Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Postbus 1738, 3000, DR, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Prev Med. 2024 Jul;184:108002. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.108002. Epub 2024 May 12.
Sports participation is lower in people of Turkish and Moroccan origin in the Netherlands than in native Dutch people. Addressing this inequality calls for better insights into antecedents of sports participation in different ethnic groups. Theorists suggested that loneliness may hamper sports participation, and levels of loneliness are high among people of Turkish and Moroccan origin. This study assessed the longitudinal association between loneliness and regular sports participation among Turkish origin, Moroccan origin and native Dutch people.
Data are from Turkish origin (n = 394), Moroccan origin (n = 387) and native Dutch (n = 1663) people who participated in Wave 1 (2008-2010) and Wave 2 (2013) of the Netherlands Longitudinal Lifecourse Study. Regular sports participation at follow-up was regressed on loneliness at baseline in logistic regression models adjusted for baseline sports participation and a range of confounders. Models were stratified by ethnic group.
Turkish and Moroccan origin people had lower rates of regular sports participation and higher levels of loneliness than native Dutch people. Loneliness at baseline was negatively associated with sports participation at follow-up for people of Turkish and Moroccan origin. No evidence of a longitudinal association between loneliness and sports participation among native Dutch people was found.
The demonstrated positive longitudinal association between loneliness and regular sports participation in people of Turkish and Moroccan origin potentially opens new ways to encourage physical activity in these groups. An integrated approach to addressing loneliness and physical inactivity among people with a non-western migration background may benefit the realization of both goals.
在荷兰，土耳其裔和摩洛哥裔人群参与体育运动的比例低于荷兰本土人群。为了解决这种不平等现象，需要更好地了解不同族裔群体参与体育运动的前因。理论表明，孤独感可能会阻碍人们参与体育运动，而土耳其裔和摩洛哥裔人群的孤独感水平较高。本研究评估了孤独感与土耳其裔、摩洛哥裔和荷兰本土人群定期参与体育运动之间的纵向关联。
数据来自于参加荷兰纵向生命历程研究第 1 波（2008-2010 年）和第 2 波（2013 年）的 394 名土耳其裔、387 名摩洛哥裔和 1663 名荷兰本土人群。在调整了基线运动参与和一系列混杂因素后，使用逻辑回归模型将随访时的定期运动参与情况回归到基线时的孤独感上。根据族裔群体对模型进行分层。
土耳其裔和摩洛哥裔人群的定期运动参与率较低，孤独感水平较高，而荷兰本土人群则相反。基线时的孤独感与土耳其裔和摩洛哥裔人群随访时的运动参与呈负相关。在荷兰本土人群中，没有发现孤独感和运动参与之间存在纵向关联的证据。
在土耳其裔和摩洛哥裔人群中，孤独感与定期运动参与之间表现出积极的纵向关联，这为鼓励这些群体参与体育活动提供了新的途径。采取综合方法解决具有非西方移民背景的人群的孤独感和身体活动不足问题，可能有助于实现这两个目标。
