Thinking about the transfer of life skills: Reflections from youth in a community-based sport programme in an underserved urban setting.
Research demonstrates that quality sport-based youth development (SBYD) programmes foster the teaching of life skills (e.g. leadership, self-control) and promote the use of these skills in youths' social environments. Nonetheless, one criticism of this research is the limited evidence of "transfer"...
| Published in: | International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 380 - 395 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2021
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