Does active leisure participation promote psychological capital through peer support in economically disadvantaged children?

This study's main purpose was to explore the effects of active leisure participation on poor children's psychological capital, while also investigating the mediated effect of peer support. The sample consisted of 483 economically disadvantaged children, selected and analysed from the Taiwa...

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Published in:PloS one 2020-06, Vol.15 (6), p.e0234143-e0234143
Main Author: Tu, Hung-Ming
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biology and Life Sciences
Capital
Child development
Children
Children & youth
Demographic aspects
Disadvantaged children
Economic analysis
Exercise
Families & family life
Hypotheses
Leisure
Low income groups
Medicine and Health Sciences
Multivariate statistical analysis
Nature
Participation
Peer tutoring
People and Places
Physical fitness
Poor children
Poverty
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Questionnaires
Social aspects
Social Sciences
Studies
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Summary:This study's main purpose was to explore the effects of active leisure participation on poor children's psychological capital, while also investigating the mediated effect of peer support. The sample consisted of 483 economically disadvantaged children, selected and analysed from the Taiwan Database of Children and Youth in Poverty (fifth wave). The study employed partial least squares-structural equation modelling to analyse the relationship between the variables: active leisure participation (exercise and nature travel), peer support, and psychological capital in economically disadvantaged children. The results showed that active leisure participation improved psychological capital and peer support in economically disadvantaged students; and peer support was an important mediator between the other two variables.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0234143