Purpose: Despite the strong belief in sports programs as a setting in which socially
vulnerable youth can develop life skills, no overview exists of life skill development in sports …

Background Family socioeconomic indicators (education, occupation, and household
income) are key determinants influencing children's physical activity (PA). This study aims to …

Background Physical activity plays an important role in the maintenance of health, and it is
especially important during childhood. However, the lack of information about differences in …

Background Research has shown that sports participation is positively related to youth
developmental outcomes, but it is still unknown if sports participation relates to these …

ABSTRACT Research questions Sport-for-All encompasses efforts to make organised sport
accessible for all people. Although Sport-for-All is integrated in sport federations' missions …

Sport is often framed as a panacea for social disharmony, especially within the context of
marginalised youth populations, and is widely promoted as a mechanism through which a …

Society and economy are only two of the dimensions of vulnerability. This paper aims to
elucidate the state of the art of data sources, spatial variables, indicators, methods, indexes …

In this article, we stress that class plays an important role in life choices, lifestyles and
access to valuable resources and that it thus also matters for adolescent sport participation …

This study explores an activist approach for co-creating a prototype pedagogical model of
sport for working with boys from socially vulnerable backgrounds. This paper addresses the …

Sports clubs are often perceived as important mediums for social integration, but the
empirical evidence to support this claim is limited. This article sets out to identify individual …