The Why of Youth Sport Involvement: A Developmental Perspective on Motivational Processes.

By M. Weiss, Lavon Williams. 2004

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Examining Adolescent Sport Dropout and Prolonged Engagement from a Developmental Perspective (2008, background): “As such, she and many others (e.g., Weiss & Petlichkoff, 1989; Weiss & Williams, 2004) have emphasized the importance of understanding the processes children may go through before they withdraw from sport.”
The role of enjoyment and motivational climate in relation to the personal development of team sport athletes. (2011, background): “Weiss and Williams (2004) summarized the reasons why youth participate in sport.”
Positive Youth Development From Sport to Life: Explicit or Implicit Transfer? (2014, background): “In their review of why youth participate in sport, Weiss and Williams (2004) revealed that youth primarily participate for reasons of physical competence, social acceptance, and enjoyment.”
Exploring the multiple dimensions of social support among elite female adolescent swimmers (2010, background): “Many children and adolescents report sport participation motives that generally relate to perceptions of enjoyment, social affiliation, and competence (Weiss & Williams, 2004).”
Understanding adolescents' positive and negative developmental experiences in sport (2009, background): “Further, negative experiences in sport such as lack of playing time, negative coach experiences, and pressure to win have consistently been associated with dropout in youth sport settings (see Weiss & Williams, 2004, for a review).”
Understanding dropout and prolonged engagement in adolescent competitive sport (2008, background): “Much of the youth sport dropout research has been framed within motivation theories, with most commonly cited reasons for withdrawal including conflicts of interest, and negative experiences such as lack of fun, coach conflicts, and lack of playing time (see Weiss and Williams, 2004 for a review).”
A systematic review of dropout from organized sport among children and youth (2015, background): “As children tend to gravitate toward areas where they perceive they are competent and away from areas where they feel unsuccessful (Weiss and Williams, 2004) it is unsurprising that dropout from sport is associated with lower perceptions of competence.”