Differing profiles of developmental experiences across types of organized youth activities.
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This study inventoried the types of developmental and negative experiences that youth encounter in different categories of extracurricular and community-based organized activities. A representative sample of 2,280 11th graders from 19 diverse high schools responded to a computer-administered protocol. Youth in faith-based activities reported higher rates of experiences related to identity, emotional regulation, and interpersonal development in comparison with other activities. Sports and arts programs stood out as providing more experiences related to development of initiative, although sports were also related to high stress. Service activities were associated with experiences related to development of teamwork, positive relationships, and social capital. Youth reported all of these positive developmental experiences to occur significantly more often in youth programs than during school classes.
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For older adults, the most common source of social support outside family members comes from members of religious organizations.
“For older adults in particular, the most common source of social support outside of family members comes from members of religious organizations [275, 276].”
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Larson's domains of growth experiences can be separated in terms of personal and social outcomes.
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- Authors
- Larson, R. W., Hansen, D. M., & Moneta, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- London Metropolitan University (GB)
- Venue
- Developmental Psychology
- Published
- 2006
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 849-863
- ISSN
- 0012-1649 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-0599
- OpenAlex
- W1967735664
- Semantic Scholar
- b43b5351a75b7b7eba86a907e69681d12b2e0d1b
- Cited by
- 643
- References
- 87
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- FWCI
- 69.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- William T. Grant Foundation
- US Department of Agriculture (ILLU-793-342)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Youth Development and Social Support
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Outdoor and Experiential Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- extracurricular activities, community-based youth programs, sports programs, arts programs, service activities, developmental experiences, negative experiences, identity construction, emotion regulation, interpersonal development, initiative, teamwork, social capital, high school students, youth development
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Emotions, Female, Hobbies, Humans, Internal-External Control, Interpersonal Relations, Leisure Activities, Male, Motivation, Personality Development, Personality Inventory, Religion and Psychology, Residence Characteristics, Schools, Self Concept, Social Adjustment, Social Environment, Social Identification, Socialization, Socioeconomic Factors, Statistics as Topic
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