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Sports participation and psychosocial health: a longitudinal observational study in children.
BMC Public Health
June 2018
Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health research institute (VUmc), Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam, 1081, BT, The Netherlands.
Background: It is well known that sports participation is positively associated with psychosocial health in children, but details about this association over time are lacking. This study aimed to explore longitudinal associations between several characteristics of sports participation and three aspects of psychosocial health (internalizing problems, externalizing problems and prosocial behaviour) in Dutch children aged 10-12 years.
Methods: Data from 695 fourth-grade primary school children were included at baseline; 10-13 months later, 487 children (response rate 70.