Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course, Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia.
J Adolesc. 2022 Aug;94(6):855-866. doi: 10.1002/jad.12069. Epub 2022 Jun 27.
Extracurricular activity participation is associated with positive academic, health, and behavioral outcomes for adolescents, but these findings may reflect unobserved confounding rather than participation effects.
Data were drawn from 3885 adolescents aged 12-15 in a nationally representative cohort of Australian adolescents. Effects of participation in three kinds of extracurricular activity (team sport, individual sport, and arts) on an array of outcomes were modeled using fixed-effects regression to account for potential unobserved confounding.
Strong bivariate relationships between all forms of activity participation and positive adolescent outcomes were found. These associations were much smaller in the fixed-effects analysis, but beneficial effects of sports for mental health and arts for peer group characteristics remained statistically significant. Minimal effects of extracurricular activity participation for academic achievement were found.
Extracurricular activity participation has beneficial effects on adolescents' mental health and exposure to peers' delinquent behavior.
课外活动参与与青少年的积极学术、健康和行为结果相关，但这些发现可能反映的是未观察到的混杂因素，而不是参与的影响。
数据来自于澳大利亚青少年全国代表性队列中 3885 名 12-15 岁的青少年。使用固定效应回归来模拟三种课外活动（团队运动、个人运动和艺术）对一系列结果的影响，以考虑潜在的未观察到的混杂因素。
发现所有形式的活动参与与积极的青少年结果之间存在强烈的双变量关系。在固定效应分析中，这些关联要小得多，但运动对心理健康和艺术对同伴群体特征的有益影响仍然具有统计学意义。课外活动参与对学业成绩的影响很小。
课外活动参与对青少年的心理健康和接触同伴的犯罪行为有有益的影响。
