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SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2022

Predictors of Persistent Participation in Youth Sport: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Meng Zhang, Xiao-Chun Wang, Bin Shao

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Frontiers in psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Health-related outcomes of youth sport participation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025
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  9. A qualitative analysis of female sport experiences in soccer.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meng ZhangInstitute of Physical Education, Huzhou University, Zhejiang, China.
Xiao-Chun WangInstitute of Foreign Studies, Huzhou University, Zhejiang, China.
Bin ShaoSchool of Physical Education and Training, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
Huzhou University · CNShanghai University of Sport · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are many factors affecting decisions to persistent participation in sports and various approaches have been used to frame these antecedents. The aim of this paper was to systematically review and quantify the primary factors of persistent participation and to assess their respective strengths of association with persistent participation in youth sport. Adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyzes (PRISMA) guidelines, a comprehensive search was implemented on 31st December 2021 in five databases and meta-analytic procedures were applied to data from studies meeting inclusion criteria. The results revealed that sports enjoyment (meta Systematic Review Registration: PROSPERO, identifier: CRD42021229397.

Indexed as

factorsmeta-analysispersistent participationsportsystematic review

Identifiers

PMID35712153
PMCPMC9196305
OpenAlexW4281661505

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