Children's engagement in leisure time physical activity: exploring family structure as a determinant

‘Like a “fish in water”’: swim club membership and the construction of the upper-middle-class family habitus

“…Thus, we can infer an illusion to the family habitus as a shared set of lifestyle characteristics possessed by one's family. Nonetheless, the notion of family habitus, unlike habitus, 3 is relatively understudied and not widely theorised to date, yet there are some notable exceptions: Tomanovic (2004) offered insights into the way in which the family habitus structures children's lives; Quarmby and Dagkas (2010) utilised Bourdieu's concept of habitus to understand how family structure impacts children's participation in physical activity; Reay (1998) explained family habitus as a constitutive element of educational choices and defines this concept as 'the deeply ingrained system of perspectives, experiences and predispositions family members share' (p. 527); Dukes and Coakley (2002) examined parental involvement in competitive youth swimming, and located familial commitment within the family habitus. In addition, describing parental commitment to youth sport, Coakley (2006), referring to his work as an 'extension and application' (p. 160) of Bourdieu's habitus, argued that it is a useful concept in explaining phenomena related to American family life.…”

Masculinity and Rhythmic Gymnastics. An Exploration on the Transgression of Gender Order in Sport

“…The families configuration and their view of sport are determining in transmitting the choice of activities of their children, transmitting an intergenerational habitus within these families (McDonald, Rodger, Ziviani, Jenkins, Batch, & Jones, 2004;Quarmby, 2010). Normally, in the face of more artistic and emotional practices, boys feel closer to their mothers, than boys who do traditionally male sports who are more attached to their fathers (Mennesson, Bertrand, & Court, 2017).…”

Locating the place and meaning of physical activity in the lives of young people from low-income, lone-parent families

“…In that sense, fields are sites of ideological reproduction 8 (Bourdieu 1996). The family then, according to Bourdieu (1996), is a particularly importantt social 'field' that nurtures physical activity tastes, preferences and interests (Quarmby and Dagkas 2010). However, as Bourdieu discusses above, entry to a new field can be seen as providing the opportunity for habitus to change as individuals are confronted by the unfamiliar.…”