Are all sport activities equal? A systematic review of how youth psychosocial experiences vary across differing sport activities
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Date
2016-11-28
Authors
Evans, M. Blair
Allan, Veronica
Erickson, Karl
Martin, Luc J.
Budziszewski, Ross
Côté, Jean
Keyword
Youth , Psychosocial Experiences , Sport Activities
Abstract
Objective Models of sport development often support the assumption that young athletes’ psychosocial experiences differ as a result of seemingly minor variations in how their sport activities are designed (eg, participating in team or individual sport; sampling many sports or specialising at an early age). This review was conducted to systematically search sport literature and explore how the design of sport activities relates to psychosocial outcomes.