Organized activities as contexts of development : extracurricular activities, after-school, and community programs

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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).”
Coaching Life Skills through Football: A Study of Award Winning High School Coaches (2007, background): “…life skills through sports participation has become a topic of considerable interest in both sport psychology (e.g., Danish, Fazio, Nellen, & Owens, 2002; Petitpas, Cornelius, Van Raalte, & Jones, 2005) and the broader ﬁeld of youth development (e.g., Larson, 2000; Mahoney, Larson, & Eccles, 2005).”
Sports-based interventions for socially vulnerable youth: Towards well-defined interventions with easy-to-follow outcomes? (2013, background): “In addition, it has been argued that wider benefits accruing from organised sports involvement are stronger for disadvantaged youth with social, academic deficits and families residing in high-risk neighbourhoods (Feinstein et al., 2005; Mahoney et al., 2005).”