Is extracurricular participation associated with beneficial outcomes? Concurrent and longitudinal relations.

By Jennifer Fredricks, Jacquelynne S. Eccles. Developmental Psychology, 2006

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Subfields: Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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Promoting Positive Youth Development Through Organized After‐School Activities: Taking a Closer Look at Participation of Ethnic Minority Youth (2012, background): “…been correlated with positive academic, psychological, and social adjustment for both low-income and middle-class African American youth (Dotterer, McHale, & Crouter, 2007; Fredricks & Eccles, 2006, 2008, 2010; Posner & Vandell, 1994, 1999; Quane & Rankin, 2006; Simpkins, Eccles, & Becnel, 2008).”
‘More than a game’: impact of The First Tee life skills programme on positive youth development: project introduction and Year 1 findings (2013, background): “…that participating in structured out-of-school activities (e.g. organised sport) are associated with lower school dropout rates, improved social responsibility and psychological competencies, and positive peer interactions (e.g. Hellison 2003, Fredricks and Eccles 2006, Coatsworth and Conroy 2009).”
High School Socioeconomic Segregation and Student Attainment (2013, background): “In addition, measures of social engagement at school, such as participation in extracurricular activities, are predictive of academic engagement, especially for low SES students (Fredricks & Eccles, 2006; Wehlage, Rutter, Smith, Lesko, & Fernandez, 1989).”
Neighborhood social connectedness and adolescent civic engagement: An integrative model (2013, background): “…process (Erikson, 1985; Smetana & Metzger, 2005) and have been found to be associated with a better psychosocial adjustment in adolescence (e.g., Fredricks & Eccles, 2006; Schmidt, Shumow, & Kackar, 2007; Vieno, Nation, Perkins, & Santinello, 2007) and to civic engagement in adulthood (Hart,…”
High school athletes’ perspectives on support, communication, negotiation and life skill development (2009, background): “…findings have shown that participation in organised activities such as sports is associated with a number of positive outcomes such as increased educational attainment (Barber et al., 2001; Eccles et al., 2003), adolescent adjustment (Fredricks and Eccles, 2006), initiative *Corresponding author.”
The association between school-based physical activity, including physical education, and academic performance: a systematic review of the literature. (2011, background): “Others examined the relationship between student report of participation on sports teams (type of team was not specified) and students' selfreported grades (Crosnoe, 2002; Darling, 2005; Fredricks and Eccles, 2006; Spence and Poon, 1997).”
The Role of Organized Activities in Facilitating Social Adaptation Across the Transition to College (2007, background): “…involvement as an all-or-nothing phenomenon; however, researchers increasingly acknowledge the value of examining the effects of these distinct but overlapping indices as a way of more accurately capturing youth’s involvement (Eccles, 2005; Fredricks & Eccles, 2006; Jacobs, Vernon, & Eccles, 2005).”
Predictors of Resilience Among Inner City Youths (2010, background): “Several studies have shown that involvement in extracurricular activities is related to academic achievement (Cooper et al. 1999; Fredricks and Eccles 2006) better psychological adjustment and lower rates of substance use (Barber et al.”
Factors Contributing to Academic Performance of Students in a Tertiary Institution in Singapore (2014, background): “Fredricks and Eccles [52] found that participation in extra-curricular activities can lead to positive academic outcomes, including improved grades and test scores.”
Engagement in School and Out-of-School Contexts: A Multidimensional View of Engagement (2011, background): “Interest in engagement in organized out-of-school activities has grown due to evidence of the role of such activities in promoting academic achievement, preventing risk behavior, and reducing school disengagement ( Fredricks & Eccles, 2006 ).”