Developmental Benefits of Extracurricular Involvement: Do Peer Characteristics Mediate the Link Between Activities and Youth Outcomes?

By Jennifer Fredricks, Jacquelynne S. Eccles. 2005

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Subfields: Safety Research, Social Psychology

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Boarding School, Academic Motivation and Engagement, and Psychological Well-Being (2014, background): “…supports the identification/commitment hypothesis and finds that students participating in school-based extracurricular activities are more likely to affiliate with the school and evince positive outcomes (Bryce, Mendelovits, Beavis, McQueen, & Adams, 2004; Fredricks & Eccles, 2005; Hunter, 2005).”
Developmental Antecedents of Young Adult Civic Engagement (2007, background): “Fredricks and Eccles (2005), using a sample of 498 high school students, tested mediation of extracurricular involvement effects on adolescent adjustment.”
Participation in Extracurricular Activities in the Middle School Years: Are There Developmental Benefits for African American and European American Youth? (2008, background): “Participation has been positively linked to academic outcomes including higher grades, test scores, school value, school engagement, and educational aspirations (Eccles and Barber 1999; Fredricks and Eccles 2005; Fredricks and Eccles 2006a; Marsh and Kleitman 2002), and psychological outcomes such”
Engagement in School and Out-of-School Contexts: A Multidimensional View of Engagement (2011, background): “There is also little evidence to support this argument, as participants in extracurricular activities have actually been found to have more academically-oriented peers than non-participants ( Fredricks & Eccles, 2005 ).”
A Literature Review of the Impact of Extracurricular Activities Participation on Students’ Academic Performance (2014, background): “…as a result of the non-academic and social benefits associated with ECA participation (Anderman, 2002; Broh, 2002; Fejgin, 1994; Finn, 1989; Fredricks & Eccles, 2005; Hansen, Larson, & Dworkin, 2003; Holland & Andre, 1987; Larson, Hanson, & Moneta, 2006; Lewis, 2004; Mahoney & Cairns,…”
Religious Involvement and Educational Outcomes: The Role of Social Capital and Extracurricular Participation (2008, methodology): “…Barber 1999; Broh 2002; Eccles et al. 2003), higher achievement test scores (Broh 2002; Eccles et al. 2003), greater attachment to school (Eccles and Barber 1999; Fredricks and Eccles 2005), higher educational aspirations (Marsh 1992), and lower likelihood of dropping out of school (McNeal 1995).”