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Leisure activities and adolescent antisocial behavior: The role of structure and social context.

Joseph L. Mahoney, +1 more
- 01 Apr 2000 - 
- Vol. 23, Iss: 2, pp 113-127
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Assessment of adolescent involvement in community-based leisure activities, peer and adult social relations, and antisocial behavior showed that participation in highly structured leisure activities was linked to low levels of antissocial behavior, while participation in activities with low structure was associated with high levels ofantisocial behavior.
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This article is published in Journal of Adolescence.The article was published on 2000-04-01. It has received 727 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Peer group & Juvenile delinquency.

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Is extracurricular participation associated with beneficial outcomes? Concurrent and longitudinal relations.

TL;DR: The authors examined the relations between participation in a range of high school extracurricular contexts and developmental outcomes in adolescence and young adulthood among an economically diverse sample of African American and European American youths and found breadth of participation, or number of activity contexts, was associated with positive academic, psychological, and behavioral outcomes.
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The Role of School-Based Extracurricular Activities in Adolescent Development: A Comprehensive Review and Future Directions

TL;DR: This paper reviewed the contemporary literature on school-based activity participation, focusing on patterns of participation, academic achievement, substance use, sexual activity, psychological adjustment, delinquency, and young adult outcomes.
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The Role of Subjective Well-Being in Positive Youth Development

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed that high life satisfaction is related to good adaptation and optimal mental health among youth and that positive affect mitigate the negative effects of stressful life events and work against the development of psychological and behavioral problems among youth.
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The educational benefits claimed for physical education and school sport : an academic review.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the theoretical and empirical bases of claims made for the educational benefits of physical education and school sport (PESS) and argue that these are necessary, if not deterministic conditions of engagement in lifelong physical activity.
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Illusion and well-being: a social psychological perspective on mental health

TL;DR: Research suggesting that certain illusions may be adaptive for mental health and well-being is reviewed, examining evidence that a set of interrelated positive illusions—namely, unrealistically positive self-evaluations, exaggerated perceptions of control or mastery, and unrealistic optimism—can serve a wide variety of cognitive, affective, and social functions.
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Causes of Delinquency.

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Causes of Delinquency

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Optimal experience: Psychological studies of flow in consciousness.

TL;DR: Csikszentmihaly et al. as discussed by the authors presented a theoretical model of optimal experience for flow in everyday life, focusing on the relationship between life satisfaction and flow in elderly Korean immigrants.
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