Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) has grown into a huge global field of sport-related
activity and intervention and is a heavily researched subject in the social scientific study of …

Research question Given the plethora of governance principles proposed by academics,
government agencies, and sport governing bodies, this study systematically reviewed the …

The aim of the present article is to outline a heuristic model that facilitates movement toward
an integrated understanding of the youth sport system. We define the youth sport system as …

Sport is viewed as a setting with potential to offer social benefits to youth participants and
alleviate broader social problems. Such promise requires intentionality of sport program …

Positive youth development represents a strength-based approach to development in which
life skills are recognized as desired assets that prepare youth to function as productive …

Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) has transformed from what some termed a “social
movement” to an institutionalized sector with numerous organizations and practitioners …

Intervention research entails the measurement of change in a situation or individual after a
modification has been imposed. In sport and exercise psychology, interventions have been …

A growing number of sport-for-development (SFD) organizations have emerged in the
nonprofit sector to leverage sport for social change, yet many organizations struggle with …

Positive youth development (PYD) is the most popular framework guiding sport-for-
development (SFD) research. To date, much of this work has focused on how sport …

Human resources are critical to the success of SDP as a field, and yet little is known about
the experience and expertise of the growing number of SDP actors (eg, practitioners …