Gender Variation in Extracurricular Activity Participation and Perceived Life Chances in Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents
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2008
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Adolescents Teen-agers Young adults (Teenagers) Teens Life--PhilosophyCiter ce document
Zena R. Mello et al., « Gender Variation in Extracurricular Activity Participation and Perceived Life Chances in Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents », Psykhe, ID : 10670/1.xy0wgn
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"Participation in extracurricular activities has surfaced as an important context for adolescent development and may bea fruitful avenue for fostering future attitudes, a concept shown to predict adolescent behaviors. In this study of youthfrom Trinidad and Tobago, we examined gender differences in activity participation and perceived life chances in 1,385adolescents (59% male). Trinidadian adolescents were highly active, on average, participating in three activities. Moremales 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 academicachievement. Artistic activities were especially bene cial for predicting future attitudes for males compared to females."