Whanau (families) in sport: parent volunteering and young peoples physical literacy development
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2022
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University of Delaware
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Using the Family Systems lens and the physical literacy approach, this dissertation examined the association of parent volunteering in sport and young people’s physical literacy development. The Active NZ surveys were nationwide participant surveys on New Zealand (NZ) young people and adults. These surveys collected data from over 77,000 young people and adults across NZ between 2017 and 2019. For these secondary analyses, data will only be analyzing young people (between the ages of 5 - 17 years old) and their parents/guardians. The Active NZ Young People survey was completed by the child with assistance from parents, if needed. Parents completed the Active NZ Adult survey. A total of n = 14,074 parents and young people were matched and linked based on household ID. Parents reported whether they volunteered to support participation in sport, exercise or recreation activity over the last 7 days and/or 12 months, what role/s they played, and how many hours they volunteered. Young people reported on their physical literacy development scores and indicators for each of the physical literacy components. This information was used to examine the association between these variables adjusting for other factors (gender, age, ethnicity, deprivation, and parent physical activity) that might affect parent’s volunteering and young people’s physical literacy development. Overall, results found that more parent volunteering in sport is associated with higher odds of having higher physically literate young people. This association remains after adjusting for gender, age, ethnicity, deprivation, and parent physical activity.
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Families in sport, New Zealand, Parent volunteering, Physical literacy development, Young people, Youth sports