The Value of Sport: Wellbeing Benefits of Sport Participation during Adolescence
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedures
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Demographic Characteristics
2.2.2. Physical Activity and Sport Participation
- Physically active—participation in any recreational physical activity (active vs. inactive)
- Recreational physical activity duration—sum of durations (hours/week) across all listed activities and settings
- Meeting physical activity recommendations—≥420 min/week of recreational physical activity (meeting recommendations vs. not meeting recommendations) [42].
- Organized sport participant—participation in any sport physical activity “in a competition or tournament” and/or “training or practicing with a coach/instructor” (participant vs. non-participant)
- Organized sport activity duration—sum of durations (hours/week) for sport physical activity “in a competition or tournament” and/or “training or practicing with a coach/instructor”.
2.2.3. Wellbeing
2.3. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Participant Characteristics
3.2. Association between Physical Activity/Organized Sport Participating and Wellbeing
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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n | % | |
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Gender | ||
Boys | 3033 | 44.8 |
Girls | 3708 | 54.8 |
Another gender | 30 | 0.4 |
Ethnicity | ||
European | 4772 | 70.5 |
Māori | 1052 | 15.2 |
Pasifika | 210 | 3.1 |
Asian | 665 | 9.7 |
MELAA | 86 | 1.3 |
Other | 16 | 0.2 |
Disability status | ||
Without physical disability | 6407 | 94.6 |
With physical disability | 364 | 5.4 |
Social deprivation | ||
Low deprivation | 2827 | 41.8 |
Mid deprivation | 2714 | 40.1 |
High deprivation | 1230 | 18.2 |
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |
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OR (95%CI) | |||
Active (any physical activity; referent: no physical activity) | 3.07 (2.46–3.83) | 2.49 (1.97–3.13) | |
Meeting physical activity recs (≥420 min/week) | 1.85 (1.67–2.04) | 1.63 (1.47–1.81) | |
Physical activity (hours/week) | 1.04 (1.03–1.04) | 1.03 (1.02–1.04) | . |
Any organized sport (referent: no organized sport) | 1.96 (1.77–2.18) | 1.78 (1.60–1.98) | 1.66 (1.49–1.86) |
Organized sport duration (hours/week) | 1.12 (1.10–1.13) | 1.11 (1.09–1.13) | 1.09 (1.07–1.11) |
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Wilson, O.W.A.; Whatman, C.; Walters, S.; Keung, S.; Enari, D.; Rogers, A.; Millar, S.-K.; Ferkins, L.; Hinckson, E.; Hapeta, J.; et al. The Value of Sport: Wellbeing Benefits of Sport Participation during Adolescence. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 8579. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148579
Wilson OWA, Whatman C, Walters S, Keung S, Enari D, Rogers A, Millar S-K, Ferkins L, Hinckson E, Hapeta J, et al. The Value of Sport: Wellbeing Benefits of Sport Participation during Adolescence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(14):8579. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148579
Chicago/Turabian StyleWilson, Oliver W. A., Chris Whatman, Simon Walters, Sierra Keung, Dion Enari, Andy Rogers, Sarah-Kate Millar, Lesley Ferkins, Erica Hinckson, Jeremy Hapeta, and et al. 2022. "The Value of Sport: Wellbeing Benefits of Sport Participation during Adolescence" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 14: 8579. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148579
APA StyleWilson, O. W. A., Whatman, C., Walters, S., Keung, S., Enari, D., Rogers, A., Millar, S. -K., Ferkins, L., Hinckson, E., Hapeta, J., Sam, M., & Richards, J. (2022). The Value of Sport: Wellbeing Benefits of Sport Participation during Adolescence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14), 8579. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148579