Competitive youth athletes: how do their families prioritize faith development while participating in sports?

Parent-child relationships can be strengthened by the increased time spent together due to youth sport involvement. The time demands, however, require families to skip religious services. The intent of this qualitative study was to explore how Christian families with competitive youth athletes promo...

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Main Author: Livingston, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2019]
In: International journal of children's spirituality
Year: 2019, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 276-289
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CH Christianity and Society
KBQ North America
NCB Personal ethics
Further subjects:B Faith Development
B youth athletes
B Families
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:Parent-child relationships can be strengthened by the increased time spent together due to youth sport involvement. The time demands, however, require families to skip religious services. The intent of this qualitative study was to explore how Christian families with competitive youth athletes promote faith development. Fifteen families across the United States were interviewed to gather data related to the level of church and sport involvement as well as behaviours related to faith development. The results suggest families strategically find ways to remain involved in church, integrate their faith into daily life, and identify ways to develop character in sports.
ISSN:1469-8455
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of children's spirituality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2019.1650003