Variables predictoras del abandono de la práctica físico-deportiva en adolescentes. (Predictor variables of the dropping out of physical sport activity by teenagers).

Abstract

Many studies have highlighted the importance of physical activity and sport for youth, not only from a health standpoint but also from a psychosocial point of view. However, one of the major remaining problems is the high dropout rate that sport has among adolescents. The purpose of this article was to further assess this, by trying to identify some of the variables that explain it. Specifically, this study focused on analysing the relationship between abandonment and variables such as gender, age, BMI, family and environment. Based on data drawn from a sample of 5561 students of compulsory secondary education (ESO) and Post-Compulsory Secondary Education (ESPO), the analyses show that abandonment is higher among students attending ESO (47.9 %) than among those who attend ESPO (28.9%), and especially among girls (51.7%). Dropout rates are also higher in those cases where the parents have never performed regular physical activity and where there is a history of dropout among siblings or friends. This helps verify the influence of some structural variables but, more importantly, it stresses the importance of the family and the peer group as role models for the practice of physical and sporting activity

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