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Socialization in sport

how children's sports habitus is constructed

The aim of this study was to investigate children's socialization in sport using both the concept of habitus as suggested by Bourdieu and the concepts of code and socialization context proposed by Bernstein. In addition, the perceived relation between sport and health was investigated. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 9 children from 6th grade primary school (9 or 10 yrs) and 11 parents (38 to 51 yrs) from families with a high socio-economic status. Results indicate that parents stimulate participation in organized sport because they believe it is normal, but leave the choice of sports to their children, who often choose sports their parents, siblings or peers already play. When participating in sport, coaches are perceived to be the main source of sport-specific knowledge, teaching the restricted code of the sport to the children, even though parents might also do this if they have access to the restricted code. Parents also structure their children's opportunities for outdoor play by planning other activities and providing equipment. Children themselves like playing outside, especially playing football or their own sport with peers. Parents and children stress that sport should be fun, which parents try to accomplish by cheering children on during matches and giving compliments about hard work rather than winning, helping children to cope with negative emotions as a result of a lost match. In all, parents believe sport to be a supplement for health in case children do not move enough, similar to why parents and children perceive physical education is on the curriculum, but they mainly stimulate participation in organized sport because they believe it contributes to the development of social skills. Children, on the other hand, believe sport and health are intrinsically linked. Future research should include families with a low SES, investigating whether they share the same dispositions.

Uitgever(s): Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,

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J.L.M. Overdevest

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