Organized Activity Involvement, Depressive Symptoms, and Social Adjustment in Adolescents: Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status as Moderators

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Randall, Edin T. Bohnert, Amy M.
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	The current cross-sectional study investigated the links between various dimensions of organized activity involvement and depressive symptoms, loneliness, and peer victimization in an ethnically and economically diverse sample of adolescents (N = 152; 58% female). Results indicate that adolescents who were involved in organized activities for more years also reported lower levels of loneliness. There was evidence of diminishing returns when adolescents were very highly involved in organized activities; those who were either under- or over-involved reported the highest levels of depressive symptoms. Conversely, findings indicate that adolescents who participated in a narrow or wide range of activity contexts reported the lowest levels of depressive symptoms. In addition, results suggested that the relation between organized activity involvement and adjustment differs among adolescents from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Findings from the current study also underscore the importance of considering multiple indices of activity involvement when assessing its association with adjustment.
Starting Page	1187
Ending Page	1198
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1007/s10964-009-9417-9
PubMed reference number	19669899
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	38
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://www.activitymatterslab.org/uploads/7/9/4/1/7941768/pdf-2.pdf
Journal	Journal of youth and adolescence
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article