The use of Self-regulation examined against the relative age effect in youth sports

Tromp, M. (Marisa) (2013) The use of Self-regulation examined against the relative age effect in youth sports. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the use of self-regulation against the Relative Age Effect (RAE) in youth talents of popular individual and team sports. To examine the use of self-regulation, 492 youth talents (Mage= 14.6, SD = 1.7) in 14 popular sports filled in the SRLSRS questionnaire. The RAE was calculated by distributing the birth dates of talents in yearly quartiles, with the focus being on talents born in first and last quartile. A MANCOVA revealed no significant differences in self-regulation between talents born in the first quartile and talents born in the last quartile (p > o.os). Nevertheless, younger talents scored relatively higher on the use of self-regulatory skills. Differences in the use of self-regulation between individual and team sports were found (p < o.os). These differences might be due to the contexts within both types of sports, possibly due to a different proportion of factors involved in the RAE. Through the use of self-regulation, younger talents may be able to keep up with their relatively older peers in highly competitive talent selections. Finally, we propose practical implications regarding the use of self-regulation as a recommendation to counteract the RAE in youth sports.

Item Type:	Thesis (Thesis)
Supervisor name:	Supervised by: and Elferink-Gemser, Dr. Marije and Sport & Performance I Human Movement Sciences I University o
Faculty:	Medical Sciences
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2020 10:55
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2020 10:55
URI:	https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1550

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