Table 1.
Characteristics of participants at Time 1 and Time 2 (N = 187) and p-values for the outcome variables
Variable | Time 1 (T1) | Time 2 (T2) | p-value | ||||||
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N | % | M | SD | N | % | M | SD | ||
Personal characteristics | |||||||||
Sex | 187 | ||||||||
Boys | 149 | 79.7 | |||||||
Girls | 38 | 20.3 | |||||||
Age (years) | 186 | 14.41 | 1.47 | ||||||
Youth development | |||||||||
SDQ (total) | 170 | 10.89 | 5.00 | 171 | 11.18 | 4.88 | .67 | ||
Pro-social behaviour | 185 | 7.42 | 1.90 | 184 | 7.36 | 1.89 | .55 | ||
School performance | 187 | 3.30 | 0.82 | 187 | 3.29 | 0.83 | .84 | ||
Subjective health | 187 | 3.44 | 1.05 | 187 | 3.43 | 0.92 | .76 | ||
Well-being | 187 | 3.40 | 1.00 | 187 | 3.35 | 0.86 | .59 | ||
Assets | |||||||||
Self-regulation skills | |||||||||
Planning | 147 | 2.42 | 0.58 | 141 | 2.46 | 0.62 | .71 | ||
Monitoring | 149 | 2.54 | 0.57 | 139 | 2.50 | 0.64 | .48 | ||
Effort | 149 | 2.69 | 0.51 | 137 | 2.67 | 0.51 | .34 | ||
Sense of coherence | |||||||||
Sense of coherence | 178 | 34.09 | 7.82 | 180 | 33.52 | 7.77 | .29 | ||
Sports participation | |||||||||
Frequency of sport (average week) | 186 | 186 | |||||||
Did not sport | 50 | 26.9 | 54 | 29.0 | |||||
1 or 2 times a week | 70 | 37.6 | 63 | 33.8 | |||||
3 or more times a week | 66 | 35.5 | 69 | 37.1 | |||||
Duration of sport (average per activity) | 185 | 185 | |||||||
Did not sport | 50 | 27.0 | 55 | 29.7 | |||||
< ½ an hour | 7 | 3.8 | 9 | 4.9 | |||||
Between ½ - 1 h | 17 | 9.2 | 13 | 7.0 | |||||
Between 1 and 2 h | 93 | 50.3 | 95 | 51.4 | |||||
Between 2 and 3 h | 10 | 5.4 | 9 | 4.9 | |||||
Longer than 3 h | 8 | 4.3 | 4 | 2.2 | |||||
Membership of sports/fitness club | 186 | 185 | |||||||
No | 84 | 45.2 | 97 | 52.4 | |||||
Yes | 102 | 54.8 | 88 | 47.6 |
SDQ total Strengths and Difficulties. Scale range: SDQ total (0–40); pro-social behaviour (0–10); school performance, subjective health, and well-being (1–5); planning, monitoring, and effort (1–4); reflection (1–5); sense of coherence (0–52)