Understanding High School Students’ Sports Participation

High School Sports Participation

Sports Preferences of High School Students as Defined by Reported Participation.

Prevalence and social-environmental correlates of sports team participation among alternative high school students.

BACKGROUND Alternative high school (AHS) students have low levels of physical activity (PA) and high rates of overweight/obesity. Sports team participation, a specific form of PA, is associated with increased PA and decreased overweight/obesity in general adolescent populations. However, little is known about the prevalence and correlates of sports team participation among AHS students. METHO...

High school students' sports personalities: Variations across participation level, gender, type of sport, and success

Personality has become an increasingly important area in sport psychology as attempts are made to understand, explain, and predict levels of sporting involvement and success. To further understand these relationships, 312 Grade 11 and 12 students completed a battery of personality and mood-state inventories consisting of the STAI, EPQ and POMS, and were then categorized by (i) participation in ...

The relationships of elementary school students’ sports participation with optimism, humor styles, and school life satisfaction

The purpose of this study is to elucidate the relationships of children's sports participation with optimism, humor styles, and school life satisfaction. To achieve the study purpose, this study selected 150 subjects as a sample population among the elementary school senior students, currently participating in sports activities in metropolitan areas. As research methods, questionnaire papers we...