Looking Back and Looking Around: How Athletes, Parents and Coaches See Psychosocial Development in Adolescent Performance Sport

• Published in: Sports (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 4; p. 47
• Main Authors: Lara-Bercial, Sergio, McKenna, Jim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 22.03.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Cognitive ability; COVID-19; Intervention; life skills; Ontology; Personal development; positive youth development; Psychologists; Psychosocial development; realist evaluation; Researchers; youth sport; life skills; personal development; positive youth development; psychosocial development; youth sport; realist evaluation

Sport has the potential to support psychosocial development in young people. However, extant studies have tended to evaluate purpose-built interventions, leaving regular organised sport relatively overlooked. Moreover, previous work has tended to concentrated on a narrow range of outcomes. To addres...