Intensity of Participation in Organized Youth Activities during the High School Years: Longitudinal Associations with Adjustment

Autor/inn/en	Denault, Anne-Sophie; Poulin, Francois; Pedersen, Sara
Titel	Intensity of Participation in Organized Youth Activities during the High School Years: Longitudinal Associations with Adjustment
Quelle	In: Applied Developmental Science, 13 (2009) 2, S.74-87 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1088-8691
Schlagwörter	Grades (Scholastic); Clubs; Drinking; Depression (Psychology); Student Participation; High School Students; Student Adjustment; Longitudinal Studies; Correlation; Athletics; Theater Arts; Fine Arts; Youth Programs; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Questionnaires; Interviews; Foreign Countries; Academic Achievement; Family Income; Canada; Childrens Depression Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Notenspiegel; Club; Klub; Trinken; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adjustment; Adaptation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Korrelation; Leichtathletik; Theaterwissenschaft; Bildende Kunst; Jugendsofortprogramm; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; Schulleistung; Familieneinkommen; Kanada
Abstract	The goal of this study was to explore the longitudinal associations between youth activity participation and adjustment over the high school years by examining (a) correlations between participation and adjustment growth curves, and (b) bidirectional links between participation and adjustment from one year to the next. Participation was operationalized as the total number of hours spent in sports, performance and fine arts, and youth clubs over a school year. Indicators of adjustment included school grades, alcohol use, and depressive symptoms. Youth (n = 362; mean age = 13.38, SD = 0.42; 59% girls) were surveyed annually from grades 7 to 10 using questionnaires and phone interviews. Growth curve results revealed that: (a) sports were positively associated with alcohol use; (b) performance and fine arts were negatively linked to depressive symptoms, and (c) youth clubs were positively associated with school grades, and negatively linked to alcohol use and depressive symptoms. The bidirectional analyses revealed few significant links from one year to the next, with the exception of performance and fine arts and grades. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10