PMID- 38251304
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240129
IS  - 2075-4663 (Electronic)
IS  - 2075-4663 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 1
DP  - 2024 Jan 12
TI  - Relative Age and Positive Youth Development in Youth Sport: Do Developmental 
      Assets Play a Role in Creating Advantage Reversals in Female Soccer?
LID - 10.3390/sports12010030 [doi]
LID - 30
AB  - Relative age effects (RAEs) are commonly associated with advantages for older 
      athletes. However, a variety of benefits attributed to 'advantage reversals' have 
      been observed among relatively younger professional athletes. Considering 
      psychosocial development as a proposed mechanism, the purpose of this study was 
      twofold: (1) To explore an association between developmental assets (i.e., 
      facilitators of positive youth development [PYD]) and RAEs; (2) To assess whether 
      overall developmental asset levels are protective against sport dropout. The 
      Developmental Assets Profile(c) was distributed to members of a one-year cohort of 
      post-adolescent, female soccer players from Ontario, Canada. The presence of 
      differences between groups of relatively older (H1; n = 64) and younger (H2; n = 
      57) participants and developmental asset scales were assessed using discriminant 
      analysis. A binary logistic regression was conducted to assess whether overall 
      developmental asset levels are protective against sport dropout, with 
      consideration of relevant factors. Findings suggest that relatively younger, 
      female players score higher in two internal categories: commitment to learning 
      and positive values. The overall developmental asset scores were not found to be 
      protective against dropout. This study provides preliminary, albeit cautious, 
      support that 'advantage reversals' may be in part associated with enhanced PYD 
      resulting from developmental sport experiences.
FAU - Smith, Kristy L
AU  - Smith KL
AD  - Department of Kinesiology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada.
FAU - Jackson, Dennis
AU  - Jackson D
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada.
FAU - Weir, Patricia L
AU  - Weir PL
AD  - Department of Kinesiology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada.
LA  - eng
GR  - N/A/Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240112
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Sports (Basel)
JT  - Sports (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101722684
PMC - PMC10819271
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - advantage reversal
OT  - birth advantage
OT  - developmental assets
OT  - female athlete
OT  - positive youth development
OT  - relative age effects
OT  - sport dropout
OT  - sport engagement
COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2024/01/22 06:42
MHDA- 2024/01/22 06:43
PMCR- 2024/01/12
CRDT- 2024/01/22 05:43
PHST- 2023/11/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/01/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2024/01/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/01/22 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2024/01/22 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/01/22 05:43 [entrez]
PHST- 2024/01/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - sports12010030 [pii]
AID - sports-12-00030 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/sports12010030 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sports (Basel). 2024 Jan 12;12(1):30. doi: 10.3390/sports12010030.