Extracurricular involvement among affluent youth

"A scapegoat for "ubiquitous achievement pressures

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9785656
AutoresSuniya S Luthar (0000-0003-3068-4469, Columbia University, autor de correspondencia), Karen A Shoum, Pamela Brown (0000-0002-7558-7155, Yale University), Pamela J Brown
Año2006
Volumen42
Número3
Páginas583-597
Fecha de publicación2006-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0012-1649.42.3.583
PMID16756447
PMCIDPMC1852438
OpenAlexW2094072676
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas29
Referencias citadas43

It has been suggested that over-scheduling of upper-class youth might underlie the high distress and substance use documented among them. This assumption was tested by considering suburban 8th graders' involvement in different activities along with their perceptions of parental attitudes toward achievement. Results indicated negligible evidence for deleterious effects of high extracurricular involvement per se. Far more strongly implicated was perceived parent criticism for both girls and boys as well as the absence of after-school supervision. Low parent expectations connoted significant vulnerability especially for boys. The findings indicate that at least among early adolescents, converging scientific and media reports may have scapegoated extracurricular involvements, to some degree, as an index of ubiquitous achievement pressures in affluent communities

Academic achievement · Criticism · Developmental psychology · Distress · Perception · Poverty · Scapegoat · Social environment · Clinical Psychology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support