The Role of Social Influence: Parental and Peer Impact on Performance Outcomes in Youth Sports

Abstract

The current study was investigate the effects of Influence of Parents and Peers on sports’ Performance of Young Athletes. The objective of the study were; to examine the relationship between effects of Influence of Parents and Peers on sports’ Performance of Young Athletes, to investigate the effects of Influence of Parents and Peers on sports’ Performance of Young Athletes. The study was descriptive in nature. Survey method was used to collect the related data for this study. The population was the young athletes of Sahiwal Division in the current study. The sampling size was 100 students were conveniently selected. Researcher used survey questionnaire as an instrument for the purpose of data collection in the existing research. Apart from the personal information, the questionnaire contained two subscale included in the questionnaire were sports’ Performance of Young Athletes (6items) Influence of Parents (8items), Influence of peers (5items).The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive analysis. The results from Pearson’s correlation analysis exposed that Influence of Parents and Peers on sports’ Performance of Young Athletes had strongly significant relationship. It was concluded Influence of Parents and Peers on sports’ Performance of Young Athletes were positively correlated to each other. The modern research is widely linked with Influence of Parents and Peers on sports’ Performance of Young Athletes. The present study achieved its objectives and exposed the results of descriptive statistics and empirical conclusion of the effects of Influence of Parents and Peers on sports’ Performance of Young Athletes.

Keywords: Young Athletes, Social influence, Performance