The distinction between hard and soft skills has long been a topic of debate in the field of
psychology, with hard skills referring to technical or practical abilities, and soft skills relating …

Positive youth development is a popular guiding framework for studying the psychosocial
development of youth. In sport research, for more than two decades, this framework has …

Since the early 2000s, models of positive youth development (PYD), as well as the concept
of life skills, have served as popular approaches by which to situate psychosocial …

The purpose of this article is to review and critique the literature in youth sport that
specifically relates to parental influence on the experiences and psychosocial development …

Purpose: In response to the Grand Challenge of promoting the Healthy Development for All
Youth, many programs aim to enhance the development and transfer of life skills. However …

Despite the pervasive belief that sport can serve as a vital context for positive youth
development (PYD), the associated empirical evidence to support these claims is less …

Recent studies have highlighted physical education (PE) as a setting for life skills
development, yet little is known about how teachers can promote the development and …

Positive youth development represents a strength-based approach to development in which
life skills are recognized as desired assets that prepare youth to function as productive …

Objectives The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between perceived
teacher autonomy support versus control and students' life skills development in PE, and …

This study investigated if basic need satisfaction and frustration mediated the associations
between autonomy-supportive and controlling coaching behaviours and participants' …