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Student Participation in Sporting Activities [PDF]

Applied Economics, 2009
Given that many universities spend large sums of money supplying sports facilities for student use, comparatively little is known about the factors that influence the quantity of student sporting participation. This paper presents evidence which suggests
Andrew Mearman, Don J Webber
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Sports participation & childhood neurocognitive development. [PDF]

Dev Cogn Neurosci
Various psychosocial factors like collaboration inherent to team sports might provide a more dynamic environment for cognitive challenges that could foster enhanced neurocognitive development compared to individual sports. We investigated the impact of different organised sports on neurocognitive development in children (N = 11,878; aged 9-11) from the
Tan FM, Yu J, Goodwill AM.
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Childhood Sports Participation and Adolescent Sport Profile [PDF]

Pediatrics, 2017
OBJECTIVES:We aimed to increase understanding of the link between sport specialization during childhood and adolescent physical activity (PA). The objectives were as follows: (1) describe the natural course of sport participation over 5 years among children who are early sport samplers or early sport specializers and (2) determine if a sport ...
François, Gallant, Jennifer L, O'Loughlin, Jennifer, Brunet, Catherine M, Sabiston, Mathieu, Bélanger   +4 more
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Evaluating the Impact of Youth Early Sport Specialization on Injury: An Evolution in Measurement

Health Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology, 2023
Objective To track youth sports participation and injury occurrence accurately and longitudinally. Results An online survey tool that captures sports participation, frequency, level of competition, and tracks injury occurrence has been developed.
Todd Rockwood, Nicholas M. Edwards, Bradley Nelson, Julie Agel   +3 more
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Measuring the effect of opportunity cost of time on participation in sports and exercise [PDF]

, 2013
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Background: There is limited research on the association between opportunity cost of time and sports and exercise due to lack of data on opportunity cost of time. Using a
Anokye, NK, Fox-Rushby, J, Pokhrel, S
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Sports participation and its implication on the academic performance of students in tertiary institutions in Nigeria: A literature review

Edu Sportivo, 2021
The study focused on sports participation and its implication on the academic performance of students in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. To ascertain the objective of the study, the study focused on Overview of sports, Sports participation, Implication
Semiu Alasinrin, Issa Yaqub Ajeigbe
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The demand for sports and exercise: Results from an illustrative survey [PDF]

, 2011
Funding from the Department of Health policy research programme was used in this study.There is a paucity of empirical evidence on the extent to which price and perceived benefits affect the level of participation in sports and exercise.
A Deaton, A Deaton, B Wu, BR Humphreys, C Gratton, C Mulvihill, DW Williams, EA Finkelstein, F Goldman, F Lera-López, F Lera-López, FB Gillison, GS Maddala, J Cawley, Julia Fox-Rushby, L Farrell, M Pratt, M Taks, Martin Buxton, Nana Kwame Anokye, NK Anokye, P Downward, R Sturm, SS Tai, Subhash Pokhrel, T Cox   +25 more
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Are we leveling the playing field? Trends and disparities in sports participation among sexual minority youth in Canada

Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2018
Purpose: Sports participation and physical fitness are widely beneficial for young people, yet activity levels among young people are declining. Despite growing popular media attention on the participation of sexual minority (e.g., lesbian, gay, and ...
Marion Doull, Ryan J. Watson, Annie Smith, Yuko Homma, Elizabeth Saewyc   +4 more
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Parental exercise is associated with Australian children\u27s extracurricular sports participation and cardiorespiratory fitness : a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2005
Background: The relationship between parental physical activity and children\u27s physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness has not been well studied in the Australian context.
Blizzard, Leigh, Cleland, Verity, Dwyer, Terrence, Fryer, Jayne, Venn, Alison   +4 more
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Questioning policy, youth participation and lifestyle sports [PDF]

, 2014
Young people have been identified as a key target group for whom participation in sport and physical activity could have important benefits to health and wellbeing and consequently have been the focus of several government policies to increase ...
Andrew Church, Beal B., Bird W., Borden I., Boyatzis R. E., Chavez D. J., Chivers Yochim E., Church A., Cooper G., Crang M., Crosset T., Crouch D., Dougill A. J., EKOS Ltd. &, Hall Aitken &, Henwood K., Hollenhorst S., Ingham A. G., Katherine King, Lanagan D., Louv R., Marshall C., Mintel, Nichols G., O’Brien E., Riddoch C., Rinehart R. E., Rinehart R. E., Shields R., Tomlinson A., Valentine G., Ward Thompson C., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wolcott H. F.   +38 more
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