title: A developmental overview of child and youth sports in society.
abstract: This article provides a brief review of sport participation for children and adolescents from psychological, physical, and social developmental perspectives. The following areas are reviewed: the relationship between normal developmental readiness and sporting participation; the potential positive and negative aspects of athletic participation for the child and adolescent; the effects of sporting participation on self-concept; potential adverse physical and psychological effects; recent research regarding motivation for youth sports participation; proposed recommendations for guidelines in youth sport programs; a social perspective on sports in the United States; the current and future role of child and adolescent psychiatrists; and future challenges for sport psychiatry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Stryer
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Tofler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lapchick
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data