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Junior Golf And Social Learning Theory Essay

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Building social skills and character in young children of all ages, genders and socioeconomic backgrounds through junior golf programs.

Agency: South Carolina Junior Golf Association/Piedmont Junior Golf Association (PJGA)

Purpose of your case study: To identify how social learning develops from participation in a junior golf program and what beneficial behaviors and attitudes come from active participation.

Goals, purpose and potential significance of your research: The first goal is to identify the connection between sports and social learning theory. The second goal is to identify what actions in a junior golf program help youth learn positive and beneficial behaviors and attitudes that promote health and well-being. The third goal is to identify what impact sports have on youth in relation to their gender, socioeconomic status, and race/ethnicity. The potential significance of my research is that sports...

The results showed low self-control as an indicator for girls and peer pressure as an indicator for boys. "Low self-control was significantly associated with an increase in the variety of violent delinquency among females. Among male respondents, those who were more susceptible to peer pressure engaged in fewer types of violent delinquency" (Koon-Magnin, Bowers, Langhinrichsen-Rohling, & Arata, 2016, p. 824). Sports may have a positive impact for both boys and girls because it teaches discipline or high self-control and places them around peers that are positive minded and goal oriented.
Another 2013 article suggested sports played an active role in improving the self-esteem of participants as well as providing…

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Eime, R., Young, J., Harvey, J., Charity, M., & Payne, W. (2013). A systematic review of the psychological and social benefits of participation in sport for children and adolescents: informing development of a conceptual model of health through sport. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act, 10(1), 98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-10-98

Koon-Magnin, S., Bowers, D., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., & Arata, C. (2016). Social Learning, Self-Control, Gender, and Variety of Violent Delinquency. Deviant Behavior, 37(7), 824-836. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2016.1147798

Lonsdale, C., Rosenkranz, R., Peralta, L., Bennie, A., Fahey, P., & Lubans, D. (2013). A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions designed to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in school physical education lessons. Preventive Medicine, 56(2), 152-161. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.12.004

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