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A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF YOUTH SPORT PARTICIPATION AND ADHERENCE TO SPORT IN ADULTHOOD

Bart Vanreusel

K.U. Leuven, Belgium

Roland Renson

K.U. Leuven, Belgium

Gaston Beunen

K.U. Leuven, Belgium

Albrecht L. Claessens

K.U. Leuven, Belgium

Johan Lefevre

K.U. Leuven, Belgium

Roeland Lysens

K.U. Leuven, Belgium

Bart Vanden Eynde

K.U. Leuven, Belgium

Youth sport programmes are often legitimized on their assumed contribution to continued sport involvement in adulthood. A longitudinal analysis was made of the sport involvement pattern of a sample (N = 236) of male subjects from 13 to 35 years of age, from a perspective of continued socialization into sport. The results of the quantitative analysis show that the continuation of sport participation from youth into adulthood is different according to the type of youth sport career. Tracking of sport participation patterns is moderate to high during youth, and low to moderate from youth to adulthood. Methodological issues are raised. It is concluded that youth sport programmes should be critically examined with regard to their contribution to continued sport participation in adulthood.

Key Words: longitudinal • socialization • sport participation • tracking • youth

International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 32, No. 4, 373-387 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/101269097032004003
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