Brief Report: Performing on the Stage, the Field, or Both? Australian Adolescent Extracurricular Activity Participation and Self-Concept

Autor/inn/en	Blomfield, Corey J.; Barber, Bonnie L.
Titel	Brief Report: Performing on the Stage, the Field, or Both? Australian Adolescent Extracurricular Activity Participation and Self-Concept
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 32 (2009) 3, S.733-739 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.01.003
Schlagwörter	Extracurricular Activities; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Student Participation; Self Concept; Correlation; Athletics; Drama; Interpersonal Relationship; Academic Achievement; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Selbstkonzept; Korrelation; Leichtathletik; Schauspiel; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Schulleistung; Australien
Abstract	The relationship between Australian adolescents' participation in extracurricular activities and their self-concepts was investigated. A total of 1489 adolescents (56% female; mean age 13.8 years) completed measures of social self-concept, academic self-concept, and general self-worth, and reported on their extracurricular activity participation. In general, participation in any type of extracurricular activity was associated with a higher social and academic self-concept, and general self-worth, compared to no participation. Adolescents who participated in both sports and non-sports also reported a more positive social self-concept and general self-worth, compared to those who only participated in one of the activity types. This research provides support for extracurricular activities as a context facilitative of positive self-concept, and demonstrates the importance of a mixed participation profile for an adolescent's self-concept. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10