Table 1.
Description of study characteristics.
| Record | First Author (Year) | Topic/Title | Study Design | Population | N | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agata (2018) | Body composition, fitness, and social correlates and sport participation | Secondary analysis | Males and females aged 14–15 years |
238 | South Africa |
| 2 | Atkins (2013) | Parental and peer influences on girls’ continuation in sports | Cross sectional survey |
Females aged 10–14 years | 227 | United States |
| 3 | Balaguer (2012) | Self perceptions, self worth, and sport participation | Cross sectional survey |
Males and females aged 11–16 years |
917 | Spain |
| 4 | Bedard (2020) | Sport participation and social competence | Secondary analysis | Males and females aged 9–14 |
2278 | Canada |
| 5 | Cleland (2005) | Parental exercise association with child sport participation | Secondary analysis | Males and females aged 9–15 |
5929 | Australia |
| 6 | Daniels (2006) | Sport participation, peer acceptance, and self esteem | Secondary analysis | Males and females aged 12–21 |
10,500 | United States |
| 7 | Deflandre (2001) | Physical activity and sport involvement in high school students | Cross sectional survey |
Males and females aged 16–19 years |
48 | France |
| 8 | DeJonge (2019) | Sport commitment and physical self-concept | Prospective longitudinal | Females aged 12–15 years | 215 | Canada |
| 9 | Delorme (2011) | Age and sport dropout in basketball players | Secondary analysis | Males and females aged 7–17 years |
74,645 | France |
| 10 | Dishman (2006) | Self-concept, self esteem, sport participation, and depression in girls | Cross sectional survey |
Females aged 17–18 | 1250 | United States |
| 11 | Dollman (2010) | Socioeconomic position and sport participation | Cross sectional study |
Males and females aged 10–15 years |
1737 | Australia |
| 12 | Eime (2013) | Relationship between family support, access, socioeconomic status and sport participation | Cross sectional survey |
Females aged 11–20 years | 732 | Australia |
| 13 | Engel (1994) | Gender role and stereotypes in women’s sports | Cross sectional survey |
Females aged 12–16 years | 200 | England |
| 14 | Garn (2016) | Perceived teammate acceptance and sport commitment in adolescent female volleyball players | Cross sectional survey |
Females aged 12–16 years | 209 | United States |
| 15 | Gill (1983) | Participation motivation | Cross sectional survey |
Males and females aged 8–18 years |
1138 | United States |
| 16 | Guedes (2013) | Participation motivation | Cross sectional survey |
Males and females aged 12–18 years |
1517 | Brazil |
| 17 | Guzman (2012) | Self-determination theory to predict sport dropout | Prospective longitudinal study | Males and females aged 11–19 years |
857 | Spain |
| 18 | Higginson (1985) | Socializing agents and female sport participation | Cross sectional survey |
U13, junior high and senior high females | 587 | United States |
| 19 | Howie (2019) | Early life factors associated with trajectories of sport participation | Secondary analysis | Males and females aged 5–17 |
1679 | Australia |
| 20 | Kanters (2013) | Impact of race, gender, and socioeconomics on sport participation | Cross sectional survey |
Males and females aged 11–14 years |
2582 | United States |
| 21 | Longhurst (1986) | Motivation for participation in sports | Cross sectional survey |
Males and females aged 8–18 years |
404 | Australia |
| 22 | Luiggi (2018) | Trends in sport participation | Cross sectional survey |
Males and females aged 14–18 years |
3218 | France |
| 23 | McDonough (2005) | Friendship quality, self-concept and sport participation motivation | Cross sectional survey |
Females aged 11–14 years | 227 | Canada |
| 24 | McMillian (2016) | Family structures and sport participation | Secondary analysis | Males and females aged 11–15 years |
21,201 | Canada |
| 25 | Michaud (2006) | Extracurricular sport participation among Swiss adolescents | Secondary analysis | Males and females aged 16–20 years |
7428 | Switzerland |
| 26 | Murphy (2017) | Impact of sport domain on future physical activity | Longitudinal | Males and females aged 10–18 years |
873 | Ireland |
| 27 | Saunders (2004) | Social variables and physical activity | Cross sectional survey |
Females aged 13–14 years | 4044 | United States |
| 28 | Scurr (2016) | Influence of breasts on sport and exercise participation | Cross sectional survey |
Females aged 11–18 years | 2089 | UK |
| 29 | Seabra (2008) | Socioeconomic variables and sport participation | Cross sectional survey |
Males and females aged 10–18 years |
3352 | Portugal |
| 30 | Sit (2006) | Situational state balances and participation motivation | Cross sectional survey |
Males and females aged 14–20 years |
1235 | Hong Kong |
| 31 | Snyder (1976) | Sport participation correlates among girls | Cross sectional survey | High school girls | 500 | United states |
| 32 | Tiggelman (2015) | Parental beliefs as determinants of sport participation in adolescents with asthma | Cohort study | Males and females aged 12–15 years |
253 | Netherlands |
| 33 | Toftegaard-Stockel (2011) | Factors associated with sport participation | Cross sectional survey |
Males and females aged 12–16 years |
6356 | Denmark |
| 34 | Vella (2016) | Associations between sport participation and mental health | Secondary data analysis |
Males and females aged 12 and 14 years |
4023 | Australia |
| 35 | Wattie (2014) | Age-related sport participation and dropout trends | Secondary data analysis |
Males and females aged 11–20 years |
3426 | Germany |
| 36 | Yabe (2019) | Verbal abuse from coaches and sport motivation | Cross sectional study |
Males and females aged 6–15 years |
6791 | Japan |