Too Much of a Good Thing? How Breadth of Extracurricular Participation Relates to School-Related Affect and Academic Outcomes During Adolescence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 379-389

  Knifsend, Casey A ^a   Graham, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Academic engagement; Adolescence; Extracurricular participation; School belonging

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPORTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84856787156     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9737-4     Document Type: Article

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