existing studies looking at links between physical activity and academic achievement are limited by relatively small sample sizes and/or cross-sectional designs. The objective of this study is to determine the direction and magnitude of the association between physical activity and academic achievement in a large prospective sample of adolescents. Linear mixed models with random intercepts and multinomial ordinal generalized estimating equations were employed to analyze the prospective relationship between measures of physical activity and academic achievement from the COMPASS study (N = 9,898 linked participant data cases from year 2 (2013–2014) to year 4 (2015–2016)). The linear relationships between minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity and academic achievement (English: r = -.047, p < .000; Math: r = -.026, p = .008) as well as meeting the national physical activity guidelines and academic achievement (English: est = -.052, p = .004; Math: est = -.052, p = .028) were negative and trivial in magnitude. Organized sport participation showed slight positive associations with academic achievement indices, but these were also of trivial magnitude. In conclusion, the relationship between physical activity and academic achievement was effectively null in this population sample. Advocacy for physical activity programming for adolescent populations may best be undertaken with reference to lack of net academic achievement cost, rather than presence of benefit, or simply with reference to the many other physical and mental health benefits for youth.

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Sport Participation and Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal Study

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Antecedents and Consequences of Student-Athletes’ Identity Profiles in Upper Secondary School

Antecedents and Consequences of Student-Athletes’ Identity Profiles in Upper Secondary School

The Physical Activity and Sport Participation Framework—A Policy Model Toward Being Physically Active Across the Lifespan

An examination of the prospective association between physical activity and academic achievement in youth at the population level

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