The importance of family support to engage and retain girls in male dominated action sports. A qualitative study of young people's perspectives.

Melanie J Sharman Meredith Nash Robyn Moore Suzanne WaddinghamAnita L OakleyHelen LangenbergVerity J Cleland

Published in: Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals (2023)

Sport-related organisations/groups have numerous opportunities to improve girls' representation in action sports by fostering family level social support through various means. Intervention strategies should be tailored to account for gendered participation differences.

Keyphrases

social support
depressive symptoms
randomized controlled trial
high school
physical activity
smoking cessation