Does sport participation facilitate acculturation among adolescents with migration background? Bridging the gap between political claims and empirical evidence.

Autor/inn/en	Gerber, Markus; Barker, Dean; Barker-Ruchti, Natalie; Gerlach, Erin; Knöpfli, Martin; Müller, Claudine; Sattler, Simone; Pühse, Uwe
Titel	Does sport participation facilitate acculturation among adolescents with migration background? Bridging the gap between political claims and empirical evidence.
Quelle	Aus: Cuddihy, Thomas F. (Hrsg.); Brymer, Eric (Hrsg.): Creating active futures. Edited proceedings of the 26th ACHPER International Conference. 7 - 10 July 2009, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove Campus, Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology / School of Human Movement Studies (2009) S. 69-76 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-1-74107-286-0
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Akkulturation; Soziale Integration; Schüler; Migration; Politik; Sozialpolitik; Bewegungsaktivität; Sportaktivität; Sportsoziologie; Integration; Jugendlicher; Schweiz
Abstract	Migration is a very old phenomenon. However, there is no doubt that the affluence of migrants towards countries of Central and Northern Europe has dramatically increased during the second half of the 20th century. Also, new forms of migration have appeared resulting in a diversification of the migration movement. Generally, Switzerland figures among the most popular immigration countries. As a consequence, a significant increase of residents with foreign nationalities occurred during the last decades. Therefore, the acculturation and integration of the immigrant populations became an important and urgent issue on the political agenda. Today, most cities and cantons have their own guidelinesdescribing the core measures to be taken for achieving a higher level of social integration. Hereby, physical activity and sport participation are consistently considered as a good means to facilitate the acculturation process.Worldwide, there is a great dearth of research about the possible impact of physical activity and sport participation on the acculturation of young migrants. Thus, it is still not possible to say whether the social expectancies associated with a physically active lifestyle are accurate or not. This study is intended to bridge the gap between political claims and lacking empirical findings. Concretely, we provide empirical evidence how sport participation and migration status are connected with the level of perceived acculturation in a large adolescent sample in the North-Western part of Switzerland. Procedure & methods: A quantitative survey questionnaire was administered to a sample of N=1506 8th to 9th grade students. To gather information about the level of social integration, the students filled in a brief acculturation index and the AHIMSA Acculturation Scale, both of which constitute standardized, validated and well-accepted instruments. Sport participation was assessed with a list of 23 activities, providing a total frequency and duration score. Multivariate ANOVAS provide insight whether the students' degree of acculturation is dependent of their migration status and sport participation. Verf.-Referat.
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2011/3