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• Does sports club participation contribute to physical activity among children and adolescents? : A comparison across six European countries 

  Kokko, Sami; Martin, Leena; Geidne, Susanna; Hoye, Aurelie Van; Lane, Aoife; Meganck, Jeroen; Scheerder, Jeroen; Seghers, Jan; Villberg, Jari; Kudlacek, Michal; Badura, Petr; Mononen, Kaisu; Blomqvist, Minna; De Clercq, Bart; Koski, Pasi (Sage Publications Ltd., 2019)

  Aims: Insufficient physical activity (PA) is one of the largest public health challenges of our time and requires a multisectoral public-health response. PA recommendations state that all children and adolescents should ...

• Predicting change in middle school students’ leisure-time physical activity participation : A prospective test of the trans-contextual model 

  Polet, Juho; Lintunen, Taru; Schneider, Jekaterina; Hagger, Martin S. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)

  We applied the trans-contextual model (TCM) to examine the effects of middle school students’ perceived autonomy support from their physical education (PE) teachers on autonomous motivation toward PE in school and, critically, ...

• Relationships Between Youth Sports Participation and Mental Health in Young Adulthood Among Finnish Males 

  Appelqvist-Schmidlechner, Kaija; Vaara, Jani; Häkkinen, Arja; Vasankari, Tommi; Mäkinen, Juha; Mäntysaari, Matti; Kyröläinen, Heikki (Sage Publications, 2018)

  There is a growing body of evidence that higher level of physical activity is associated with a better state of mental health. Less is known about the relationships between youth competitive sports and mental health in ...

• Does organized sport participation during youth predict healthy habits in adulthood? : A 28-year longitudinal study 

  Palomäki, Sanna; Hirvensalo, Mirja; Smith, Kylie; Raitakari, Olli; Männistö, Satu; Hutri-Kähönen, Nina; Tammelin, Tuija (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2018)

  Health behaviors in youth can predict the same behaviors later in life, but the role of sport participation in predicting healthy lifestyle habits is unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association between ...

• Adolescent Sport Participation and Age at Menarche in Relation to Midlife Body Composition, Bone Mineral Density, Fitness, and Physical Activity 

  Ravi, Suvi; Kujala, Urho M.; Tammelin, Tuija H.; Hirvensalo, Mirja; Kovanen, Vuokko; Valtonen, Maarit; Waller, Benjamin; Aukee, Pauliina; Sipilä, Sarianna; Laakkonen, Eija K. (MDPI AG, 2020)

  This study aimed to investigate the associations of competitive sport participation in adolescence and age at menarche (AAM) with body composition, femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD), physical performance, and physical ...