2022 eass & ISSA World Congress of Sociology of Sport

Session

PS 44: Sport, Physical Activity and Social Groups 3

Jun 8, 2022, 3:30 PM

Description

Chair: Emma Pullen
Room: C9A03, Building C Level 9

148. The Influence of Formative Years on Sport Behavior of Young Parents

Hidde Bekhuis, Femke van Abswoude, Jasper van Houten

6/8/22, 3:30 PM

Despite the known health benefits of sport, parenthood can negatively affect sport participation. Recent studies showed that becoming a parent is related to decreased physical activity. Changes in sport behavior of young parents has been explained by gender or with the rational resource perspective of limited time and energy. We go beyond these current explanation by examining sport...

149. What role does activity type and social background play for Danish adults’ motives for physical activity?

Karsten Elmose-østerlund, Bjarne Ibsen, Jens Høyer-Kruse

6/8/22, 3:50 PM

There is an extensive literature that have examined motivation for physical activity. The ‘Physical Activity and Leisure Motivation Scale’ (PALMS) has been frequently used for survey studies on this topic. Most of the studies that utilize the PALMS framework examine motivation for physical activity broadly or within one or a few types of physical activity. However, motivation is likely to vary...

150. Development of sport club membership in different neighbourhoods under COVID19: An analysis of spatial distribution of drop-out in the Netherlands

Remco Hoekman, Malou Grubben, Gerbert Kraaykamp

6/8/22, 4:10 PM

Sport is considered important to mitigate problems due to COVID-19 measures and thus contribute to a resilient society. Because of poverty, caring responsibilities, social isolation and/or health issues, caused or reinforced by the COVID-19 measures, (too) high thresholds can be experienced for sports participation. Our aim is to study changes in sports behavior of the population in COVID...