Children & sports : how parents and the environment parents create lead children to pursue athletic achievement

Children & sports : how parents and the environment parents create lead children to pursue athletic achievement

This study investigates parental influence on children's advancement to higher levels of competition (i.e. older age group intramural and club leagues, high school level, collegiate level, professional, etc.) in sport participation. Much past research has been conducted on parental influence, b...

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Main Author: Clark-Mand, Jordan Ellen
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Children
Sports
Development
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4748
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spelling ndltd-UTEXAS-oai-repositories.lib.utexas.edu-2152-ETD-UT-2011-12-47482015-09-20T17:05:43ZChildren & sports : how parents and the environment parents create lead children to pursue athletic achievementChildren and sportsHow parents and the environment parents create lead children to pursue athletic achievementClark-Mand, Jordan EllenChildrenSportsDevelopmentThis study investigates parental influence on children's advancement to higher levels of competition (i.e. older age group intramural and club leagues, high school level, collegiate level, professional, etc.) in sport participation. Much past research has been conducted on parental influence, but this study furthered the research by more directly addressing television's role in parental influence among children in school grades four-six. Results indicate that a noticeable amount of parents, regardless of their personal knowledge of sport, often use TV as a teaching tool to help their children advance through their sport experiences.text2012-02-21T14:46:23Z2012-02-21T14:46:23Z2011-122012-02-21December 20112012-02-21T14:46:30Zthesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-47482152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4748eng
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topic Children
Sports
Development
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Sports
Development
Clark-Mand, Jordan Ellen
Children & sports : how parents and the environment parents create lead children to pursue athletic achievement
description This study investigates parental influence on children's advancement to higher levels of competition (i.e. older age group intramural and club leagues, high school level, collegiate level, professional, etc.) in sport participation. Much past research has been conducted on parental influence, but this study furthered the research by more directly addressing television's role in parental influence among children in school grades four-six. Results indicate that a noticeable amount of parents, regardless of their personal knowledge of sport, often use TV as a teaching tool to help their children advance through their sport experiences. === text
author Clark-Mand, Jordan Ellen
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title Children & sports : how parents and the environment parents create lead children to pursue athletic achievement
title_short Children & sports : how parents and the environment parents create lead children to pursue athletic achievement
title_full Children & sports : how parents and the environment parents create lead children to pursue athletic achievement
title_fullStr Children & sports : how parents and the environment parents create lead children to pursue athletic achievement
title_full_unstemmed Children & sports : how parents and the environment parents create lead children to pursue athletic achievement
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