A Social Support Intervention to Reduce Intentions to Drop-out from Youth Sport: The GAA Super Games Centre

Abstract

Over the past decade a rapid increase in research has taken place concerning the role of social support in youth sport. The role of parents, coaches, and peers in creating a climate that promotes and rewards effort and improvement over winning has been shown to predict continued participation in sport (Gardner, Magee, & Vella, 2017). Researchers have highlighted that youth sport participants are most likely to experience positive developmental outcomes when interactions are characterized by positive and informational feedback, appropriate role modelling, and autonomy-supportive engagement styles (Atkins, Johnson, Force, & Petrie, 2015). Moreover, studies have demonstrated how social support dynamically changes over time and has a significant influence on participation patterns in sport (Laird, Fawkner, Kelly, McNamee, & Niven, 2016; Sheridan, Coffee, & Lavallee, 2014). These findings point to a significant role that social support can play in addressing drop-out from youth sport, with rates exceeding 30% in some countries (Crane & Temple, 2015). Research is needed to test the effectiveness of social support interventions in youth sport (Balish, McLaren, Rainham, & Blanchard, h t t p s : / / j o u r n a l s. c o p m a d r i d. o rg / p i

Parenting Styles, Internalization of Values and Self-Esteem: A Cross-Cultural Study in Spain, Portugal and Brazil

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Smartphone Addiction and Social Support: A Three-year Longitudinal Study

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Transformational Parenting Style, Autonomy Support, and their Implications for Adolescent Athletes’ Burnout

“…The self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985Ryan & Deci, 2017) distinguished between two interpersonal styles that authority figures can adopt in social contexts: autonomy support and a controlling style. Although there are many agents (i.e., coaches, teachers, parents, and peers) influencing children's development in sport contexts (e.g., Lavallee, Sheridan, Coffee, & Daly, 2019), parents are the figures with the most influence on their children's development (Assor, Roth, & Deci, 2004;Ryan & Deci, 2017). Parental autonomy support consists of parents' respectful attitude toward their children's points of view, preparing them for autonomous decision-making.…”