The Nat'l Sports & Society Survey (NSASS) surveyed 3,993 US adults, focusing on sports-related behaviors, attitudes, and links to well-being. PI: Chris Knoester
Playing heavy-contact sports was also positively associated with ever committing violence. Thus, it seems that organized youth (& adult) sport participation is not a very effective social control for violent behavior. In fact, sports may commonly encourage violent behaviors.
Subsequent results revealed that playing org youth sport and dropping out was uniquely and positively associated with ever committing violence. Associations with recent violence were apparently being driven by youth who first played organized sports during their teenage years.
d) Finally, @LeeLower1 received Departmental seed funding to begin work on a National Disability & Sport Project, starting w/ 20 in-depth interviews & quantitative data analyses of @NSASS2017 respondents. Kelly Tanner & @ChrrOSU are supporting this exciting & important project.
As we wrap up another Academic Year, a few NSASS updates:
a) Congrats to Tristan Hoh & Neil Sampath for their @NSASS2017 research & presentations! Both presented wonderfully at the 8th @SportsSociety Undergrad Research Fair/6th Sports Analytics Conference! https://t.co/DUpAUgTS51
c) @SportsSociety released '25 Research report (https://t.co/LOek07yhYp), as it continues to emerge as a hub for fascinating, cutting-edge and impactful interdisciplinary sports & society work; with major NSASS investments and contributions
A study done by Ohio State University found that Catholic men are the most likely to bet on sports. @krisdanjohnson recounts his side of the story.
Read here: https://t.co/m1VxyVDKsF
A new study from the Ohio State University shows having a religious affiliation generally doesn't stop people from sports betting. https://t.co/7Q3co0BXVq
Need to continue to seek to understand how religiosity & gender shape behaviors—including risky behaviors. Moreover, trace how sports gambling, and its connections to religiosity & gender, has changed with the apparent & dramatic increase in sports gambling in more recent years.
New research by @LauraUpenieks & Chris Knoester on religiosity, gender, & sports gambling published in @SSJ_Journal. Finds modest levels of sports gambling around Supreme Court’s overturning of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA).
https://t.co/kZDpC2DvUp
Suggests, sports gambling was relatively common & low stakes in '18ish. Religiosity did not automatically curb sports gambling. Instead, interacted w/ gender & denomination id's, w/ Catholic men & occasional attendees being particularly likely to gamble.
People who infrequently attend religious services are more likely to gamble on sports than people who attend services at least weekly or who never worship publicly, a new @OhioState study has found. @ASCatOSU https://t.co/eHLY3ixe1F
"In today’s America, rec teams often aren’t considered a viable option for kids. That must change, since research says they’re ideal for the vast majority of kids," writes Gail Cornwall
https://t.co/ayn0xXrTzU
Pickup basketball and neighborhood kickball are less common now than for generations past, giving way to more organized and formal youth sports intended to help kids get ahead, a new @OhioState study suggests. @ASCatOSU https://t.co/DpyvT9dF6n