Bidirectional Associations Between Valued Activities and Adolescent Positive Adjustment in a Longitudinal Study: Positive Mood as a Mediator.
Although activity involvement has been linked to positive youth development, the value that adolescents place on these activities (i.e., 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 b...
| Published in: | Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 208 - 221 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=93751950&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 93751950 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00472891 JYA jtl: Journal of Youth & Adolescence issn: 00472891 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2014 vid: 43 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 93751950 10.1007/s10964-013-9957-x ppf: 208 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 296KB tig: atl: Bidirectional Associations Between Valued Activities and Adolescent Positive Adjustment in a Longitudinal Study: Positive Mood as a Mediator. aug: au: DesRoches, Andrea Willoughby, Teena affil: Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines L2S 3A1 Canada su: Ontario Hobbies Adaptability (Personality) Emotions Self-esteem testing Self-perception Adolescence Psychology Chi-squared test Confidence intervals Longitudinal method Probability theory Questionnaires Research funding Descriptive statistics sug: subj: Hobbies Adaptability (Personality) Emotions Self-esteem testing Self-perception Adolescence Psychology Ontario Chi-squared test Confidence intervals Longitudinal method Probability theory Questionnaires Research funding Descriptive statistics keyword: Adolescent adjustment Mediation Positive youth development Valued activities Adolescent adjustment Mediation Positive youth development Valued activities ab: Although activity involvement has been linked to positive youth development, the value that adolescents place on these activities (i.e., 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 self-esteem), as well as investigate a possible underlying mechanism for this link. High school students ( N = 2,270, 48.7 % female) from Ontario, Canada completed questionnaires annually in grades 10, 11, and 12. Auto-regressive cross-lagged path analyses were conducted over time, controlling for gender, parental education, and academic grades. Greater engagement in valued activities predicted higher optimism, purpose, and self-esteem 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 so. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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