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Vest, Andrea E.; Simpkins, Sandra D. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2013
Little is known about how adolescents' peer relations might alter whether sport participation is associated with alcohol use. Consistent with social learning theory, we found that sport participation was protective against alcohol use if these peers had low alcohol use, but athletes were likely to use alcohol if their sport friends and teammates…
Descriptors: Drinking, Team Sports, Risk, Health Behavior
Simpkins, Sandra D.; O'Donnell, Megan; Delgado, Melissa Y.; Becnel, Jennifer N. – Applied Developmental Science, 2011
Latino adolescents often are less likely to participate in extracurricular activities compared to youth from other ethnic groups. This descriptive study examined the differences in activity participation by family resources and markers of cultural orientation for the four largest Latino ethnic groups in the U.S. Findings were based on secondary…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Ethnic Groups, Adolescents, Data Analysis
Simpkins, Sandra D.; Vest, Andrea E.; Becnel, Jennifer N. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
This investigation examined the precursors of adolescents' participation in sport and music activities in the United States by testing a developmental model across 7 years. Data were drawn from youth questionnaires in the Childhood and Beyond Study (92% European American; N = 594). Findings suggest that patterns of participation across a 3-year…
Descriptors: Music, Music Activities, Adolescents, Participation
Schaefer, David R.; Simpkins, Sandra D.; Vest, Andrea E.; Price, Chara D. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Extracurricular activities are settings that are theorized to help adolescents maintain existing friendships and develop new friendships. The overarching goal of the current investigation was to examine whether coparticipating in school-based extracurricular activities supported adolescents' school-based friendships. We used social network methods…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Network Analysis, Friendship, Adolescents
Simpkins, Sandra D.; Parke, Ross D.; Flyr, Mary L.; Wild, Margaret N. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2006
Similarities between adolescents are often the cornerstone of a friendship; yet researchers know little about the similarities in friends' perceptions of the relationship. In the current study, the authors examine similarities in friends' perceived friendship qualities during the transition into early adolescence (n = 77 third graders, 110 fourth…
Descriptors: Children, Early Adolescents, Friendship, Gender Differences