Keeping Adolescents Busy with Extracurricular Activities

Autor/inn/en	Kao, Tsui-Sui Annie; Salerno, Jennifer
Titel	Keeping Adolescents Busy with Extracurricular Activities
Quelle	In: Journal of School Nursing, 30 (2014) 1, S.57-67 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8405
DOI	10.1177/1059840513487751
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Extracurricular Activities; Participation; Parent Role; Parent Influence; Sexuality; Semi Structured Interviews; Asian Americans; Whites; Part Time Employment; Student Employment; Correlation; Risk; Peer Relationship; Parenting Styles; Academic Achievement; Attendance Patterns; Early Parenthood; High School Students; Family Income; Marital Status; Gender Differences; Parent Child Relationship; Interpersonal Communication; Academic Aspiration; Mixed Methods Research; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Teilnahme; Parental role; Elternrolle; Sexualität; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; White; Weißer; Part-time employment; Teilzeitbeschäftigung; Studentenarbeit; Korrelation; Risiko; Peer-Beziehungen; Schulleistung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Familieneinkommen; Familienstand; Geschlechterkonflikt; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Interpersonale Kommunikation
Abstract	Adolescent participation in academic/extracurricular activities is related to fewer diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections during adolescence. The role parents play in motivating participation in such activities is unclear. This mixed-methods study explored parental influences on academic/extracurricular activity participation, and the relationship of such participation to adolescents' future aspirations and sexual behavior, over a 4-year period. We utilized semistructured interviews with 28 White and Asian American adolescents (age 17-19) and event history calendar self-reports of activities, part-time jobs, and sexual behaviors. Data triangulation was used to integrate qualitative and quantitative data. Increased participation was correlated with abstinence and later sexual onset. Many adolescents reported that parents were reluctant to talk with them about sexual risks and instead preferred to keep them busy and ensure that they had the "right" friends. Adolescents endorsed the parental strategy of keeping them busy with activities. Findings and implications for school nursing practice are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10