Are young people caught in the time bind? A sociological analysis of how young people in an upper secondary school view the issue of finding time to do sports or exercise in their spare time

Thing, Lone Friis; Nielsen, Stine Frydendal; Ottesen, Laila

doi:10.1080/11745398.2014.924075

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“…Having time for and managing the many activities was clearly a demanding task for many students, and there was considerable variation in how they experienced time. This is in line with another Danish study (Thing, Nielsen, and Ottesen 2015) which illustrates how time appears to be an issue of great importance to the students.…”

Section: Introduction To the Context And Lives Of Danish High-school supporting

confidence: 89%

The meaning of movement in the everyday lives of Danish high-school students: a phenomenological study exploring existential well-being as ‘dwelling-mobility’

Wehner

Nielsen

Krølner

et al. 2020

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

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Health-promoting initiatives focusing on physical activity include advice on integrating active behaviour into everyday activities pointing to a tendency to combine a health agenda with other agendas. From a public-health perspective this might be a valuable strategy, but it calls for a conceptual awareness and exploration of the target groups' perceptions of this broader concept of physical activity. Nested in a Danish intervention study aimed at increasing wellbeing among high-school students aged 16-17 through the promotion of movement, this study engages in a conceptual exploration of 'movement in everyday lives' related to well-being. Combining participant observation and photo-elicitation interviews, the study investigates different kinds of meaning experienced in relation to movement. Theoretically, the study is framed by existential phenomenology with a focus on corporeality, temporality and intersubjectivity. An existential theory of well-being is applied to a discussion of the relationship between bodily movement and well-being. The findings point to movement as a way for students to balance two existential modes within the dimensions of corporeality, temporality and intersubjectivity: one of activity and tenseness, and one of break and stillness. For the students, movement entails bodily experiences ranging from modes of selfforgetfulness to the body demanding attention in different ways; they experience movement as a break from everyday obligations, but also as a way of moving forward; and they experience movement as an occasion for being social and for withdrawing from the social worlds.

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Section: Introduction To the Context And Lives Of Danish High-school supporting

confidence: 89%

The meaning of movement in the everyday lives of Danish high-school students: a phenomenological study exploring existential well-being as ‘dwelling-mobility’

Wehner

Nielsen

Krølner

et al. 2020

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

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“…Simultaneously, many of them must also accommodate friends, family, a sweetheart and perhaps even a job. As such, time becomes a precious commodity to them (Thing et al, 2015). Students are a bit taken aback by the sudden appearance of a social figuration that now plays a larger role in their lives.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Several researchers have studied the influence of sport in young people’s lives, both in Scandinavia (Geidne et al, 2013; Hedenborg and Glaser, 2013; Jakobsson et al, 2012, 2014; Seippel et al, 2016; Thing et al, 2015; Trondman, 2011) and internationally (Coleman et al, 2008; Craike et al, 2009; Green et al, 2005; Shakib et al, 2011). By applying a figurational understanding, we believe that we can illustrate how participation in sport is not a question of either/or when it comes to youth culture in Denmark.…”

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Trying to fit in – Upper secondary school students’ negotiation processes between sports culture and youth culture

Nielsen

Thing

2017

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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In this paper we present results concerning how students in a Danish upper secondary school negotiate between sports culture and the prevailing norms of youth culture in a local school context. The study shows that it can be rather difficult for young people to combine sports culture with the local youth culture, because living a healthy and physically active life doesn’t fit very well with the prevailing norms of youth culture, which involve a dominant social arena characterized by parties and alcohol. By applying the figurational sociology of Norbert Elias, this article shows that being included in a sports figuration can result in exclusion from the youth figuration. Young athletic students are therefore in a constant process of negotiation, where they struggle to fit into both sport and non-sport related contexts, because it is important to belong within both. The study is based on 16 focus group interviews [N=120] conducted over four years in one Danish upper secondary school.

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“…As well as facing increasing academic demands, many adolescents also take on part-time jobs, have greater responsibilities at home and want to spend more time with peers to form and strengthen interpersonal relationships (Nielsen et al, 2011). To manage these competing priorities, adolescents may reduce their engagement with leisure time activities (Thing et al, 2015). These changes in allocation of free time are part of the process of becoming autonomous, independent adults (Steinberg and Silverberg, 1986).…”

Section: Theme 6 Time and Competing Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Changed priorities for free time activities. Due to the increased demands on their spare time, adolescents may view time as a limited resource (Thing et al, 2015) and negotiate how much time they allocate to different activities based on their goals and priorities. In the current study, adolescents noted that even if they did not have less free time available, they often preferred to prioritise other activities.…”

Section: Theme 6 Time and Competing Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescents' perspectives on the barriers to reading for pleasure

Webber,

Wilkinson,

Duncan

et al. 2023

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Adolescence is often positioned as a particularly vulnerable period for reading motivation and engagement, both for academic reading and reading for pleasure. However, closer scrutiny of the literature reveals a much more nuanced pattern of changing interest, attitude, and motivation for reading during adolescence. Despite this, there is a distinct lack of research that explores the barriers adolescents' face to reading for pleasure from the perspectives of adolescents themselves. Working with a Young People's Advisory Panel, peer‐ and adult‐led interviews were carried out with 46 adolescents (13–15 years old) from six high schools. Six themes were identified from the thematic analysis, reflecting adolescents' perceptions of the barriers to their reading for pleasure: (1) access; (2) mismatch between provision and needs; (3) social factors; (4) reading experiences in school; (5) reading affect; and (6) time and competing activities. This article makes a novel and significant contribution to the limited literature on reading for pleasure during adolescence and provides important qualitative insights for researchers and educational practitioners interested in supporting adolescents' reading motivation.

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Are young people caught in the time bind? A sociological analysis of how young people in an upper secondary school view the issue of finding time to do sports or exercise in their spare time

Cited by 11 publications

References 30 publications

The meaning of movement in the everyday lives of Danish high-school students: a phenomenological study exploring existential well-being as ‘dwelling-mobility’

The meaning of movement in the everyday lives of Danish high-school students: a phenomenological study exploring existential well-being as ‘dwelling-mobility’

Trying to fit in – Upper secondary school students’ negotiation processes between sports culture and youth culture

Adolescents' perspectives on the barriers to reading for pleasure

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