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  "abstract": "This paper develops the concept of participatory sport consumption in later life, referring to older adults' acquisition, access, use, and combination of sport-related resources that support their own participation in sport and exercise. Drawing on the Capability Approach, the paper distinguishes resource availability from the substantive opportunities older adults are able to exercise and value. The proposed framework identifies personal, socioeconomic and relational, and environmental and service conditions as determinants of resource convertibility. Mastery, agency, and relational-identity conversion are specified as capability-building processes, with competence and connectedness as proximal manifestations and later-life functionings as possible outcomes. The framework also incorporates capability failure, recognising that access or participation may coexist with restricted opportunity. It provides a basis for examining how sport-related resources contribute to capability expansion and inequality in later-life participation.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "School of Journalism and Communication, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan, China.",
    "Sports Social Science Research Center of the General Administration of Sport of China, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan, China.",
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      "name": "Zhe Zhang"
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      "name": "Zhi Jie Lai"
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  "doi": "10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1913428",
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  "published": "2026-10-23",
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  "title": "Participatory sport consumption as capability building in later life: a framework for competence, connectedness, and active ageing.",
  "title_text": "Participatory sport consumption as capability building in later life: a framework for competence, connectedness, and active ageing.",
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  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/7x3v86b4dh9wj",
  "venue": "Frontiers in psychology",
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