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

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 698-713

  Fredricks, Jennifer A ^a   Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^b  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Extracurricular participation; Risk behavior; Sports; Youth development

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HOBBIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARYLAND; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POLITICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPORTS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33746374985     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.4.698     Document Type: Article

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