The relationship between media use and sports participation behavior: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The use of media profoundly affects people's sports participation behavior. Past research has presented mixed results on the relationship between media use and sports participation behaviors. Therefore, the relationship between media use and sports participation behavior should be revisited.

Methods

A meta-analysis of 17 independent studies from 12 literature was conducted to determine whether (a) media use positively influences sports participation behaviors, and (b) form of media, media measurement methods, study subjects, and culture moderated these relationships. Pearson's correlation was used to conduct a random-effects meta-analysis and examine the moderating effects.

Results

The results showed a positive correlation between media use and sports partic

SUBMITTER: Tian Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10331189 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature