Journal Title
Title of Journal: J Youth Adolescence
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Abbravation: Journal of Youth and Adolescence
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Authors: Andrea DesRoches Teena Willoughby
Publish Date: 2013/04/30
Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 208-220
Abstract
Although activity involvement has been linked to positive youth development the value that adolescents place on these activities ie how much they enjoy the activities find them important and spend time on them has received less attention The purpose of the present study was to examine the bidirectional longitudinal association between engagement in valued activities and adolescent positive adjustment optimism purpose in life and selfesteem as well as investigate a possible underlying mechanism for this link High school students N = 2270 487 female from Ontario Canada completed questionnaires annually in grades 10 11 and 12 Autoregressive crosslagged path analyses were conducted over time controlling for gender parental education and academic grades Greater engagement in valued activities predicted higher optimism purpose and selfesteem over time Importantly the results did not support an alternate hypothesis of selection effects in that adolescents who were better adjusted were not more likely than their peers to engage in valued activities over time We also found that the longitudinal associations between valued activities and positive adjustment may be due partly to an underlying effect of increased positive mood Thus engagement in valued activities appears to be important for adolescent positive adjustment and may help to foster thriving Communities educators and parents should actively support and encourage adolescents to develop valued activities and seek to ensure that there are ample opportunities and resources available for them to do soAD conceived of the study participated in the design and coordination of the study performed the statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript TW participated in the conception design statistical analyses and drafting of the manuscript as well as collected the data Both authors read and approved the final manuscript
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- Pubertal Timing and Substance Use in Middle Adolescence: A 2-Year Follow-up Study
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- Linking Community, Parenting, and Depressive Symptom Trajectories: Testing Resilience Models of Adolescent Agency Based on Race/Ethnicity and Gender
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- Perceived Social Support and Early Adolescents’ Achievement: The Mediational Roles of Motivational Beliefs and Emotions
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