Federated or Non-Federated Sports: The Influence on Children, the Youth Population and Family Life
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for Authors1. The sub-title, “The impact of federative sport in the family context of minors,” is not clear about its status. Is it part of Introduction or part of Literature Review? If it is part of Literature Review, you may have a parallel section called “Literature Review.”
2. It is strongly suggested to have some sub-titles to organize your writing in “Introduction” particularly after the sub-title, “The impact of federative sport in the family context of minors.”
3. More information is required to introduce or explain what the federal sport is. Particularly for readers who are not familiar with Spain sport system, it is hard to understand what the federal sport is.
4. Is the federal sport operated by the government, private sectors, or who? What is the difference between school varsity and the federal sport? Are sports clubs one type of federal sports?
5. What is the general percentage of students who join the federal sports? If this is quite low, why is this topic important? Do students join federal sports by their own interests or are they selected? What are the major incentives for students to join federal sports?
6. Which types of sports are included in federal sports? Are federal sports always available to join or are they popular and competitive to join? Are they expensive or affordable? If other sports are not included in federal sports, what are other alternative ways for practicing or training? Are sports clubs the same as federal sports?
7. Are federal sports elite sports or for all the general students?
8. It is important to explain which type of scales were used in the survey. Was it dichotomy or Likert-scale?
9. What are the reasons that the majority of the sample has sons?
10. In data analysis, maybe different types or sports such as rugby, volleyball and basketball have different situations. It is required to analyze the data and compare the results based on different sports.
11. For those who did not attend federal sports, did they have a coach? If they did not have a coach, they might not be able to answer some questions related to a coach.
12. In “4. Discussion and Conclusions,” it is strongly suggested to have some sub-titles. Without any sub-titles, it is quite a burden and difficult for the readers to catch your points.
Author Response
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Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsGood article, double check references as there is 1 reference without a number and not in reference list.
L239-242 - The sample should be better described as part of the results to improve a better understanding of the sample and subsequent results.
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Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThanks to the editors for considering me to review this work and thanks to the authors for doing it. The following is a series of observations to be made in order to contribute.
Requires modifications:
1. The laws mentioned between lines 30 and 34 are not referenced in the bibliography.
2. Review:
In the European Charter of federated sport, it is defined as “all types of physical activities that, through organized or other types of participation, have as their purpose the expression or improvement of physical and mental condition, the development of social relationships or the achievement of results in competitions at all levels.”
The reference is not found in the bibliography. In addition, the textual quotation in quotation marks exceeds 40 words.
3. Review:
On the other hand, Sánchez Bañuelos [2] and Bláquez [3]. (Line 42-43)
It should not be knitted.
4. Review:
(Line 91) Based on the work carried out by Keegan et. al.
et does not include a period. Check throughout the text.
5. Review:
(Line 99) sport on family organization [14, 15] (Dunn et al., 2016; Harwood et al., 2019)
References in parentheses should not be included.
6. References listed in square brackets are not spaced
[12, 16, 17], it should be [12,16,17]. Check throughout the document
7. (Line 148) For Harwood & Knight [21]
Is Harwood and Knight [21]. Review throughout the text
8. (Line 17) (Biddle et al., 2019) should not appear in this form in the text, nor does it appear in the bibliography.
9. It is suggested to revise the introduction, because similar ideas are repeatedly exposed. In addition, it is strongly suggested that the statement of the objective be stated in the final part of the introduction, since when reading the objectives in the 5th and 6th paragraph of the introduction, they are not as clear as if they could be at the end of the introduction.
10. In the “Sample” section, what do you mean by: of intermediate age. Perhaps you should be more specific with the average age of the participants.
11. In lines 255 to 257 it is necessary to specify the full name of the mentioned instruments (CUDAEEM, SVQ, ISCED).
12. In the section “Information collection instrument” the validation process of the instrument used for data collection should be explained in greater detail. Of the questionnaires and scales used, information on the psychometric properties, the items taken into account for the construction of the final instrument, etc., is missing.
13. On line 316: In this case, a value of .000. what value is it? is it the p value?
14. Review: (MEDIA AND S.D.) (Line 327 and 328)
15. In the presentation of tables revise words in italics and add the meaning of acronyms in the notes. (F.S, S, 𝑿̅, a…)
16. Revisar:
by Sutcliffe [28], … Is by Sutcliffe et al. [28] (Linea 401)
17. It is strongly suggested to differentiate the subsection of limitations and conclusions of the study, in order to have a better understanding of the study.
18. In the bibliography review the format of presentation of the DOI.
Author Response
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Reviewer 4 Report
Comments and Suggestions for Authors- This manuscript presents a relevant topic for publication in Education Science and could be accepted with minor revisions. The introduction provides adequate information and structure to establish the research questions raised in the manuscript. However, the methods and results sections can be improved. The discussion of results is based on previous literature.
- The authors, as key contributors to this research, have a crucial role in improving the characterization of the sample. It is essential to provide details on the average age of the children and the parents. Does the sample predominantly consist of parents of teenagers or primary school children? How long have children participated in federated sports? These independent variables should be thoroughly examined in future studies.
- The authors do not mention whether the ethics committee approved the study, nor do they state that informed consent was requested from the study participants. In the guidelines for authors, the item Research and Publication Ethics/Research Ethics: Research Involving Human Subjects, it states:
“For non-interventional studies (e.g. surveys, questionnaires, social media research), all participants must be fully informed if the anonymity is assured, why the research is being conducted, how their data will be used and if there are any risks associated. As with all research involving humans, ethical approval from an appropriate ethics committee must be obtained prior to conducting the study. If ethical approval is not required, authors must either provide an exemption from the ethics committee or are encouraged to cite the local or national legislation that indicates ethics approval is not required for this type of study. Where a study has been granted exemption, the name of the ethics committee which provided this should be stated in Section ‘Institutional Review Board Statement’ with a full explanation regarding why ethical approval was not required.”
- In point 2.5 data analysis (lines 320-321), authors must report the Cohen's d cutoff values to interpret the data better and mention the author of this classification.
- In the results, there are several aspects to improve:
a) In lines 327 and 328, the authors write (MEDIA AND S.D). I think the intention is to report the numerical values.
b) the authors should improve the headers of all tables, considering that certain abbreviations are not understood: "F.S" what is it? Is the "S" a sample? Authors should change it to "n". Is the "α" the SD? In the data description, the authors write the mean and standard deviation in the data analysis section. Please improve this part of the manuscript.
c) in the final note of the tables, the authors write "*0.010<p<0.050; **p>.010.", which must be reviewed. The p (**p>.010) sign is incorrect; it should be lower than 010.
d) Do not use 0 before the decimal point for statistical values P because they cannot equal 1; in other words, write p<.001 instead of p<0.001.
e) All values reported in the table or manuscript as p=.000 should be modified to p<.001.
f) All statistical symbols must be in italics (N, n, p,....).
Comments on the Quality of English LanguageSome spelling or grammatical errors must be corrected (they were noted in the body of the text).
Author Response
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for Authors
11. In abstract, “Through the results, it is confirmed that parents with children in federated sports provide greater support and gain more learning and better values transmission, however, they are those who appreciate the greatest affectation in their family leisure.” This sentence is not clear. Here it is not clear about … greater… more… better than what? The reasoning is also not smooth. Why suddenly you said “they are those who …”? Who do “they” refer to?
22. In abstract, the final sentence is not clear. What do you mean by “the need … institutionalize the role…”?
33. In “1. Introduction,” “Since then, the evolution of the Spanish sports model has been affected by quick and dynamic changes, it has encouraged a bigger participation in sports practice and has increased its social relevance, which underlines the need to adapt to new realities and emerging demands in the sports field, highlighting the importance of constantly reviewing and adjusting policies and regulations in this sector.” Please check whether this is a run-on sentence. Strongly suggest to check the whole paper.
44. In “1. Introduction,” “Thus, the impact of the controlling training style on athletes' fear of failure is manifested through the modulation of commitment, favoring limited commitment instead of promoting enthusiastic commitment, which highlights the need for more effective approaches from coaches to guarantee the comprehensive development of athletes [9], and promote enthusiasm also from the most everyday spheres and key references such as families.” It is not easy to catch what you want to say in this sentence. Like this one, some sentences are too long and lose the points. You may want to check again.
55. This title is awkward: 2. The impact of federative sport in the family context of minors: literature review. In this session, do you only make the literature review in “the impact of federative sport in the family context of minors”? If not, why did you not use "Literature Review," and put "The impact of federative sport in the family context of minors" as a sub-title?
66. In literature review, “Federated sports have been established as a form of institutionalization and sports regulation in which in the last 20 years there have been more than three million people federated in some sports discipline and nowadays there are almost four and a half million, which shows a growing sports reality.” Percentage information would be more helpful and informative than the number. Can you inform us the percentage of school children (school population) involved in the federated sports?
77. In 3.3. Information collection instrument, exploratory factor analysis was mentioned. You wrote: “6 components were established in a previous table that shows the variance load covered by the factors, choosing 5 since all the variance was covered.” It is hard to understand this sentence. What are the components? Which 5 were chosen?
88. It is required to have a table for the demographic information.
99. In Table 2, most of items use “son.” Did only “son” participate in your research without daughter?
110. In “5. Discussion,” is it possible to have some sub-titles? Without any sub-titles, it is quite difficult for readers to catch your points.
111. In “5. Discussion,” “Previous studies show that leisure activities related to sports exercise that children develop affect their parents’ lives [15], although these do not actively participate, they are responsible for the organizational and logistical aspects that affect their performance [14,15,22].” This sentence is hard to understand. Can you please clarify what you want to express?
Author Response
- In abstract, “Through the results, it is confirmed that parents with children in federated sports provide greater support and gain more learning and better values transmission, however, they are those who appreciate the greatest affectation in their family leisure.” This sentence is not clear. Here it is not clear about … greater… more… better than what? The reasoning is also not smooth. Why suddenly you said “they are those who …”? Who do “they” refer to?
The wording of this part has been modified to clarify the message
- In abstract, the final sentence is not clear. What do you mean by “the need … institutionalize the role…”?
The name is changed for a better understanding of the term
- In “1. Introduction,” “Since then, the evolution of the Spanish sports model has been affected by quick and dynamic changes, it has encouraged a bigger participation in sports practice and has increased its social relevance, which underlines the need to adapt to new realities and emerging demands in the sports field, highlighting the importance of constantly reviewing and adjusting policies and regulations in this sector.” Please check whether this is a run-on sentence. Strongly suggest to check the whole paper.
The wording has been modified
- In “1. Introduction,” “Thus, the impact of the controlling training style on athletes' fear of failure is manifested through the modulation of commitment, favoring limited commitment instead of promoting enthusiastic commitment, which highlights the need for more effective approaches from coaches to guarantee the comprehensive development of athletes [9], and promote enthusiasm also from the most everyday spheres and key references such as families.” It is not easy to catch what you want to say in this sentence. Like this one, some sentences are too long and lose the points. You may want to check again.
The wording has been modified
- This title is awkward:2. The impact of federative sport in the family context of minors: literature review. In this session, do you only make the literature review in “the impact of federative sport in the family context of minors”? If not, why did you not use "Literature Review," and put "The impact of federative sport in the family context of minors" as a sub-title?
It has been modified
- In literature review, “Federated sports have been established as a form of institutionalization and sports regulation in which in the last 20 years there have been more than three million people federated in some sports discipline and nowadays there are almost four and a half million, which shows a growing sports reality.” Percentage information would be more helpful and informative than the number. Can you inform us the percentage of school children (school population) involved in the federated sports?
There is no information on this specific data in the school population. We regret that
- In 3.3. Information collection instrument, exploratory factor analysis was mentioned. You wrote: “6 components were established in a previous table that shows the variance load covered by the factors, choosing 5 since all the variance was covered.” It is hard to understand this sentence. What are the components? Which 5 were chosen?
We have solved this issue by specifying this information
- It is required to have a table for the demographic information.
a table with the sociodemographic variables has been included.
- In Table 2, most of items use “son.” Did only “son” participate in your research without daughter?
has been modified in this respect
- In “5. Discussion,” is it possible to have some sub-titles? Without any sub-titles, it is quite difficult for readers to catch your points.
Sections have been added
- In “5. Discussion,” “Previous studies show that leisure activities related to sports exercise that children develop affect their parents’ lives [15], although these do not actively participate, they are responsible for the organizational and logistical aspects that affect their performance [14,15,22].” This sentence is hard to understand. Can you please clarify what you want to express?
This aspect has been clarified
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