Despite the well-documented health, social and economic benefits of sports participation,
adults' participation in organised sport declines as age increases. To date, no review has …

Since multiple factors may impact adult levels and patterns of sport participation, this study
utilized stages from Green's (2005) sport development theoretical model to examine the …

Narrative reviews indicate psychological and social benefits of sport participation for the
ageing population. However, no quantitative synthesis of quantitative studies on this topic …

This chapter addresses psycho-social and pedagogical research pertaining to adult
sportspersons, or Masters athletes. Young and Callary specifically review three areas that …

The ageing global population has led to an increased focus on health for older adults.
However, older adults have not been a specific priority for some sporting organisations …

Background Participation in sport has many health benefits, and is popular amongst
children. However participation decreases with age. While the membership records of peak …

Background Participation in sport can contribute to health-enhancing levels of leisure-time
physical activity. There are recent reports that participation in sport in Australia is …

Background To develop targeted policy strategies to increase sports participation, more
insight is needed into the behavioural patterns and preferences of users of different club …

This study aimed to identify organized sports participation patterns and their prevalence from
adolescence to emerging adulthood, and the educational and family-related determinants of …

Notwithstanding their wide-spread use, it is unclear what level of empirical evidence exists
to support sport participation and physical activity-based models. Sport participation and …