Sport Participation across the Life Cycle: A Review of the Literature and Suggestions for Future Research

Barry D. McPherson ^[1]
1. [1] University of Waterloo
  
  University of Waterloo
  
  Canadá
Localización: Sociology of sport journal, ISSN 0741-1235, Vol. 1, Nº. 3, 1984, págs. 213-230
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- To provide baseline information for future studies pertaining to sport participation and aging, this paper summarizes the literature on sport participation patterns across the life cycle, briefly describes the importance of analyzing aging as a social process, and argues that alternative theoretical frameworks including a life-span developmental perspective should be utilized in future studies. The paper also introduces a number of theoretical and methodological issues that should be addressed concerning research in this area, and raises a variety of research questions that must be pursued in order to better understand sport phenomena from a life cycle perspective, especially during the middle and later years of life.