Paulo Coêlho ARAÚJO & José Antonio VIANNA
1. Introduction
The
different campaigns organized in schools especially by the media, apparently
seek to influence people so that they may assimilate positive beliefs about the
regular practice of physical activities and become active sport participants
instead of mere spectators. In the context of public policies, both national
and local, the belief on the psycho‐physiological benefits of sport is
materialized through actions that facilitate sport practicing ‐ Social
Inclusion Projects through Sports (PIS). In fact, in recent decades we have
witnessed an increasing number of PIS launched with the above characteristics.
In the literature of Physical Education, Sociology and some other areas sports
and the combat sports are mentioned as positive socialization tools and social
inclusion channels for the young. The regular practice benefits the morals and
the personality of those involved in sports (Da Costa, 2005, Elias &
Dunning, 1992, Palermo, et al., 2006, Vianna, 2015, Wacquant, 2002). In the existing
theory on the relationship between sports and groups at risk in Rio de Janeiro,
mostly in the favelas, there is a predominant concern regarding the number of
people engaged in the projects, however the theory only indicates the adherence
of people in PIS in Brazil (Gomes & Constantino, 2005), what may
overestimate the real number of participants, since there is no discount of
people who leave the program during its duration (Vianna & Lovisolo,
2009a). Adhesion indicators are significant to assess each project. The aim of
this exploratory study was to verify the adhesion of participants in combat
sport in six years of project, and compare the adherence of combat sports practitioners
with practitioners from other activities in PIS.
Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas
Volumen 11(2s), 116-117, 2016
DOI: 10.18002/rama.v11i2s.4199
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