Structured leisure activities in middle childhood: Links to well-being

Structured Leisure Activities in Middle Childhood: Links to Well-Being

Associations between children’s (N = 147) participation in structured leisure activities and their adjustment were examined. Caregivers provided lists of extracurricular activities (clubs, sports, and church activities) in which children participated. Children and caregivers participated in interviews and completed questionnaires designed to measure children’s adjustment in four domains (academ...

Manufacturing leisure Innovations in happiness , well - being

Association of enjoyable leisure activities with psychological and physical well-being.

OBJECTIVE To examine whether engaging in multiple enjoyable activities was associated with better psychological and physiological functioning. Few studies have examined the health benefits of the enjoyable activities that individuals participate in voluntarily in their free time. METHOD Participants from four different studies (n = 1399 total, 74% female, age = 19-89 years) completed a self-r...

Processes of Early Childhood Interventions to Adult Well-Being.

This article describes the contributions of cognitive-scholastic advantage, family support behavior, and school quality and support as processes through which early childhood interventions promote well-being. Evidence in support of these processes is from longitudinal cohort studies of the Child-Parent Centers and other preventive interventions beginning by age 4. Relatively large effects of pa...

The Importance of Leisure Activities in the Relationship between Physical Health and Well-Being in a Life Span Sample.

BACKGROUND Previous studies have examined the relationships between physical health and leisure activities and between leisure activities and well-being, but, to our knowledge, none has examined these relationships simultaneously. OBJECTIVE This study investigated the relationships between leisure activities, health and well-being considering the role of age, and whether leisure activities me...