Open AccessRetrospective survey of youth sports participation: Development and assessment of reliability using school records
Author(s) -
Steven Jin,
Amanda R. Rabinowitz,
Jordan Weiss,
Sameer K. Deshpande,
Nitika Gupta,
Reuben A. Buford May,
Dylan S. Small
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0257487
Subject(s) - respondent , retrospective cohort study , sample (material) , medicine , psychology , political science , law , chemistry , chromatography
Many youths participate in sports, and it is of interest to understand the impact of youth sports participation on later-life outcomes. However, prospective studies take a long time to complete and retrospective studies may be more practical and time-efficient to address some questions. We pilot a retrospective survey of youth sports participation and examine agreement between respondent’s self-reported participation with high school records in a sample of 84 adults who graduated from high school between 1948 and 2018. The percent agreement between our survey and the school resources for individual sports ranged between 91.5% and 100%. These findings provide preliminary evidence for the reliability of retrospective self-report of youth sports participation. This survey may serve as an efficient approach for evaluating relationships between involvement in youth sports and health outcomes later in adulthood.