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Integration of immigrant youth in Sweden: does sport paryticipation really have an impact?
Performance and Training Unit, Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm Centre for the Rights of the Child, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2869-8995
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology.
2020 (English)In: International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, ISSN 0267-3843, E-ISSN 2164-4527, Vol. 25, no 1, p. 891-906Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Sport participation for youth with immigrant background is often argued to play an important role for migrant youth integration into their new host society. Although few well sampled longitudinal studies has been conducted. The aim of this study was to study the impact that sport participation has on two integration-related outcomes (problem behaviours and native friends) by using the Swedish version of the longitudinal CILS4EU study. The multi-group latent growth curve models showed that although youth active or starting in sport independent of immigrant background did less problem behaviours and had more native friends than their peers with the same immigrant background that was not engaged in sport. However, the trajectories were very similar and often very close to zero, which makes it difficult to claim that sport participation has any significant impact on integration in the Swedish society.

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Routledge, 2020. Vol. 25, no 1, p. 891-906
Keywords [en]
Social integration, sport; inclusion, anti-social behaviours, positive youth development
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Sport and Fitness Sciences Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-175709DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2020.1775099ISI: 000606509700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85086719391OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-175709DiVA, id: diva2:1473821
Available from: 2020-10-07 Created: 2020-10-07 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved

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