ABSTRACT

Research question

Continued sport participation hinges on facilitators and constraints, which may change throughout an individual’s life. The research question for this study was: ‘How do facilitators and constraints change over time in the pursuit of lifelong participation in sport?’

Research methods

Interviews with 16 participants who commenced surfing as a child and continued to surf at middle adulthood revealed the facilitators and constraints that affected their commencement and continuation of surfing.

Results and findings

Findings showed that social factors (e.g. friends and family) facilitated surfing as a child and continued to do so in middle adulthood. However, a significant shift was noted in middle adulthood towards participants’ mental wellbeing as a strong facilitator for continued participation. Furthermore, middle-aged adults used other activities to develop competencies that would compensate for any loss of functional capacity and help them continue surfing.

Implications

The results offer an application of social ecology in sport which contributes to understanding facilitators and constraints within a sport-specific context over lifetime participation.

中文翻译：

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终生参与冲浪过程中促进因素和限制因素变化的检验

摘要

研究问题

持续的体育参与取决于促进者和限制因素，这可能会在个人的一生中发生变化。这项研究的研究问题是：“在追求终身参与体育运动的过程中，促进因素和限制因素如何随时间变化？”

研究方法

对 16 名从孩提时代开始冲浪并在中年继续冲浪的参与者的访谈揭示了影响他们开始和继续冲浪的促进因素和制约因素。

结果和发现

调查结果表明，社会因素（例如朋友和家人）促进了儿童时期的冲浪，并在成年中期继续这样做。然而，在成年中期，参与者的心理健康发生了重大转变，成为继续参与的强大促进因素。此外，中年成年人通过其他活动来发展能力，以弥补任何功能损失并帮助他们继续冲浪。

启示

结果提供了社会生态学在体育运动中的应用，有助于理解特定运动背景下终生参与的促进因素和制约因素。