The development of social capital through football and running: studying an intervention program for inactive women

Laila Ottesen; Rikke Schou Jeppesen; Birgitte Rejkjær Krustrup

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01123.x

The development of social capital through football and running: studying an intervention program for inactive women

Laila Ottesen, Rikke Schou Jeppesen, Birgitte Rejkjær Krustrup

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This article examines the development of social capital through the use and dynamics of different types of stories (“I,”“we” and “they”) as described by Robert D. Putnam. The data come from a research project in which inactive women participated in a 16-week intervention program of physical exercise, either in the form of football or running. The study shows a positive development of social capital in the two different types of physical activity. The I-stories show themselves to be central to bonding within the two groups and bridging outside the groups (developing and/or creating networks). The study also points to the importance of the activity itself for internal bonding illustrated through we- and they-stories. Our data indicate that team sports, such as football, may have an advantage over individual sports in the development of social capital.

Original language	English
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
Volume	20
Issue number	Suppl. 1
Pages (from-to)	118-131
Number of pages	14
ISSN	0905-7188
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01123.x
Publication status	Published - Apr 2010

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The development of social capital through football and running: studying an intervention program for inactive women. / Ottesen, Laila; Jeppesen, Rikke Schou; Krustrup, Birgitte Rejkjær.

In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, Vol. 20, No. Suppl. 1, 04.2010, p. 118-131.

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