PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Odel, Age 13, Positive Youth Development

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3480
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

Chapter 9 youth involvement and positive development in sport. Youth-sport programs tat focus on fun, skill development, and maximum participation encourage people to stay involved and achieve success at all developmental stages of life and at all levels of sport. By focusing on the common building blocks that all young people need, we can reduce costs and increase the benefits associated with sport participation. Youth sport programs have the potential to contribute to positive youth outcomes, but these positive outcomes do not occur automatically through youth-sport involvement. Positive outcomes associated with youth-sport involvement: health benefits, increased self-esteem, friendships, discipline, teamwork, and competence. Negative youth-sport experiences: insensitive coaches, pressure from parents, peer victimization, aggression, and decreased self-esteem: no studies empirically shown cause-effect relationship between youth-sport participation and developmental outcomes. Sport involvement can contribute to physically health and positive psychological and social development, also evidence of less-desirable relationships between sport participation and youth development.