Impact of organized activities on mental health in children and adolescents: An umbrella review

Boelens, Mirte; Smit, Michel S; Raat, Hein; Bramer, Wichor M.; Jansen, Wilma

doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101687

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“…Most clearly, we find a consistent pattern of small beneficial effects on mental health linked to sports participation in accordance with previous evidence (Badura et al, 2021; Boelens et al, 2022). Both team and individual sports were found to have positive effects on three of the PedsQL domains—social functioning, emotional functioning, and the overall psychosocial score.…”

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“…Overall, our results suggest that most—but not all—of the relationship between extracurricular activity participation and adolescent outcomes is driven by confounding rather than causal effects of activity participation per se. Our findings comparing the random‐effects estimator with controls to the fixed‐effects estimator further indicate that adjustment for potential observed confounders (as is common in the literature—see e.g., Boelens et al, 2022; Bohnert et al, 2010; Farb & Matjasko, 2012; Shulruf, 2010) is unlikely to be sufficient to reliably estimate causal effects of extracurricular activity participation.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…The large body of literature on the effects of participation in extracurricular activities on children's and young people's academic and social outcomes seems generally encouraging. Adolescents who participate in extracurricular activities have better academic outcomes, reduced risk of substance use, fewer behavioral problems, and are more academically oriented (see Boelens et al, 2022; Bohnert et al, 2010; Farb & Matjasko, 2012; Shulruf, 2010 for reviews). While adolescents from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds appear to reap these benefits the most, they are also the least likely to participate in extracurricular activities (Heath et al, 2018; O'Flaherty & Baxter, 2020).…”

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Do extracurricular activities contribute to better adolescent outcomes? A fixed‐effects panel data approach

O’Flaherty

Baxter

Campbell

2022

Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction: Extracurricular activity participation is associated with positive academic, health, and behavioral outcomes for adolescents, but these findings may reflect unobserved confounding rather than participation effects. Method: Data were drawn from 3885 adolescents aged 12-15 in a nationally representative cohort of Australian adolescents. Effects of participation in three kinds of extracurricular activity (team sport, individual sport, and arts) on an array of outcomes were modeled using fixed-effects regression to account for potential unobserved confounding. Results: Strong bivariate relationships between all forms of activity participation and positive adolescent outcomes were found. These associations were much smaller in the fixed-effects analysis, but beneficial effects of sports for mental health and arts for peer group characteristics remained statistically significant. Minimal effects of extracurricular activity participation for academic achievement were found. Conclusion: Extracurricular activity participation has beneficial effects on adolescents' mental health and exposure to peers' delinquent behavior.

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Do extracurricular activities contribute to better adolescent outcomes? A fixed‐effects panel data approach

O’Flaherty

Baxter

Campbell

2022

Journal of Adolescence

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“…An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses found a small positive impact of participation in organized sports on mental health in children and adolescents. 60 This was not related to any specific type of organized sport activity. The findings of a recent study from Canada using a large and diverse sample of high school students suggest that sport participation should be promoted for the prevention and management of adolescent mental illness.…”

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Sport and physical exercise in sustainable mental health care of common mental disorders: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Lange¹,

Nakamura²,

Reißmann³

2023

Sports Medicine and Health Science

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“…Previous reviews have reported physical and psychosocial outcomes as being associated with organized PA (e.g. [ 12 , 13 ]), non-organized PA (e.g. [ 14 , 15 ]) and active transport (e.g.…”

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Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of domain-specific physical activity composition with health-related quality of life in childhood and adolescence in Australia

Kemp

Dumuid

Chong

et al. 2023

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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Background Health benefits have been linked with physical activity (PA), as well as some domains of PA among youth (e.g. organized PA and active transport). However, less is known about whether some PA domains are more beneficial than others. There is also a lack of evidence about whether health outcomes are related to the composition of PA (i.e. the share of PA spent in different domains). This study aimed to identify: (1) how the absolute durations of organized PA, non-organized PA, active transport and active chores/work at 10-11y are individually associated with physical, psychosocial and total health-related quality of life (HRQOL) at 10-11y and 12-13y; and (2) how the domain-specific composition of PA at 10-11y is associated with HRQOL at 10-11y and 12-13y. Methods Data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children were used in cross-sectional (n ≥ 2730) and longitudinal analyses (n ≥ 2376). Measurement included the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL™) for HRQOL domains and one-day time-use diaries (TUDs) for PA domains. Robust linear regression models were used, controlling for age, sex, pubertal status, socioeconomic position, body mass index and TUD context (season and school attendance). Compositional models additionally adjusted for total PA duration and longitudinal models controlled for baseline PedsQL™ scores. Results Non-compositional models indicated that the duration of organized PA, and to a lesser extent non-organized PA, were positively but weakly associated with some HRQOL outcomes at 10-11y. These trends were not reflected in longitudinal models, although a 30-min increase in non-organized PA per day did predict marginally better psychosocial HRQOL at 12-13y (+ 0.17%; 95%CI = + 0.03%, + 0.32%). Compositional models revealed that a 30-min increase in organized PA relative to other domains was positively but weakly associated with physical (+ 0.32%; 95%CI = + 0.01%, + 0.63%), psychosocial (+ 0.41%; 95%CI = + 0.11%, + 0.72%) and total HRQOL (+ 0.39%; 95%CI = + 0.12%, + 0.66%) at 10-11y. However, the overall PA composition at 10-11y was not related to HRQOL at 12-13y. Conclusions Non-compositional and compositional models generally concurred on the direction of cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships (and lack thereof) between PA domains and HRQOL outcomes. The strongest associations were cross-sectional between organized PA and HRQOL at 10-11y. However, all associations between PA domains and HRQOL outcomes were weak and may not be clinically meaningful.

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Impact of organized activities on mental health in children and adolescents: An umbrella review

Cited by 21 publications

References 61 publications

Do extracurricular activities contribute to better adolescent outcomes? A fixed‐effects panel data approach

Do extracurricular activities contribute to better adolescent outcomes? A fixed‐effects panel data approach

Sport and physical exercise in sustainable mental health care of common mental disorders: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of domain-specific physical activity composition with health-related quality of life in childhood and adolescence in Australia

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