Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Olufemi Oluyedun, Kinesiology
Document Type
Poster
Event Date
4-12-2024
Abstract
Parents play an important role in the youth sport experience for their child (Bonavolontá, 2021). Two ways that parental investment is evident in youth sport is through parental support and parental pressure. Parental support has been linked to child-athlete enjoyment and enthusiasm in the youth sport setting (Gagné, 2003), whereas heightened stress and anxiety for the child-athlete have been associated with parental pressure (Gould, 2008; O'Rourke, 2011). Recent literature has explored family investment in youth sport (fiscal) and discovered that greater investment is associated with greater perceived parental pressure on the athlete, while also showing a decline in the athlete's commitment and enjoyment to their sport (Dunn, 2016). Our study aims to explore fiscal and time investment, while additionally integrating a measure for emotional investment, and incorporating the updated Sport Commitment-2 Questionnaire (Scanlan, 2016). The purpose of this study was to examine how families invest (fiscally, in terms of time, and emotionally) in organized youth sport participation. We hypothesized that the greater amounts of parental investment are present, the less the child-athlete will be committed to sport and enjoy sport, and the more likely the child will experience burnout. In the parent survey, parents responded to demographic information and investment-related questions, such as the time spent at practices and tournaments, yearly family fiscal earnings and the amount of money spent yearly on youth sport, and the Parental Involvement in Sports Questionnaire (PISQ) to explore emotional investment. Athletes (12-19 years old) provided demographic information and completed three established measures: Sport Commitment-2 Questionnaire, Parental Involvement in Activities Scale, and Athlete Burnout Questionnaire. The study is currently in the middle of the data collection phase and the findings are eagerly anticipated.
Recommended Citation
Repository citation: Wolma, Kayla, "Does it Pay to Play? A Dyadic Study Exploring Familial Investment in Organized Youth Sport" (2024). 23rd Annual A. Paul and Carol C. Schaap Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (2024). Paper 91.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/curca_23/91
April 12, 2024. Copyright © 2024 Hope College, Holland, Michigan.
Comments
This research was supported by the Howard R. and Margaret E. Sluyter Faculty Development Fund.
Title on poster differs from abstract booklet. Poster title: Does it Pay to Play? Dyadic Study on Family Investment in Youth Sport