Adhésion et abandon de la pratique sportive chez l’adolescent : vers une politique de rétention ?
Introduction: International studies have suggested that to improve adolescents’ physical activity levels, public health strategies should focus on preventing sport dropout rather than promoting sport uptake. Purpose of the research: The objectives of this study were to measure sport uptake and dropo...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Français |
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2024
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | Introduction: International studies have suggested that to improve adolescents’ physical activity levels, public health strategies should focus on preventing sport dropout rather than promoting sport uptake. Purpose of the research: The objectives of this study were to measure sport uptake and dropout rates by sex and socioeconomic status to provide evidence for the development of future physical activity policies in France. Results: This study involved 1149 adolescents recruited from eleven high schools in southeast France. Participants self-reported their sex, parental occupation (converted into socioeconomic status—SES), and sport participation trajectories. Adolescents were asked to report whether they were currently weekly sport players (SP), had dropped out from regular weekly sport participation (DO), or had never been regular weekly sport players (NBSP). SP, DO, and NBSP rates were compared by sex and SES using Wilson confidence intervals. Most participants reported being SPs (64.5%), followed by DOs (28.1%), and then NBSPs (4.6%). Few differences were observed between boys and girls among the NBSPs (1.3% vs. 8.0%; -6.7% ±1.3%) while strong differences were observed in the SP group (76.2% vs. 56.9%; +19.3% ±2.8%). The sex gap observed in SPs was mainly due to the extent of DO differences between boys and girls (22.5% vs. 35.1%; -12.6% ±2.7%). Similar results were observed between high-SES and low-SES adolescents. Conclusions: Were it not for dropouts, more than 90% of adolescents would currently be SPs. Sex and SES differences in SPs are mainly due to higher DO rates among girls and low-SES adolescents. These results encourage the development of a sport retention policy for young people. |
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