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100 1 _aScharfenkamp, Katrin
245 0 0 _aIndividuals with disabilities in grassroots football clubs: volunteering and social capital ; Menschen mit Behinderungen in Breitenfußballvereinen: Ehrenamt und Sozialkapital.
_cKatrin Scharfenkamp, Pamela Wicker, Larissa E. Davies.
260 _bSpringer Science and Business Media LLC :
_c2025.
300 _a1 Online-Ressource (9 Seiten)
490 _a German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research
_v2025, 55 : 85–93
520 _aAbstract Volunteering might be a leisure activity that supports the development of social capital of individuals with disabilities in organized sports. This study investigates the link between having a disability (i.e., physical, mental, or both), the likelihood and extent of volunteering, and the level of social capital in grassroots football clubs. We further examine a moderating effect of volunteering hours on the relationship between having a disability and social capital. Drawing on leisure constraints theory, individuals with disabilities are assumed to have a lower probability to volunteer than able-bodied individuals. Also, we hypothesize that individuals with disabilities perceive their social capital as lower than able-bodied individuals. Based on the motivational model, we assume that sport volunteers with disabilities perceive a higher social capital if they volunteer more hours. Data were collected via an online survey in seven European countries and targeted at adult volunteers and members in football clubs ( n = 16,989 volunteers). Results of regressions show that having a physical disability is significantly negatively associated with the probability to volunteer in a football club. Further, having either a physical or mental disability is significantly negatively related to an individuals' social capital level. The moderation analyses indicate that volunteers having both types of disabilities perceive a higher social capital if they volunteer more hours per month.
540 _aAttribution 4.0 International
_fCC BY 4.0
_uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
653 _aEngagement
653 _aFußball
653 _aDeutschland
653 _aBehinderte
700 1 _aWicker, Pamela
700 1 _aDavies, Larissa E.
700 1 _aUEFA
700 1 _aUniversität Bielefeld
856 4 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12662-024-01009-6
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