ABSTRACT

Research question

This article addresses the need to develop a comprehensive understanding of research on the formation and content of youth sport policies by presenting a review of studies across the period from 2000 to 2020. The review examined the scale and scope of these studies, collective research findings, and theoretical and methodological approaches utilised.

Research methods

Compatible approaches to research synthesis were utilised. Scoping review methods supported searching within 31 relevant journals . Scoping review techniques augmented by those of ‘meta-study’ were used to analyse the 71 articles that were identified through the review. The definition of youth sport policy research through inclusion/exclusion of articles was determined

Results and Findings

Youth sport policy research was dominated by studies in Europe and North America. There was also a predominance of qualitative methods, with studies being collectively limited in their utilisation of theory. Forty-four percent of studies examined policies focused on schools, with similar proportions (between 17% and 20%) addressing policies for welfare and safeguarding, community-based participation, and high-performance sport. Youth sport policy goals were often found to overlap and be influenced by other policy agendas, with health being a prominent policy concern.

Implications

Besides the need for a wider geographical spread, improved theoretical underpinning and expanding quantitative methods should be priorities for future youth sport policy research. Extending normative analysis and study of democracy and inclusion in youth sport policy-making should also be pursued, especially as young people appear commonly excluded from these processes.

中文翻译：

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二十年的青年体育政策研究：扩大范围审查和综合

摘要

研究问题

本文通过对 2000 年至 2020 年期间的研究进行回顾，提出了全面了解青少年体育政策的形成和内容研究的必要性。该回顾审查了这些研究的规模和范围、集体研究结果以及所采用的理论和方法。

研究方法

使用了兼容的研究合成方法。范围界定审查方法支持在 31 种相关期刊内进行检索。使用“元研究”增强的范围界定审查技术来分析通过审查确定的 71 篇文章。通过纳入/排除文章确定青少年体育政策研究的定义

结果和发现

青少年体育政策研究以欧洲和北美的研究为主。定性方法也占主导地位，研究在理论的运用上总体上受到限制。44% 的研究审查了针对学校的政策，相似比例（17% 至 20%）涉及福利和保障、基于社区的参与和高水平体育的政策。人们发现，青少年体育政策目标经常重叠并受到其他政策议程的影响，其中健康是一个突出的政策关注点。

影响

除了需要更广泛的地理范围外，改进理论基础和扩大定量方法应该是未来青少年体育政策研究的优先事项。还应扩大对青年体育政策制定中民主和包容性的规范分析和研究，特别是因为年轻人似乎普遍被排除在这些进程之外。