This study aimed to explore a social-contextual view of talent development in sports by which the demographic and contextual factors of engagement, psychosocial development, and satisfaction, and the extent of their relationships, may be investigated concurrently. The sample (n = 257, n female = 122, and n male = 135) consists of youth athletes (mean age = 17.87 and standard deviation = 1.10), and cross-sectional survey data from two randomly selected sports academies in Ethiopia. Analyses involve group comparisons to identify differences and multiple regressions to examine predictions. Group comparison results show that enrollment in a sports academy accounted for a significant difference in youth athletes’ measured engagement. Moreover, results of regression analyses indicate that higher psychosocial development and more satisfaction of youth athletes were associated with higher engagement and some demographic and contextual factors. Results also show that higher engagement of youth athletes was associated with some demographic and contextual factors. The group comparison results support the self-determination theory, providing evidence regarding the importance of social-contextual conditions in determining the engagement of youth athletes. The results of multiple regression analyses validate engagement theory and substantiate the results of previous studies on talent development. Specifically, it may be inferred that youth athletes’ engagement is not only one of the results of participation in sports but also one of the processes contributing to higher levels of reported psychosocial development and satisfaction. The implications of these results for theory and practice are discussed.

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体育学院作为埃塞俄比亚青年运动员心理社会发展和满意度的途径

本研究旨在探索体育人才发展的社会背景观点，通过该观点可以同时调查参与、心理社会发展和满意度等人口统计学和背景因素，以及它们之间的关系程度。样本（n = 257，n 女性 = 122，n 男性 = 135）由青年运动员（平均年龄 = 17.87 和标准差 = 1.10）和来自埃塞俄比亚两个随机选择的体育学院的横断面调查数据组成。分析涉及组比较以识别差异和多元回归以检查预测。小组比较结果表明，体育学院的入学人数对青年运动员的参与度有显着差异。而且，回归分析的结果表明，青年运动员更高的心理社会发展和更高的满意度与更高的参与度以及一些人口统计和背景因素有关。结果还表明，青年运动员的更高参与度与一些人口统计和背景因素有关。群体比较结果支持自我决定理论，提供了关于社会背景条件在决定青年运动员参与度方面的重要性的证据。多元回归分析的结果验证了敬业度理论并证实了先前关于人才发展的研究结果。具体来说，可以推断，青年运动员的参与不仅是参与体育运动的结果之一，也是有助于提高所报告的心理社会发展和满意度的过程之一。讨论了这些结果对理论和实践的影响。