Abstract
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to test whether having adolescents involved in sport leads to increased social support among parents. Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children with 3102 primary (Mage = 43.04, SD = 8.75) and 2523 secondary parents (Mage = 46.13, SD = 6.16), differences between social support perceptions across sport participation categories (team-only, individual-only, both, or no-sport) were tested. We tested whether the number of days parents’ adolescents spent involved in sport per week, and the number of hours adolescents spent in sport during a typical day predicted parental social support. Primary parents with adolescents involved in team-sport only or both types of sport reported stronger perceptions of social support than primary parents of non-participants. The number of weekly days parents’ adolescents spent involved in sport activities positively predicted social support among primary parents. No significant effects among secondary parents were found.
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