Amand L. Hardiman
Youth sport during the COVID-19 pandemic: The influence of race and affluence on parents’ perspectives of youth participation
Hardiman, Amand L.; Fleming, Daniel J.M.; Dorsch, Travis E.; Blazo, Jordan A.; Farrey, Tom; Lerner, Jennifer Brown; Solomon, Jon
Authors
Dr Daniel Fleming Dan.Fleming@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Travis E. Dorsch
Jordan A. Blazo
Tom Farrey
Jennifer Brown Lerner
Jon Solomon
Abstract
COVID-19 restrictions led to a nearly 50% decline in youth sport participation across the United States (Dorsch et al., 2021). Today, communities and sport organizations have resumed sport. However, research has yet to fully elucidate how COVID-19 restrictions impacted youth participation across different sociodemographic groups during the pandemic. The present study explored the association between race and affluence and their relationship with parents' attitudes toward children's youth sport participation before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Online questionnaires were completed by a nationally representative sample of 3706 parents (Mage = 39.57 ± 9.03 years) who had a child regularly participating in youth sport before COVID-19. Multivariate Analyses of Variance using Tukey post-hoc tests were conducted to examine the main effect differences by race and affluence and the interactive effects of race and affluence. Results suggest that race and affluence -- independently and in combination -- were salient categorical variables of children's weekly hours of sport participation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings highlight that White*high affluent groups had the highest rates of sport participation during the COVID-19 pandemic and that these families desire to invest more time and money at greater rates upon returning. Theoretically, designed intersectionality research is recommended to explore further effects of race and affluence in youth sport.
Citation
Hardiman, A. L., Fleming, D. J., Dorsch, T. E., Blazo, J. A., Farrey, T., Lerner, J. B., & Solomon, J. (2024). Youth sport during the COVID-19 pandemic: The influence of race and affluence on parents’ perspectives of youth participation. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 10, Article 100907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2024.100907
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 27, 2024 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 3, 2024 |
Publication Date | 2024 |
Deposit Date | Apr 12, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 12, 2024 |
Journal | Social Sciences and Humanities Open |
Print ISSN | 2590-2911 |
Electronic ISSN | 2590-2911 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 10 |
Article Number | 100907 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2024.100907 |
Keywords | Youth sport; COVID-19; Race; Affluence; Intersectionality |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4624078 |
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