Integration of immigrant youth in Sweden: does sport participation really have an impact?

Lundkvist, Erik; Wagnsson, Stefan; Davis, Louise; Ivarsson, Andréas

doi:10.1080/02673843.2020.1775099

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“…For example, Neville et al (2021) found that organized sport was associated with a decrease in troubled behavior among boys, but no significant decreases were found for girls; neither was any prosocial effect due to sport present. Likewise, Lundkvist et al (2020) detected an effect on sport’s capacity to promote friendship, but only to a (very) small degree. Growing as a field of its own, sport for development (SFD) has emerged as a response to the increasing use of SFD outcomes.…”

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Integrating Rough-and-Tumble Play in Martial Arts: A Practitioner’s Model

Mickelsson

Stylin

2021

Front. Psychol.

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This paper introduces a model that explains psychosocial development by embedding the developmental concept of rough-and-tumble play (RTP) into the contextual settings of martial arts (MA). Current sport-for-change literature relies on theories that address contextual factors surrounding sport but agrees that sport in itself does not facilitate developmental outcomes. In contemporary times where western societies invest substantial resources in sport programs for their psychosocial contribution, this becomes problematic. If the contextual factors surrounding sport are exclusively what produce developmental outcomes, what is the rationale for investing resources in sport specifically? We challenge this idea and argue that although contextual factors are important to any social phenomena, the developmental outcomes from sport can also be traced to the corporeal domain in sport. To date, we have lacked the theoretical lenses to articulate this. The developmental concept of RTP emphasizes how “play fighting” between consenting parties stimulates psychosocial growth through its demand for self-regulation and control when “play fighting” with peers. In short, RTP demands that individuals maintain a self-regulated mode of fighting and is contingent on a give-and-take relationship to maintain enjoyment. RTP can thus foster empathy and prosocial behavior and has strong social bonding implications. However, such play can also escalate. A fitting setting to be considered as moderated RTP is MA because of its resemblance to RTP, and its inherent philosophical features, which emphasizes self-regulation, empathy, and prosocial behavior. This paper outlines what constitutes high-quality RTP in a MA context and how this relates to developmental outcomes. By doing so, we present a practitioner’s framework in which practitioners, social workers, and physical educators can explain how MA, and not merely contextual factors, contributes toward developmental outcomes. In a time where sport is becoming increasingly politicized and used as a social intervention, it too becomes imperative to account for why sport, and in this case, MA, is suitable to such ends.

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“…Sport is thus not a socialization vehicle per se but provides a context in which socialization may occur. Yet, it is also evident that bridging rarely occurs ( Walseth, 2016 ; Lundkvist et al, 2020 ), which also points to the need to re-organize how we think about sport as an arena for (inter-ethnic) friendship.…”

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Integrating Rough-and-Tumble Play in Martial Arts: A Practitioner’s Model

Mickelsson

Stylin

2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…As O'Driscoll et.al (2014) emphasize, a high level of integration has a positive nexus to participation in sports, and as Penninx and Garcés-Mascareñas (2016) point out, integration as a two-way process is more likely to occur in intercultural meetings in everyday activities. However, participation does not automatically lead to integration (Walseth, 2004;Spaaij, 2012;Lundkvist et al, 2020). Interethnic bridges between teammates are often limited to the sports field (Walseth, 2004;Spaaij, 2012).…”

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“We Can’t Get Stuck in Old Ways”: Swedish Sports Club’s Integration Efforts With Children and Youth in Migration

Hertting

Karlefors

2021

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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The last years many people have been forcibly displaced due to circumstances such as conflicts in the world, and many people have come to Sweden for shelter. It has been challenging for Swedish society to receive and guide newcomers through the resettlement process, and many organizations in civil society, such as sports clubs, have been invited to support the resettlement. However, a limited numbers of studies has drawn the attention to sports clubs experiences. Therefore the aim of the paper was enhance understanding of sports clubs’ prerequesites and experiences of integration efforts with immigrant children and youth. Ten Swedish clubs with experience of working with newcomers participated. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Two categories were identified: Struggling with sporting values and organization and Seeing integration in everyday activities. The clubs experienced that integration occurs in everyday activities, but current ideas focusing competition and rigid organization of sports constrained possibilities for integrating newcomers with no or limited former experience of club sports. The clubs experienced potential to contribute to personal development, social connectedness and enjoyment in a new society and building bridges between cultures. In conclusion, clubs cannot solve the challenges of resettlement in society but have potential to be part of larger societal networks of integration.

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“…These come with advantages such as getting to know friends who can provide emotional and psychological support, provide a familial-like environment, help them learn the Swedish language and culture, and facilitate access to services and job opportunities easily. Sports and physical exercises create new beginnings for international people to explore and enjoy previously exciting activities and hobbies (Lundkvist et al, 2020;Malm, Jakobsson & Isaksson, 2019), similar to a feeling before the pandemic outbreak. International students have been able to socialise and have outdoor parties in regulated numbers, but they are still cautious about the standard operating procedures for COVID-19.…”

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Coping Strategies Among International Students During Covid 19 in Sweden

Menge

Kayonga

2022

EJSSS

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic created disruptions in all people's daily lives. This deadly pandemic tremendously affected the social, economic, and physical systems. International students were a vulnerable population whose adjustment and adaptation processes in Sweden were interrupted. Therefore, we carried out to ascertain the international students' coping strategies during COVID-19. The study thus explores the coping strategies that international students utilise to deal with changes experienced during COVID-19 in Sweden. Theoretically, the study was based on resilience, the social ecology of resilience, and the strength-based perspective of social work. These theories assume that international students have innate skills and capabilities and resources from their external environments that they utilise to bounce back from stressors related to COVID-19. A cross-sectional exploratory research design was utilised for the study, and purposive, convenient and snowball-sampling techniques were used to choose study participants. Data was collected using qualitative in-depth interviews and was analysed using thematic analysis. The finding revealed that international students relied on environmental protective factors such as family, peers, religion, sports, and authentic information. They also used innate individual traits such as innovation, talents, concentration skills in academics, and the ability to multi-task to overcome their distress. In conclusion, even though COVID-19 worsened the pre-existing challenges to the well-being of international students in Sweden, they overcame some of their problems and blossomed even in difficult times. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0968/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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Integration of immigrant youth in Sweden: does sport participation really have an impact?

Cited by 16 publications

References 53 publications

Integrating Rough-and-Tumble Play in Martial Arts: A Practitioner’s Model

Integrating Rough-and-Tumble Play in Martial Arts: A Practitioner’s Model

“We Can’t Get Stuck in Old Ways”: Swedish Sports Club’s Integration Efforts With Children and Youth in Migration

Coping Strategies Among International Students During Covid 19 in Sweden

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