Adolescents and Sports: Risk or Benefit?
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In order to begin to compensate for a lack of data on the effects of athletic participation in the development of adolescent mental health patterns, as well as to assess general health of the adolescent population, the Juvenile Wellness and Health Inventory (JWIHIS-76) was administered to 1,769 high school students. Our results indicate that sports participation is associated with self-reported lower total risk scores, mental and physical health benefits, and an increased risk of injury. This suggests a positive role for organized sports participation in youth populations. Prospective studies are needed to assess the impact of different sports, mounting performance pressure, and transition into collegiate levels of participation.
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Teenagers who participate in organized sports report fewer mental health problems and have lower odds of emotional distress compared with peers.
“These results are consistent with the literature in that teenagers who participate in organized sports report fewer mental health problems and have lower odds of emotional distress compared with peers.25–27”
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- Authors
- Steiner, H., McQuivey, R. W., Pavelski, R., Pitts, T., & Kraemer, H.
- Affiliations
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Venue
- Clinical Pediatrics
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2000-03
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 161-166
- ISSN
- 0009-9228 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-2707
- OpenAlex
- W2141075657
- Cited by
- 98
- References
- 21
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- FWCI
- 7.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Clinical Pediatrics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Youth Development and Social Support
- Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Sports and Physical Education Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Keywords
- adolescent sports participation, organized sport, adolescent mental health, physical health, injury risk, high school students, youth health, performance pressure
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Analysis of Variance, Athletic Injuries, Data Collection, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Risk-Taking, Sex Factors, Sports
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