Gender Variation in Extracurricular Activity Participation and Perceived Life Chances in Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents

Participation in extracurricular activities has surfaced as an important context for adolescent development and may be a fruitful avenue for fostering future attitudes, a concept shown to predict adolescent behaviors. In this study of youth from Trinidad and Tobago, we examined gender differences in...

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Autores principales:	Mello,Zena R, Worrell,Frank C
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2008
Materias:	gender variation extracurricular activities perceived life chances future-orientation Trinidad and Tobago adolescents
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-22282008000200008
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spellingShingle	gender variation extracurricular activities perceived life chances future-orientation Trinidad and Tobago adolescents Mello,Zena R Worrell,Frank C Gender Variation in Extracurricular Activity Participation and Perceived Life Chances in Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents
description	Participation in extracurricular activities has surfaced as an important context for adolescent development and may be a fruitful avenue for fostering future attitudes, a concept shown to predict adolescent behaviors. In this study of youth from Trinidad and Tobago, we examined gender differences in activity participation and perceived life chances in 1,385 adolescents (59% male). Trinidadian adolescents were highly active, on average, participating in three activities. More males were involved in athletic and organized groups, whereas more females participated in artistic and religious activities. Artistic and athletic activity participation predicted positive perceived life chances, even after controlling for academic achievement. Artistic activities were especially beneficial for predicting future attitudes for males compared to females.
author	Mello,Zena R Worrell,Frank C
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title	Gender Variation in Extracurricular Activity Participation and Perceived Life Chances in Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents
title_short	Gender Variation in Extracurricular Activity Participation and Perceived Life Chances in Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents
title_full	Gender Variation in Extracurricular Activity Participation and Perceived Life Chances in Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents
title_fullStr	Gender Variation in Extracurricular Activity Participation and Perceived Life Chances in Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents
title_full_unstemmed	Gender Variation in Extracurricular Activity Participation and Perceived Life Chances in Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents
title_sort	gender variation in extracurricular activity participation and perceived life chances in trinidad and tobago adolescents
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
publishDate	2008
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Gender Variation in Extracurricular Activity Participation and Perceived Life Chances in Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents

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