Leisure time use and adolescent mental well-being: insights from the COVID-19 Czech spring lockdown

A Cosma, J Pavelka, P Badura - International journal of environmental …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: As leisure—one of the crucial life domains—was completely disrupted by the
COVID-19 pandemic, our study aimed to investigate how adolescents spent their leisure …

Contribution of leisure context, motivation and experience to the frequency of participation in structured leisure activities among adolescents

M Belošević, M Ferić - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Leisure time is considered an important context for adolescent development. The purpose of
this article is to investigate what contributes to the frequency of adolescents' participation in …

Urban public space initiatives and health in Africa: A mixed-methods systematic review

T Meelan, ERI Mogo, N Onyemaobi… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Public space initiatives (PSIs) in African cities can significantly promote health and social
well-being, yet their implementation and impact are unknown across the continent. There is …

Contribution of frequency and structured leisure activities features to the alcohol use: perception of adolescents from the northwest county of Croatia

M Belošević, M Ferić - International journal of adolescence and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
One of the most important contexts for adolescent development, along with family, school,
and community, is leisure. However, leisure time can be associated with risk behaviours …

Mediation analysis of a theory-based culture and age-appropriate HIV/STI prevention

GN Tsheko, B Koyabe, L Gabaitiri, K Molebatsi… - Prevention …, 2022 - Springer
Few studies have investigated mediator effects of HIV prevention interventions on
adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. Herein, we report on a secondary analysis of an …

Can't you see i'm getting bored? The social context as a moderator of adolescent leisure boredom and alcohol use

E Weybright, JJ Beckmeyer, LL Caldwell… - Youth & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The current study sought to better understand how leisure boredom is associated with
alcohol use and how peer factors moderated the relationship between state and trait leisure …

Preventing leisure from being overlooked: Intersecting leisure and prevention sciences

EH Weybright, LL Caldwell… - Journal of Leisure …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Leisure opportunities and experiences make powerful contributions to individual and
community health by promoting positive and reducing negative health outcomes at …

Leisure satisfaction, personality, and psychosexual adjustment among college students: A latent profile analysis

X Xia, X Wang, Y Wang - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although the factors influencing sexual health have been explored by researchers, the
impact of leisure and personality on psychosexual adjustment and the interaction of these …

Re-imagining sport pedagogy through youth engagement: An exploration of the youth engagement continuum

Z Nols, GJ Jones, M Theeboom - Leisure Sciences, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Sport represents an important leisure context for promoting youth development. In particular,
sport-based youth development (SBYD) initiatives have emerged to offer programming …

Leisure activities, substance use and psychological health among Hungarian adolescents

BF Piko - Leisure/Loisir, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
During the past several decades, adolescents' leisure has undergone several important
changes due to, for example, alternative modes of entertainment, such as video gaming and …