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Sport, an engine to empower youth well-being?

what sport participation can mean for young people in poverty situations in the Netherlands

This study attempted to empirically demonstrate whether young people living in poverty experienced lower levels of well-being. Moreover, this thesis aimed to explain the assumptions that social exclusion, objective, perceived and emotional health are a positive result from sport participation, and impact levels of well-being. This thesis makes use of the CILS4EU dataset in order to first test whether living in poverty influences well-being, and if sport participation mediates this relationship. Secondly, the dataset is used in order to determine what benefits sport participation possibly brings in order to explain these well-being levels. The dataset consists of young people of the age from twelve to sixteen. The results show that sport participation can contribute to experienced levels of well-being of young people living in poverty situations in the Netherlands (b=0.12, p<0.01). Additionally, the assumptions that social inclusion (b= 0.01, p=<0.01), perceived (b=0.04, p=<0.01) and emotional (b=0.05, p=<0.01) health are positive effects of sport participation, which explain the higher levels of well-being of young people that sport more frequently are accepted. Objective health (BMI) does not contribute significantly to this relationship.    

Uitgever(s): NHTV University of Applied Science,

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Lizzy Klijs

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