Young People's Involvement in Sport [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Kremer John
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.083; 796/.083/09416
• Soggetto topico: Recreational surveys; Sports; Sports for children
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: OgleShaun TrewKaren
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Young people's involvement in sport; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Gender issues in sport participation; 3 Individual differences and intrinsic motivations for sport participation; 4 Predictors, patterns and policies for post-school participation; 5 Age and sport participation; 6 Sport and community background; 7 Time for sport? Activity diaries of young people; 8 Focus group interviews with élite young athletes, coaches and parents; 9 Modelling participation motivation in sport ; 10 International perspectives on public policy and the development of sport for young people 11 Technical report; Appendix: SCNI survey; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Based on survey data derived from face-to-face interviews with 2,400 schoolchildren, 600 four-day diaries and focus groups with both elite performers, coaches and parents, the book offers a comprehensive overview of young people's involvement in sport and physical activity in the 1990's. Deliberately set in the context of the literature on sport involvement and participation motivation, and alongside wider policy concerns, individual contributors each have accessed the data in order to address a particular substantive topic. Given the almost complete absence of hard data currently available
• Titolo autorizzato: Young People's Involvement in Sport
• ISBN: 1-283-60461-2; 9786613917065; 1-134-70704-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465000503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Adolescence and Society