A cross-sectional study to examine constraints to sport participation among ethnically diverse female adolescents from Ontario, Canada
Caroline Barakat, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Canada, Sarah Dash, Irmina Klicnik, Samah Mohammed, Susan Yousufzai, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Canada, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Canada, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Canada, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Canada
2021
International Journal of Sport Exercise and Health Research
Sport participation during adolescence is associated with good physical and mental health as well as social connectedness and greater well-being. Importantly, adolescence is a key developmental period when lifelong habit and behavioral patterns are shaped and when the benefits of sport are particularly beneficial to physical and psychological development. However, in Canada and internationally, adolescent females are consistency less active than males during adolescent years, are typically
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... represented in sports, and tend to drop out at disproportionate rates compared with their male peers. This cross-sectional study (2017-2019) aimed to examine associations between sport participation and individual, environmental, and task constraints for 825 ethnically diverse adolescent girls aged 13-19 years. Guided by Newell's model on sport participation, analysis included a series of unadjusted and adjusted binary logistic regression models in order to examine individual, environmental, and task constraints as predictors of sport participation, as well as potential interactions between significant constraints and their association with sport participation. In the adjusted multivariate analyses, significant constraints to sport participation included weather (environmental), development and age (individual), and physical intensity (task), with no significant interactions. Overall, findings suggest that various constraints, particularly at the individual level (developmental) affect sport participation among diverse female adolescents. Future research should integrate mixed-methods to ensure a comprehensive examination of potential interactions of constraints. This can enhance understanding of complex and interacting factors, which can be integrated to lead to effective interventions, programs and policies that support adolescent female sport participation.
doi:10.31254/sportmed.5209
fatcat:a3l7a3a5u5crdbeq4ufouhyzba
