Free-Time Activities in Middle Childhood: Links with Adjustment in Early Adolescence.

McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C.; Tucker, Corinna J.

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Publication Date: 2001

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Free-Time Activities in Middle Childhood: Links with Adjustment in Early Adolescence.

McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C.; Tucker, Corinna J.

Child Development, v72 n6 p1764-78 Nov-Dec 2001

Assessed links between free-time activities in middle childhood and school grades, conduct, and depression symptoms concurrently and 2 years later; also explored 2 mechanisms that might underlie activity-adjustment links. Found links between the nature of children's free-time activities and their adjustment. Social contexts of free-time activities explained activity-adjustment links to a limited degree. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Behavior, Child Behavior, Children, Context Effect, Depression (Psychology), Early Adolescents, Grades (Scholastic), Leisure Time, Longitudinal Studies, Social Adjustment, Social Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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