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Jose R. Palma; Martin Van Boekel; Ashley S. Hufnagle – Texas Education Review, 2024
The benefits of afterschool activity participation for youth development are well-documented. An interesting question dominating this field is whether there is a threshold at which point participating in too many activities (breadth) and spending too much time in those activities (intensity) is negatively associated with desirable outcomes. Using…
Descriptors: Grade 9, High School Students, Youth Programs, Adolescent Development
Roffman, Jennifer G.; Pagano, Maria E.; Hirsch, Barton J. – Online Submission, 2001
Many dangers and challenges face inner-city minority children during their after-school hours. Youth development programs provide an alternative to spending this time unsupervised. We examined the relationship between children's experiences in selected urban Boys and Girls Clubs and child functioning. Because the sample (N = 296) consisted of…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, After School Programs, Age Differences, Gender Differences