This study examines adolescents'(N= 28,712; 49% female; M age= 12.25, SD age= 0.51)
recreational screen time and participation in extracurricular activities during after-school …

Background Over the two last decades, the interest in personal and psychosocial youth
development has been growing due to its engagement in sport activities. Furthermore …

Since the early 2000s, models of positive youth development (PYD), as well as the concept
of life skills, have served as popular approaches by which to situate psychosocial …

Summary Positive Youth Development (PYD) is an asset‐building approach to youth
development research and practice that emphasizes enhancing strengths and developing …

Abstract In a non-Western African society, like Ghana, the resources and opportunities
available to facilitate optimal youth development do not only fall short but also appear to be …

Researchers argue that sport must be deliberately structured to teach life skills. The purpose
of this study was to examine differences in program quality and positive developmental …

Background Participation in organized leisure-time activities (OLTA) has been linked to
healthy youth development. This study aimed to assess whether participation in OLTA is …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to gain student-athlete perceptions of:(1) the
definition of leadership for high school student-athletes;(2) the process of leadership …

Non-formal education programmes to boost young people's development are increasingly
common in the Global South. There is clear evidence of short-term impacts but much less is …

Although extracurricular activity involvement during high school is linked with positive
academic outcomes, less is known about the longitudinal effects or the mediators of this …