ArticlePloS one2015
Interrelation of Sport Participation, Physical Activity, Social Capital and Mental Health in Disadvantaged Communities: A SEM-Analysis.
Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Domain-specific physical activity and mental health: an updated systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis in a combined sample of 3.3 million people.British journal of sports medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Social capital and physical activity: a literature review up to March 2024.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of sports participation on mental health and social outcomes in adults: a systematic review and the 'Mental Health through Sport' conceptual model.Systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Exploring equity in primary-care-based physical activity interventions using PROGRESS-Plus: a systematic review and evidence synthesis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2016Pooled it
- The impact of online learning community participation on college students' psychological capital: the mediating role of academic identity and the moderating role of psychological resource transformation.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Relationships among sport participation, sport and social competence, and mental health symptomatology.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Sports participation and physical health outcomes: the mediating roles of educational attainment and health-related behaviors.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- How does capital endowment affect dietary quality in rural elderly? Evidence from Heilongjiang Province, China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Beyond the game: social interaction as a bridge from sports to community cohesion and belonging.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- The association between sports social capital and cognitive health: A longitudinal study of middle-aged and elderly adults in China.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- Determinants of physical activity participation among U.S. adolescents aged 12-17: A study of key factors.PloS one · 2025Article
- Effects of physical activity, social capital on positive emotions in older adults-A study based on data from the 2022 CFPS survey.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Comparing Self-Reported Running Distance and Pace With a Commercial Fitness Watch Data: Reliability Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Stuck between medals and participation: an institutional theory perspective on why sport federations struggle to reach Sport-for-All goals.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Article
- Health Conditions, Substance Use, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life in Current and Former Baseball Players.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2021Article
- Social Capital as a Mediator in the Link between Women's Participation in Team Sports and Health-Related Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Social capital and dietary patterns in three ethnic minority groups native to Yunnan Province, Southwest China.PloS one · 2021Article
- THE RELATIONSHIP OF RANGE OF MOTION, HIP SHOULDER SEPARATION, AND PITCHING KINEMATICS.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2020Article
- How community sport programs may improve the health of vulnerable population groups: a program theory.International journal for equity in health · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe Health through Sport conceptual model links sport participation with physical, social and psychological outcomes and stresses the need for more understanding between these outcomes. The present study aims to uncover how sport participation, physical activity, social capital and mental health are interrelated by examining these outcomes in one model.
methodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in nine disadvantaged communities in Antwerp (Belgium). Two hundred adults (aged 18-56) per community were randomly selected and visited at home to fill out a questionnaire on socio-demographics, sport participation, physical activity, social capital and mental health. A sample of 414 adults participated in the study.
resultsStructural Equation Modeling analysis showed that sport participation (β = .095) and not total physical activity (β = .027) was associated with better mental health. No association was found between sport participation and community social capital (β = .009) or individual social capital (β = .045). Furthermore, only community social capital was linked with physical activity (β = .114), individual social capital was not (β = -.013). In contrast, only individual social capital was directly associated with mental health (β = .152), community social capital was not (β = .070).
conclusionThis study emphasizes the importance of sport participation and individual social capital to improve mental health in disadvantaged communities. It further gives a unique insight into the functionalities of how sport participation, physical activity, social capital and mental health are interrelated. Implications for policy are that cross-sector initiatives between the sport, social and health sector need to be supported as their outcomes are directly linked to one another.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.