TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent extracurricular activity participation
T2 - Associations with parenting stress, mother–adolescent closeness, and social skills
AU - Lee, Woon Kyung
AU - Joo, Young Sun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - This study aims to examine how the individual and contextual characteristics of adolescents are related to their extracurricular activity (ECA) participation. Mothers’ parenting stress, mother–adolescent closeness, and adolescents’ social skills were examined, and their associations with adolescent ECA participation were determined. Using a sample of adolescents and their biological mothers from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 3146), path analysis was conducted, and two hypotheses were supported. First, mothers’ parenting stress was indirectly associated with the breadth and intensity of ECA participation through mother–adolescent closeness and adolescent social skills. Second, parenting stress also had a direct association with adolescent social skills, leading to a decrease in the breadth and intensity of ECA. This study highlights the need to focus on the psychosocial characteristics of adolescents and their families for an in-depth understanding of adolescent ECA participation.
AB - This study aims to examine how the individual and contextual characteristics of adolescents are related to their extracurricular activity (ECA) participation. Mothers’ parenting stress, mother–adolescent closeness, and adolescents’ social skills were examined, and their associations with adolescent ECA participation were determined. Using a sample of adolescents and their biological mothers from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 3146), path analysis was conducted, and two hypotheses were supported. First, mothers’ parenting stress was indirectly associated with the breadth and intensity of ECA participation through mother–adolescent closeness and adolescent social skills. Second, parenting stress also had a direct association with adolescent social skills, leading to a decrease in the breadth and intensity of ECA. This study highlights the need to focus on the psychosocial characteristics of adolescents and their families for an in-depth understanding of adolescent ECA participation.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Extracurricular activity participation
KW - Mother–adolescent closeness
KW - Parenting stress
KW - Social skills
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U2 - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105110
DO - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105110
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086656048
SN - 0190-7409
VL - 116
JO - Children and Youth Services Review
JF - Children and Youth Services Review
M1 - 105110
ER -