Conceptualisation and Measurement of Social Cohesion within the Sport and Physical Activity Context: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Sport, physical activity and social cohesion are increasingly linked within the academic literature. Indeed, studies recognise both the importance of social cohesion for promoting physical activity and the potential of sport to support social cohesion. Up until now, however, the ways in which social cohesion has been defined and measured in the context of sport and physical activity have not been the subject of much academic attention. Through a scoping review of studies measuring social cohesion in the sport and physical activity context, we aim to uncover how social cohesion is defined and measured, thus allowing us to better grasp how the concept is understood and operationalised in this field. As such, full-text inclusion occurred when studies quantitatively measured social cohesion th

SUBMITTER: Moustakas L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10747867 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature