TY - JOUR
T1 - Children’s intensive participation in sport and peer relations
T2 - Evidence from a Danish longitudinal school study
AU - Quinto Romani, Annette
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In a Danish context, elite sports classes have been moved into the educational system. However, moving the selection of young sports talents into state schools conflicts with the spirit of the equality concept on which the Danish educational system is built. In the light of this debate, it is relevant to address whether demanding training has a harmful or beneficial impact on pupils’ social life. Using a longitudinal dataset of 1,095 Danish pupils in the Municipality of Aalborg, this paper attempts to estimate the impact of sports participation on peer relations, considering different levels of sports dedication. Our results indicate that sports participation increases peer relations in sports, however less for pupils involved in ‘energy’ and especially ‘time’ demanding training. From a policy perspective, on the basis of our results, it can be argued that elite sports classes reduces pupils’ social lives.
AB - In a Danish context, elite sports classes have been moved into the educational system. However, moving the selection of young sports talents into state schools conflicts with the spirit of the equality concept on which the Danish educational system is built. In the light of this debate, it is relevant to address whether demanding training has a harmful or beneficial impact on pupils’ social life. Using a longitudinal dataset of 1,095 Danish pupils in the Municipality of Aalborg, this paper attempts to estimate the impact of sports participation on peer relations, considering different levels of sports dedication. Our results indicate that sports participation increases peer relations in sports, however less for pupils involved in ‘energy’ and especially ‘time’ demanding training. From a policy perspective, on the basis of our results, it can be argued that elite sports classes reduces pupils’ social lives.
KW - Sports participation
KW - elite sports classes
KW - peer relations
KW - rational choice model
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048888399&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19406940.2018.1428213
DO - 10.1080/19406940.2018.1428213
M3 - Journal article
VL - 10
SP - 335
EP - 352
JO - International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics
JF - International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics
IS - 2
ER -