Transition in Participation in Sport and Unstructured Physical Activity for Rural Living Adolescent Girls

Autor/inn/en	Eime, R. M.; Payne, W. R.; Casey, M. M.; Harvey, J. T.
Titel	Transition in Participation in Sport and Unstructured Physical Activity for Rural Living Adolescent Girls
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 25 (2010) 2, S.282-293 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cyn060
Schlagwörter	Physical Activities; Individual Activities; Females; Focus Groups; Clubs; Adolescents; Interpersonal Relationship; Interaction; Rural Areas; Metropolitan Areas; Participation; Attitude Measures; Athletics; Secondary School Students; Academic Aspiration + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual work; Einzelarbeit; Weibliches Geschlecht; Club; Klub; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interaktion; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ballungsraum; Teilnahme; Leichtathletik; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	Physical activity (PA) is important for lifelong health; however, participation is lower in rural compared with metropolitan areas and declines during adolescence, particularly for girls. It is likely that this decline is related to the number of life transitions that occur during adolescence. This qualitative study examined the views of active rural living girls regarding the factors affecting their sport and PA participation, using the socioecological model. Twenty-seven girls aged 16-17 from four schools participated in semi-structured focus group discussions. Content and thematic analysis was conducted from verbatim transcripts using NVivo. The girls enjoyed involvement in community club sport with friends and they reported living in communities where participation in sport was a major form of social interaction. However, the desire to succeed educationally was a critical factor affecting their participation in sport and PA and influenced their movement from structured club sport to more flexible, but socially isolated individual activities. It is recommended that future longitudinal research should track rural living adolescent females as they complete secondary school, in order to better understand the influence of educational priorities upon sport and PA participation and to identify practical strategies for both schools and community organizations to foster continuing participation throughout this crucial period of life transition. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10