Table 3 Correlations among the study variables

1. Socio-economic status

–

2. Age

− .20***

–

3. Gender

.05

− .02

–

4. Immigrant background

− .51***

.28***

− .02

–

5. Role-modeling

.15***

− .12**

− .03

− .22***

–

6. Sports-related co-activities

.01

− .03

.22***

− .00

.20***

–

7. Youth’s values T1

.05

.00

.15***

− .03

.18***

.46***

–

8. Youth’s values T2

.10*

.07

.14***

− .07

.13**

.45***

.80***

–

9. Sports participation T1

.19***

− .13**

.22***

− .15***

.16***

.26***

.54***

.49***

–

10. Sports participation T2

.22***

− .16**

.13**

− .28***

.12***

.33***

.52***

.57***

.69***

–

11. Sports intensity T1

.14**

− .12**

.22***

− .14**

.17***

.33***

.63***

.57***

.78***

.61***

–

12. Sports intensity T2

.15**

− .14**

.18***

− .24***

.18***

.42***

.60***

.67***

.60***

.82***

.71***

–

13. Continued sports participation

.08

− .13**

.03

− .28***

.18***

.12*

.18***

.30***

.^c

1***

.19***

.71***

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