@article{ref1,
title="The fun integration theory: toward sustaining children and adolescents sport participation",
journal="Journal of physical activity and health",
year="2015",
author="Visek, Amanda J. and Achrati, Sara M. and Mannix, Heather and McDonnell, Karen and Harris, Brandonn S. and DiPietro, Loretta",
volume="12",
number="3",
pages="424-433",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Children cite &quot;fun&quot; as the primary reason for participation in organized sport and its absence as the number-one reason for youth sport attrition. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop a theoretical framework of fun using a novel mixed-method assessment of participants in sport (FUN MAPS) via concept mapping. <br><br>METHODS: Youth soccer players (n = 142), coaches (n = 37), and parents (n = 57) were stratified by age, sex, and competition level and contributed their ideas through (a) qualitative brainstorming, identifying all of the things that make playing sports fun for players; (b) sorting of ideas; and (c) rating each idea on its importance, frequency, and feasibility. <br><br>RESULTS: The FUN MAPS identify the 4 fundamental tenets of fun in youth sport within 11 fun-dimensions composed of 81 specific fun-determinants, while also establishing the youth sport ethos. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The FUN MAPS provide pictorial evidence-based blueprints for the fun integration theory (FIT), which is a multitheoretical, multidimensional, and stakeholder derived framework that can be used to maximize fun for children and adolescents to promote and sustain an active and healthy lifestyle through sport.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1543-3080",
doi="10.1123/jpah.2013-0180",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2013-0180"
}