Drawing on Eccles’ expectancy-value model, we investigated the associations between parents’ sports-related socialization behaviors in the family context, youth’s sports’ values, and youth’s involvement in organized sports activities in the Nordic countries. More specifically, we tested the mediating effect of youth’s sports’ values on the link between socialization of sports in the family setting and youth’s sports participation. Further, we examined whether any associations were moderated by youth’s immigrant background or gender. Immigrant and Nordic adolescents (N = 678), in 7th–8th grade, were followed over two consecutive years and responded to surveys during regular class hours. Supporting Eccles’ model, we found that sports-related family co-activities significantly predicted youth’s prospective sports-related behaviors through youth’s sports’ values. The mediation process was robust across both Nordic and immigrant youth and adolescent girls and boys. Further, our results revealed that parents’ role modeling of sports activities was linked to both the amount of time youth currently spend on sports and their continuation in sports through youth’s sports’ values, although these associations were only significant for immigrant youth. Our findings offer insights into how participation in organized sports activities can be promoted among both immigrant and Nordic youth and among boys and girls. Most importantly, the findings may have valuable implications for researchers, policymakers and practitioners interested in promoting youth’s involvement in organized sports activities. This especially applies to immigrant youth, given that the literature consistently reports lower sports involvement among immigrant youth than their native counterparts.

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移民和瑞典青少年参与有组织的体育活动：期望值方法

借鉴埃克尔斯的期望值模型，我们调查了北欧国家父母在家庭背景下与体育相关的社会化行为、青少年的体育价值观以及青少年参与有组织的体育活动之间的关联。更具体地说，我们测试了青少年体育价值观在家庭环境中体育社会化与青少年体育参与之间的中介作用。此外，我们还检查了是否有任何协会受到青年移民背景或性别的调节。对 7 至 8 年级的移民和北欧青少年 (N = 678) 进行了连续两年的跟踪，并在正常上课时间对调查做出回应。支持埃克尔斯的模型，我们发现与体育相关的家庭共同活动通过青少年的体育价值观显着预测了青少年未来的体育相关行为。北欧和移民青年以及青春期女孩和男孩的调解过程都很有力。此外，我们的结果显示，父母对体育活动的角色塑造与青少年目前花在体育上的时间以及他们通过青少年体育价值观继续参加体育运动有关，尽管这些关联仅对移民青少年有意义。我们的研究结果为如何促进移民和北欧青年以及男孩和女孩参与有组织的体育活动提供了见解。最重要的是，这些发现可能对有兴趣促进青年参与有组织的体育活动的研究人员、政策制定者和从业者产生有价值的影响。这尤其适用于移民青年，因为文献一致报道移民青年的体育参与程度低于本土青年。