Leisure boredom and high school dropout in Cape Town, South Africa

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 421-431

  Wegner, Lisa ^a,b   Flisher, Alan J ^b,c   Chikobvu, Perpetual ^d,e   Lombard, Carl ^d   King, Gary ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; High school dropout; Leisure Boredom; Leisure Boredom Scale; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AROUSAL; BOREDOM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 43249084952     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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