WEBRecent research has showed that peers are key contributors along with adults in creating a motivational climate in sport settings (Hein & Joesaar, 2014). Peer connection influences youth athletes in terms of motivation, burnout rates, and athlete behaviors.
Three Ways That Peers Matter in Youth Sport - Frontiers for …
WEBApr 21, 2022 · In this article, we describe three ways that peers matter in youth sport. We argue that the quality of young athletes’ sport experiences is tied to specific friendships, broader acceptance by peers, and how athletes compare themselves to their peers.
The influence of peer groups in organized sport on female adolescents ...
WEBMar 1, 2016 · The purpose of this study was to explore the potential influence of peer groups in organized sport on female adolescent identity development. Participant stories suggest that there is indeed a relationship between peers in sport and the identity development of the female athletes in this study.
Peer relationships in physical activity contexts: a road less traveled ...
WEBJan 1, 2003 · Careful examination of peer group dynamics may provide better understanding of the formation of unidimensional versus multifaceted self-identities, as well as how these identities are behaviorally expressed in and outside the sport setting.
Effect of Peers and Friends on Youth Physical Activity and …
WEBJul 10, 2008 · Youth are more likely to be active when they are in the company of peers and friends than when they are alone because youth physical activity typically involves some form of play that requires peers or play partners.
Peer influence on young athletes’ need satisfaction, intrinsic ...
WEBSep 1, 2011 · A structural equation model demonstrated that youth athletes’ task-involving peer motivational climate indirectly influenced their intrinsic motivation and persistence in sport via their perceived need satisfaction of autonomy, competence, and relatedness.
Everyone else is doing it: The association between social identity …
WEBJun 6, 2018 · This work provides insight into factors that may impact athletes’ susceptibility to peer influence, and advances of the application of the social identity approach to sport groups by providing evidence that athletes who strongly identify with the team are more willing to conform to behaviors that are perceived to be prototypical of the group ...
[PDF] The influence of peer groups in organized sport on female ...
WEBMar 1, 2016 · The purpose of this study was to (a) describe peer relationship profiles of youth sport participants and (b) assess the motivational salience of these profiles by examining profile group differences …
The Influence of Peer Connections in Youth Sports
WEBApr 8, 2021 · Seventy-nine participants (9–18 years old) from 26 sports participated in semi-structured focus groups investigating how coaches, parents, and peers may influence motivation.
(PDF) The effect of peer interaction on sport confidence and ...
WEBJul 7, 2017 · The results showed that interaction with peers in the same age group positively influenced changes in task goal orientation and in sport confidence in regard to cognitive efficiency and...