‘They’ve just never been involved in it’: what senior athletes think about older people who do not participate in sport
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‘They’ve just never been involved in it’ : what senior athletes think about older people who do not participate in sport. / Cannella, Valentina; Serrat, Rodrigo; Villar, Feliciano; Evans, Adam Brian.
I: Leisure Studies, 2023.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - ‘They’ve just never been involved in it’
T2 - what senior athletes think about older people who do not participate in sport
AU - Cannella, Valentina
AU - Serrat, Rodrigo
AU - Villar, Feliciano
AU - Evans, Adam Brian
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - To date, despite the many recognised benefits of participation in sport, many older people do not participate in it. This study explored the opinions about barriers to participating in sport among non-active older people from the perspective of 463 senior athletes (M = 61.4, SD = 5.5 years) engaged in competitive sports. Participants completed a questionnaire including an incomplete sentence regarding the reason why many older people do not play sports. We analysed their answers using content analysis and performed bivariate analyses to determine possible associations with the sociodemographic and participatory characteristics of the sample. The results highlighted a range of perceived barriers which mostly related to past and present opportunities, and contained significant variations according to age, country of residence, and years participating in sports. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the way in which senior athletes perceive the barriers for the initiation of non-active older people in sports participation which could inform potential measures to promote greater participation in sport as a meaningful leisure activity among this age group.
AB - To date, despite the many recognised benefits of participation in sport, many older people do not participate in it. This study explored the opinions about barriers to participating in sport among non-active older people from the perspective of 463 senior athletes (M = 61.4, SD = 5.5 years) engaged in competitive sports. Participants completed a questionnaire including an incomplete sentence regarding the reason why many older people do not play sports. We analysed their answers using content analysis and performed bivariate analyses to determine possible associations with the sociodemographic and participatory characteristics of the sample. The results highlighted a range of perceived barriers which mostly related to past and present opportunities, and contained significant variations according to age, country of residence, and years participating in sports. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the way in which senior athletes perceive the barriers for the initiation of non-active older people in sports participation which could inform potential measures to promote greater participation in sport as a meaningful leisure activity among this age group.
KW - barriers
KW - beliefs
KW - competitive sport
KW - Older athletes
KW - serious leisure
KW - sport participation
U2 - 10.1080/02614367.2023.2264534
DO - 10.1080/02614367.2023.2264534
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85173503660
JO - Leisure Studies
JF - Leisure Studies
SN - 0261-4367
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