Come out and play: Shyness in childhood and the benefits of organized sports participation.

By L. Findlay, Robert J. Coplan. 2008

183 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Safety Research, Social Psychology

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In Safety Research

1. J. Crane
2. R. Seiler
3. Robert J. Coplan
4. V. Temple
5. Annemarie Schumacher Dimech

In Social Psychology

1. Robert J. Coplan
2. Kimberley A. Arbeau
3. M. Weeks
4. J. Crane
5. J. Harvey
6. R. Seiler
7. Jens Kleinert
8. V. Temple

Citations in the corpus

• Unsociability in Middle Childhood: Conceptualization, Assessment, and Associations with Socioemotional Functioning (2010, unknown): “…quite consistent with previous research in this area indicating that shy children are at risk for internalizing problems (including anxiety) and tend to be excluded and rejected by peers (e.g., Coplan et al., 2004; Crozier, 1995; Findlay & Coplan, 2008; Gazelle & Ladd, 2003; Prior et al., 2000).”
• A systematic review of dropout from organized sport among children and youth (2015, background): “…studies show that participation in sport is associated with more positive perceptions of competence (McCarthy et al., 2008); higher self-esteem (Findlay and Coplan, 2008; Marsh and Kleitman, 2003); more positive mood states, emotional control and social adequacy (Griffiths et al., 2010; Marsh…”
• Loneliness and physical activity: A systematic review (2016, background): “Four studies aimed to investigate the influence of physical activity on loneliness as one aspect of general psychosocial outcomes (Findlay & Coplan, 2008; Sundblad et al., 2008), well-being (McAuley et al., INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY 235 Table 1.”
• A systematic review of the psychological and social benefits of participation in sport for children and adolescents: informing development of a conceptual model of health through sport (2013, background): “Similarly, Findlay and Coplan (2008) in a longitudinal analysis over a one-year period, did not find significant effects of sport participation over the year (neither main effects of time or participation-time interactions) on social skills, self-esteem, positive adjustment or externalising problem…”
• Shyness, teacher-child relationships, and socio-emotional adjustment in grade 1 (2010, background): “Interestingly, Findlay and Coplan (2008) also found evidence to suggest that participation in organized sports plays a unique protective role for shy, withdrawn children; specifically sport participation was related to increased general self-esteem and decreased social anxiety.”
• Extra-curricular sport participation: A potential buffer against social anxiety symptoms in primary school children☆ (2011, background): “Sport participation in organised sports was also found to play a protective role for shy children and was also associated with a reduction in anxiety (Findlay & Coplan, 2008).”