Extracurricular involvement in the school-age period and adolescent problem behavior among low-income youth.
Extracurricular involvement in the school-age period and adolescent problem behavior among low-income youth.
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DOI：
10.1037/ccp0000685
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发表时间：
2021-11
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Shaw, Daniel S
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作者：
Feldman, Julia S;Zhou, Yiyao;Weaver Krug, Chelsea;Wilson, Melvin N;Lemery-Chalfant, Kathryn;Shaw, Daniel S
本研究测试的保护作用，青少年的学龄期课外活动的参与和多个线人的报告，青少年的内化和外化问题的样本，从低收入家庭的青年。参与青年（n = 635，49%女性，49%白色，28%黑人/非裔美国人，14%双胞胎，8%其他种族，13%西班牙裔/拉丁裔）来自早期步骤多中心研究。在7.5岁，8.5岁和9.5岁时，主要照顾者报告了青少年参加的课外活动的数量（父母善后调查）。在14岁和16岁时，从主要和替代照顾者（儿童行为检查表）和目标青少年（儿童抑郁量表-简表，儿童多维焦虑量表和自我报告的犯罪）收集内化和外化问题的措施。在16岁时，目标青年还提供了危险性行为和药物使用的措施（青年危险行为调查）。教师提供了14岁时青年内化和外化问题的衡量标准（教师报告表）。在考虑了多个社会人口因素、儿童问题行为的初始水平和干预组地位的影响后，结构方程模型显示，学龄期课外参与与代表青少年在14岁（β =-0.13，p <0.01）和16岁（β =-0.12，p = 0.02）时外化而非内化问题的潜在因素呈负相关。目前的研究表明，低收入，学龄儿童参与课外活动提供了保护功能，青少年外化问题。未来的研究应评估潜在的机制，并扩大范围的青少年的成果，包括亲社会功能。
The present study tested the protective role of youth’s school-age extracurricular involvement and multiple informants’ reports of adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems in a sample of youth from low-income households. Participating youth (n = 635, 49% female, 49% White, 28% Black/African American, 14% biracial, 8% other race, 13% Hispanic/Latinx) were drawn from the Early Steps Multisite Study. At ages 7.5, 8.5, and 9.5, primary caregivers reported the number of extracurricular activities for which youth participated (Parent Aftercare Survey). At ages 14 and 16, measures of internalizing and externalizing problems were collected from primary and alternate caregivers (Child Behavior Checklist) and target youth (Child Depression Inventory – Short Form, Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, and Self-Report of Delinquency). At age 16, target youth also contributed measures of risky sexual behaviors and substance use (Youth Risk Behavior Survey). Teachers contributed measures of youth’s internalizing and externalizing problems at age 14 (Teacher Report Form). After accounting for the effects of multiple sociodemographic factors, initial levels of child problem behavior, and intervention group status, structural equation models revealed that school-age extracurricular involvement was inversely associated with latent factors representing adolescent externalizing, but not internalizing, problems at ages 14 (β = −.13, p < .01) and 16 (β = −.12, p = .02). The present study suggests that low-income, school-age children’s involvement in extracurricular activities serves a protective function in relation to adolescent externalizing problems. Future studies should assess underlying mechanisms and expand the scope of adolescent outcomes to include prosocial functioning.