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Publication Date: 2012-Mar
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Recent Advances in Research on School-Based Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Development
Farb, Amy Feldman; Matjasko, Jennifer L.
Developmental Review, v32 n1 p1-48 Mar 2012
Updating a previous systematic review of the literature, this review summarizes the literature over the last 5 years on the relationship between school-based extracurricular activity participation and academic achievement, substance use, sexual activity, psychological adjustment, and delinquency. The review also considers mediators and moderators of these relationships. This review also discusses recent advances in activity research including participation measurement (intensity, breadth, and duration), person-centered approaches, and an exploration of the overscheduling hypothesis. The review reveals a mixed picture of the relationship between activity participation and these adolescent developmental outcomes. A call for continued exploration into measurement issues, analysis approaches, outcome measures, and causal models of activities and adolescent functioning is made. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Extracurricular Activities, Causal Models, Sexuality, Literature Reviews, Correlation, Student Participation, Academic Achievement, Substance Abuse, Mental Health, Adjustment (to Environment), Delinquency
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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