Revealing Findings in Youth Sport Parenting Research

Social Motivation in Youth Sport

Youth sport participants frequently report social reasons for their involvement in sport such as wanting to be part of a team or to be with friends, and social sources of positive and negative affect such as social recognition and parental pressure. Although a social view of sport has been recognized, youth sport motivation researchers have emphasized approaches centered on constructs related t...

Sport Specialization in Youth: A Literature Review

Objective: Youth participation in sport is reviewed to include its history, current growth patterns, reasons behind sport specialization, and the implications of sport specialization. The effects of early skill acquisi· tion, and the sociological, psychological, and physicaUphysiological aspects to help develop safeguards to meet the needs of young athletes are discussed. Study De ign a nd Sele...

Running head: PARENTING AND YOUTH ANXIETY 1 Risk Factors For Youth Anxiety: The Role of Parenting

This paper reviews the recent literature on the role that parenting has in the development of youth anxiety. Research indicates that certain parenting behaviors may be risk factors for youth anxiety problems. Three dimensions of parenting are examined as potential risk factors for youth anxiety: negative parenting behaviors (i.e. control and rejection), anxious rearing, and poor parental discip...

Knowledge translation in sport injury prevention research: an example in youth ice hockey in Canada.

Youth sport programs: an avenue to foster positive youth development

Concern about the growth in adolescent problem behaviours (e.g. delinquency, drug use) has led to increased interest in positive youth development, and a surge in funding for ‘after school programs.’ We evaluate the potential of youth sport programs to foster positive development, while decreasing the risk of problem behaviours. Literature on the positive and negative outcomes of youth sport is...