Association between adolescent leisure, peer social capital and academic performance among Canadian youth


Autoria(s): Szybla, Barbara
Contribuinte(s)

Applied Health Sciences Program

Data(s)

27/10/2010

27/10/2010

27/10/2010

Resumo

Previous research shows discrepant findings between youth leisure programming (before and after school programs, structured summer program, day camp, overnight camp), academic performance and other youth developmental outcomes. Studies underscores the importance of family, community and school social capital in educational success of youth, investigation of peer social capital in the leisure context and academic performance outcomes is limited. This study uses a sample of 10 and 11 year olds (N=1764) from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) Cycle 6, to study the association between youth leisure programming, peer social capital and academic performance. Ordinal logistic regression models consistently showed a positive association between overnight camp and academic performance even after controlling for determinants of health, and measures of family, school and community social capital. Similarly, the measure of peer social capital was positively associated with academic performance. Most importantly, the interaction between overnight camp participation and peer social capital was significantly associated with academic performance. Study findings, highlight overnight camp opportunities and peer social

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10464/3084

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Brock University

Palavras-Chave #Leisure -- Social aspects -- Canada #Teenagers -- Social networks -- Canada #Friendship in adolescence -- Canada #Peer pressure in adolescence -- Canada #Achievement motivation in adolescence -- Canada
Tipo

Electronic Thesis or Dissertation