The role of school-based extracurricular activities in adolescent development: A comprehensive review and future directions

This article reviews 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. Also, the authors discuss possible mediators and mode...

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Published in:Review of educational research 2005-06, Vol.75 (2), p.159-210
Main Authors: Feldman, Amy F, Matjasko, Jennifer L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Academic education
Adjustment (to Environment)
Adolescence
Adolescent Development
Adolescents
Affective and psychosocial development
Außerschulische Tätigkeit
Child development
Delinquency
Developmental psychology
Drogenabhängigkeit
Drug use
Education and psychology
Educational Attainment
Educational sciences
Entwicklung
Extracurricular Activities
Forschung
Freizeitangebot
Freizeitgestaltung
Freizeitverhalten
Gesundheit
Human sexual behavior
Jugendlicher
Junger Erwachsener
Juvenile delinquency
Lebenswelt
Leistung
Literaturdokumentation
Literature Reviews
Parents
Psychologische Forschung
Racial differences
School dropouts
Schweden
Sexuality
Soziale Bedingung
Soziologie
Sport
Student athletes
Student Participation
Substance Abuse
Teenagers
USA
Well Being
Wirkungsforschung
Young Adults
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Summary:This article reviews 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. Also, the authors discuss possible mediators and moderators of extracurricular activity participation in regard to adolescent development. The review indicates that the associations between school-based activity participation and these outcomes are mostly positive but that the picture becomes mixed once moderator variables are included. The authors suggest areas for future research that include using new methods for measuring activities and applying an overarching theoretical framework to investigations of extracurricular activities and adolescent development. Finally, to move toward a causal model of activities and adolescent functioning, future research must consider the mechanisms through which activities exert their influence on development. The authors propose several possible mechanisms of participation in terms of adjustment during adolescence and young adulthood.
ISSN:0034-6543
1935-1046
DOI:10.3102/00346543075002159