In recent decades, the positive youth development approach has gained momentum among
researchers and practitioners who focus on youth potential and adolescent well-being. In …

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 …

The overall purpose of this study was to create a model of positive youth development (PYD)
through sport grounded in the extant qualitative literature. More specifically, the first …

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 …

Millions of high school student-athletes in North America practice sport, and national
federations communicate through their mission statements that this fosters student-athletes' …

The purpose of this study was to explore attitudes towards, experiences of, and perceived
effectiveness of a life-skills programme for high-performance young athletes from multiple …

Previous research has demonstrated how participation in high school sport can be
conducive to the development of various life skills. However, there is a lack of exhaustive …

Researchers have examined youth sport coaches' role in facilitating positive youth
development (PYD). This past research demonstrates that when coaches use an intentional …

Although the physical and psychological benefits of youth participating in sport are evident,
the increasing professionalization and specialization of youth sport, primarily by coaches …

There remains limited research into the role that parents play to support their child's
psychosocial development within elite youth sport contexts. The present study was …