The influence of peers on life skill development and transfer in a sportbased positive youth development program.

Autor/inn/en	Lower-Hoppe, Leeann M.; Newman, Tarkington J.; Anderson-Butcher, Dawn; Logan, Jessica
Titel	The influence of peers on life skill development and transfer in a sportbased positive youth development program. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Der Einfluss von Gleichaltrigen auf die Entwicklung von Lebenskompetenzen und den Transfer in ein sportbasiertes positives Jugendentwicklungsprogramm.
Quelle	In: Journal of sport for development, 9 (2021) 2, S. 68-84 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2330-0574
Schlagwörter	Kompetenz; Autonomie; Entwicklungsphase; Freundschaft; Gruppendynamik; Positives Denken; Psychische Entwicklung; Soziale Entwicklung; Autonomie; Entwicklungspolitik; Freundschaft; Gruppendynamik; Lebensführung; Sportsoziologie; Entwicklungsphase; Kompetenz; Sportpädagogik; Psychische Entwicklung; Positives Denken; Soziale Kompetenz; Entwicklungspolitik; Sozialer Einfluss; Kinder- und Jugendsport; Sportpädagogik; Sportsoziologie; Lebensführung; Jugendlicher
Abstract	Sport-based positive youth development (PYD) programs are recognized as important contexts for promoting life skill development and transfer, especially among socially vulnerable youth. Past research has examined the role of social agents (e.g., coaches, staff, parents) in life skill development and transfer. Although peers are identified as a critical social agent in sport-based PYD contexts, little English-speaking literature has examined the influence of peers on youth's life skill outcomes. This study examines multiple peer influences contributing to life skill outcomes among 483 youth involved in a sport-based PYD program. Cohen's d demonstrated improved self-control, effort, teamwork, social competence, and transfer of learning outcomes from pre- to post-program. Using a series of hierarchical linear regression models, results demonstrate the degree of life skills among peers in one's group, the youth's relative life skills within their group, and the number of friends in one's group predicted life skills scores at posttest after controlling for pretest scores and demographics. These findings point to the importance of peers as significant social influences contributing to youth's life skill outcomes in a sport-based PYD program. Sport practitioners can intentionally promote youth development through facilitated group processing, optimal peer group composition, and autonomy supportive staff practices. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2023/1