Sports‐related factors predicting maintained participation and dropout in organized sports in emerging adulthood: A four‐year follow‐up study
Katja Rinta‐Antila,
Pasi Koski,
Tuula Aira
et al.
Abstract:This study explored sports‐related factors predicting organized sports participation in emerging adulthood. In the Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) study, 354 sports club participants aged 15 at baseline reported their main sport, onset age, training volume, current competitive level, and future competitive orientation and participated in the follow‐up study at age 19. There were differences in the proportions of maintainers and dropouts in a few sports: football (maintainers 58.6%), and among fema… Show more
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