About this Research Topic
The Positive Youth Development (PYD) paradigm, which promotes young people’s growth through the development of their strengths and supportive relationships has traditionally been applied in the sports context. Over the past 20 years, there has been a significant expansion in the literature on PYD through sport, primarily in the context of school and extracurricular sports. Programs that are intentionally organized to favor the development of life skills, that is, those skills that contribute to young people directing their life experiences within and beyond the program, are considered to belong to this paradigm.
This Research Topic aims to expand scientific knowledge on the theoretical and practical implications of PYD programs and their impact on life skills development in the sports context. This includes understanding how sports can be a vehicle for promoting positive development in young people and how these skills contribute to young people directing their life experiences within and beyond the program.
We welcome studies from different scalar levels (local, regional, national, international, and/or global), social contexts, sports (individual sports, team sports), competitive levels (elite, professional, amateur, grassroots, etc.), and social agents (athletes, coaches, teachers, parents, peers, etc.). We are particularly interested in longitudinal studies in which an intervention has been carried out and the effectiveness of the intervention on life skills has been analyzed. This could include elite sports, organized sports, recreational and leisure-time sports, extracurricular sports, school-based physical activity and sports, or physical education.
This Research Topic aims to expand scientific knowledge on the theoretical and practical implications of PYD programs and their impact on life skills development in the sports context. This includes understanding how sports can be a vehicle for promoting positive development in young people and how these skills contribute to young people directing their life experiences within and beyond the program.
We welcome studies from different scalar levels (local, regional, national, international, and/or global), social contexts, sports (individual sports, team sports), competitive levels (elite, professional, amateur, grassroots, etc.), and social agents (athletes, coaches, teachers, parents, peers, etc.). We are particularly interested in longitudinal studies in which an intervention has been carried out and the effectiveness of the intervention on life skills has been analyzed. This could include elite sports, organized sports, recreational and leisure-time sports, extracurricular sports, school-based physical activity and sports, or physical education.
Keywords: life skills, positive youth development, sport, transference, young people
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