Youth sports and physical activity: The relationship between perceptions of childhood sport experience and adult exercise behavior |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK;2. School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK;3. School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia;1. Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, United States;2. Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, United States;1. School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong 2522, NSW, Australia;2. Early Start Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong 2522, NSW, Australia;1. Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Via San Martino della Battaglia 44, 00185 Rome, Italy;2. Department of Business and Management, LUISS Guido Carli University, Viale Romania 32, 00197, Rome, Italy;3. BIND - Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, Dept. of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013, Chieti, Italy;4. University Centre of Sports Medicine, Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Science, University G. d’Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013, Chieti, Italy;1. Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland;2. Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland;3. Division of Epidemiology and Public Health Intervention Research (EPHIR), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Solna 171 77, Sweden;1. Brunel University London, UK;2. University of Wolverhampton, UK;3. City College Norwich, UK |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveParticipation in organized youth sports has been shown to positively correlate with increased levels of exercise in adulthood. However, there is limited research to suggest why youth sports participation is related to increased physical activity as an adult. One possible explanation is that positive youth sport experiences lead youth to be more positively inclined to engage in physical activity as adults. Research into the positive youth development aspect of organized sports provides the framework for the current investigation.MethodsAdult participants (N = 234, Mage = 35.35) were asked to retrospectively assess their youth sports experiences using the “Four C's” (i.e., competence, confidence, connectedness, character) framework of positive youth development in sport. These assessments were then compared to current physical activity levels and related variables found in the Health Action Process Approach model (HAPA; Schwarzer, 2008).ResultsBivariate correlations revealed statistically significant and moderate correlations among competence, confidence, and connectedness and all of the HAPA variables including physical activity levels. Further, a MANCOVA analysis revealed that when participants were sub-divided into “non-intenders,” “intenders,” and “actors” using a validated staging algorithm, a general linear trend emerged for competence, confidence, and connectedness such that “non-intenders” rated these constructs the lowest and “actors” rated them the highest.ConclusionThese findings provide preliminary evidence that the relationship between participation in organized youth sports and adulthood levels of exercise could be contingent on how positively that experience is perceived. |
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| Keywords: | Youth sport Health Action Process Approach Physical activity Positive youth development |
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