Understanding dropout and prolonged engagement in adolescent competitive sport

By J. Fraser-Thomas, J. Côté, J. Deakin. 2008

397 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. Camilla J. Knight
2. David J. Hancock
3. J. Côté
4. N. Holt
5. Wade D. Gilbert
6. J. Crane
7. V. Temple
8. C. Harwood

In Safety Research

1. David J. Hancock
2. Camilla J. Knight
3. N. Holt
4. Wade D. Gilbert
5. J. Crane
6. V. Temple
7. J. Côté
8. S. Vella

In Social Psychology

1. Camilla J. Knight
2. J. Côté
3. David J. Hancock
4. N. Holt
5. Wade D. Gilbert
6. J. Crane
7. V. Temple
8. Candice M. Boden

Citations in the corpus

• Evidence-based policies for youth sport programmes (2016, methodology): “Among these, evidence supports the notion that increased sport diversification increases participation (i.e., avoids dropout) in many sports including tennis (Carlson 1988, Gould et al. 1996), swimming (Fraser-Thomas et al. 2008a, 2008b) and ice hockey (Wall and Côté 2007).”
• Parental Behaviors in Team Sports: How do Female Athletes Want Parents to Behave? (2011, background): “Although there is a well-developed body of parenting literature in sport psychology, several researchers agree that more work is needed to identify the specific behaviors that athletes find supportive ( Fraser-Thomas, Cote, & Deakin, 2008 ; Gould, Lauer, Rolo, Jannes, & Pennisi, 2008 ).”
• A systematic review of dropout from organized sport among children and youth (2015, background): “Fraser-Thomas et al. (2008a, 2008b) concluded that adolescents feel pressure to satisfy the needs of both family and friends.”
• Junior Tennis Players’ Preferences for Parental Behaviors (2010, background): “There continues to be a need to understand the specific parental behaviors that children find supportive and pressuring during competitions ( Fraser-Thomas, Cote, & Deakin, 2008 ; Stein et al, 1999 ).”
• An Integrative Definition of Coaching Effectiveness and Expertise (2009, background): “Although this performance environment can certainly be handled by some children, at a population level it involves a mismatch between children’s developmental needs and coaching behaviours that leads to more dropout, injuries, and shorter careers than when children are trained by a competent partici”