ERIC Number: EJ872512
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Feb
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0140-1971
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Leisure Activities and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being
Trainor, Sarah; Delfabbro, Paul; Anderson, Sarah; Winefield, Anthony
Journal of Adolescence, v33 n1 p173-186 Feb 2010
We examined the validity of the reported link between well-being and leisure participation in adolescents. Nine hundred and forty-seven, Year 10 students from 19 schools in Adelaide, South Australia, were recruited. Participants completed a questionnaire concerning participation in social, non-social and unstructured leisure activities as well as measures of personality. As expected, personality variables were better predictors of adolescent well-being than spare-time use, although engagement in less structured leisure activities was associated with poorer psychological well-being and substance use. These findings support previous personality research which suggests that spare-time use may be related to well-being only insofar as individuals who are psychologically healthy tend to be involved in structured leisure activities. The implications of these findings for school policy and future research concerning the links between leisure involvement and psychological well-being are discussed. (Contains 7 tables.)
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Personality, Foreign Countries, Psychology, School Policy, Well Being, Recreational Activities, Personality Traits, Predictor Variables, Correlation, Grade 10, Questionnaires, Substance Abuse
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 10
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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