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

Autor/inn/en	Randall, Edin T.; Bohnert, Amy M.
Titel	Organized Activity Involvement, Depressive Symptoms, and Social Adjustment in Adolescents: Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status as Moderators
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38 (2009) 9, S.1187-1198 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-009-9417-9
Schlagwörter	Ethnicity; Adolescents; Social Adjustment; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Participation; Psychological Patterns; Peer Relationship; Bullying; Correlation; Adjustment (to Environment); Cultural Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Socioeconomic Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Soziale Anpassung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Teilnahme; Peer-Beziehungen; Mobbing; Korrelation; Kultureller Unterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Sozioökonomischer Faktor
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. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10