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. 2021 May 19:3:655579.
doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.655579. eCollection 2021.

Sport Events for Sport Participation: A Scoping Review

Georgia Teare  1 , Marijke Taks  1
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Sport Events for Sport Participation: A Scoping Review

Georgia Teare et al. Front Sports Act Living. .

Abstract

Research on sport participation impacts from sport events has been sporadic. This scoping review assesses the current state of literature that addresses impacts, legacies, and leveraging of sport events for sport participation outcomes and the gaps in terms of study context and research designs. Two systematic approaches of article identification were performed: a traditional database search and a systematic manual search. Studies on sport participation outcomes from events mainly focused on mega sport events and adult populations, with the majority employing cross-sectional data and quantitative methods. The use theoretical of frameworks is limited and inconsistent. There is a need for longitudinal investigations, as well as more focus on youth populations, participant events, and smaller-sized events to advance the research agenda for sport participation outcomes from sport events.

Keywords: impact; legacy; leverage; mega sport events; small scale sport events.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Flow diagrams for the traditional database search and systematic manual search.
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Year of publication.
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Study context: Size of event (A), Type of event (B), and Study population (C).
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Research design: Study design (A), Methods, (B), Type of data (C), and Instruments (D).
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Research findings.
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