Date range |
From inception of database to October 2018 |
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Language |
English |
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Sample |
Youth-sport participants with mean ages of 12–18 years |
Participants younger than 8 or older than 20 years |
Mental-health outcome measure (i.e., anxiety or depression) |
Studies measuring self-reported symptoms of anxiety and depression |
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Sport-participation measure |
Studies contrasting youth in relation to whether or not they were involved, sport volume, sport frequency, etc. |
Nonsport forms of physical activity, vigorous exercise, and recreational activity |
Organized sport (setting) |
Participants completing sport-participation measures in relation to organized sport in the school or community |
Any nonorganized sport participation (e.g., recess, free play, physical education) |
Study design |
Quantitative studies comparing sport participation to a different activity, to no sport participation, or to other level of sport participation; study designs including correlational (i.e., cross-sectional and prospective) cohort and experimental designs |
Qualitative research, case studies, literature reviews |