When children play, they feel better: organized activity participation and health in adolescents

Baďura, Petr; Gecková, Andrea Madarasová; Sigmundová, Dagmar; Dijk, Jitse P. van; Reijneveld, Sijmen A.

doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2427-5

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“…In contrast, Denault et al (2009) observed the intensity of participation in art activities to be predictive of lower alcohol consumption, and Sharp et al (2015) found that children taking part in multiple activities reported significantly lower levels of substance use. This is in line with our findings and only underpins the assumption that the actual type (pattern in our case) of activity matters (Badura et al 2015). …”

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“…First, the OLTA participation was investigated using a dichotomous variable (participation in at least one OLTA vs. in no OLTA ). Next, the respondents were split into five groups of OLTA participation patterns (Table 1) based on a cluster analysis (Badura et al 2015). …”

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“…Then, using a two-step cluster analysis, we derived five distinct clusters of adolescents based on their pattern of OLTA participation. This number of clusters was the smallest possible that led to a reasonably high homogeneity within the clusters and reasonably high differences between particular clusters, shown by an average silhouette width over the value of 0.5 (Badura et al 2015). All the regression analyses were then run again for each separate cluster of OLTA as an independent variable.…”

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Participation in organized leisure-time activities and risk behaviors in Czech adolescents

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Int J Public Health

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ObjectivesThe study aimed to assess the associations between participation in organized leisure-time activities (OLTA) and risk behaviors, and whether the associations differed by gender, age, and pattern of OLTA involvement.MethodsData from the 2013/2014 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children study on 10,279 11-, 13-, and 15-year-old Czech adolescents (49.2% boys) were used. We assessed the associations between OLTA participation and risk behaviors, and modification by age and gender.ResultsOLTA participants were less likely to smoke, get drunk repeatedly, or skip school and, in contrast, more likely to get injured and fight repeatedly. The associations with lower occurrence of risk behaviors were the strongest for artists, while none was significant for adolescents participating only in team sports. Girls participating in OLTA had lower odds to smoke, get drunk, or skip school than boys, and these boys had higher odds to get injured or fight.ConclusionsOLTA participation is associated with lower occurrence of repeated substance use and truancy and inversely with higher odds for physical fights and injuries. Girls, in general, are at lower risk when participating in OLTA than boys.

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Participation in organized leisure-time activities and risk behaviors in Czech adolescents

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“…Structured leisure-time activities might contribute to higher levels of intrinsic motivation and positive youth development 8 and are associated with better physical and mental health among adolescents. 9 In contrast to other Western countries, like the United States and UK, organized sports in northern Europe and the Nordic countries in particular is strongly related to time after school, and there has been little or no collaboration between school and sports clubs. 10 It is estimated that 88% in Finland 11 and 70%-80% of all children in Norway 12 at some point during their childhood or adolescence are members of a sports club or team.…”

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“…In a modern lifestyle, time after school has an important potential for physical activity in the lives of children and adolescents. Structured leisure‐time activities might contribute to higher levels of intrinsic motivation and positive youth development and are associated with better physical and mental health among adolescents . In contrast to other Western countries, like the United States and UK, organized sports in northern Europe and the Nordic countries in particular is strongly related to time after school, and there has been little or no collaboration between school and sports clubs .…”

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Leisure‐time physical activity and participation in organized sports: Changes from 1985 to 2014 in Finland and Norway

Mathisen

Kokko

Tynjälä

et al. 2019

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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Participation in organized sports is a popular and important part of the lives of children and adolescents and is associated with improved psychological and social health, as well as an increased likelihood of meeting physical activity (PA) recommendations. Changes in modern society, including increased car ownership and use of technology and electronic media, have led to an additional focus on the importance of health‐enhancing PA among children and adolescents. The aim of this article was to study the secular changes in self‐reports of participation in organized sports clubs and leisure‐time vigorous physical activity (LVPA), and whether the relationship between participation in organized sports clubs and LVPA has changed from 1985 to 2014. Questionnaire data were collected in two cross‐sectional samples of Finnish and Norwegian 11‐, 13‐ and 15‐year‐olds in 1985/1986 (n = 7137) and 2014 (n = 9218). Overall, participation in organized sports clubs and level of LVPA appears to have changed in the same direction in the two Nordic countries. The proportion of 11‐year‐olds reporting to be participants in organized sports clubs increased from 1985/1986 to 2014. There was an overall increase in self‐reported LVPA. The association between participation in sports clubs and LVPA was stronger in 2014 than in 1985/1986. The findings indicated subgroup differences, in particular with regard to a steeper increase in LVPA and participation in sports clubs among Finnish girls. We suggest that attention should be given to the role of organized sports to better understand secular changes in PA.

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It doesn't matter if I feel obliged as long as I enjoy it: The associations between organized leisure‐time activities and adolescents' mental health and wellbeing

Badura,

Svacina,

Hallingberg

2024

Journal of Adolescence

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IntroductionThere is a consensus that adolescents' participation in organized leisure‐time activities (OLTAs) is pro‐developmental and beneficial for youth mental health. While enjoyment in OLTA is commonly regarded as positive, the role of obligation in the context of adolescents' OLTA has been scarcely researched. The present study investigated how these theoretically contradictory experiences (enjoyment and/or obligation) in OLTA participation relate to adolescents' wellbeing and incidence of psychological complaints accounting for their possible co‐occurrence.MethodsA nationally representative sample of 14,128 eleven–fifteen‐year‐old adolescents (49.7% girls) drawn from the Czech 2021/2022 Health Behaviour in School‐aged Children cross‐sectional study was used. A series of multivariate regression analyses assessed how perceptions of obligation and enjoyment in OLTA related to wellbeing and occurrence of psychological complaints. A person‐centered approach derived groups of respondents on the basis of their perceptions of obligation and enjoyment.ResultsRegression analyses, controlled for sociodemographic and family environment factors, and dimensions of OLTA participation, indicated that adolescents enjoying their OLTA displayed more favourable mental wellbeing reports. In contrast, perceptions of obligation were only weakly associated with more frequent psychological complaints and not at all with wellbeing, unless adolescents also reported the lack of enjoyment.ConclusionsEnjoyment in OLTA plays a pivotal role in the association between OLTA participation and mental health, whereas the role of obligation is far less pronounced. In fact, if adolescents do not enjoy their participation, but feel obliged to participate, their self‐assessed mental wellbeing is comparable to their peers not participating in OLTA at all.

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When children play, they feel better: organized activity participation and health in adolescents

Cited by 100 publications

References 48 publications

Participation in organized leisure-time activities and risk behaviors in Czech adolescents

Participation in organized leisure-time activities and risk behaviors in Czech adolescents

Leisure‐time physical activity and participation in organized sports: Changes from 1985 to 2014 in Finland and Norway

It doesn't matter if I feel obliged as long as I enjoy it: The associations between organized leisure‐time activities and adolescents' mental health and wellbeing

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