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dc.contributor.authorDawes, Nickki Pearce
dc.contributor.authorModecki, Kathryn L
dc.contributor.authorGonzales, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorDumka, Larry
dc.contributor.authorMillsap, Roger
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-22T04:16:34Z
dc.date.available2018-03-22T04:16:34Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0047-2891
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10964-015-0284-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/173112
dc.description.abstractThe potential benefits of participation in extracurricular activities may be especially important for youth who are at risk for academic underachievement, such as low income Mexican-origin youth in the U.S. To advance understanding of factors that drive participation for this population, this study examined Mexican-origin youth’s trajectories of participation in extracurricular activities across Grades 7–12 and tested theoretically-derived predictors of these trajectories. Participants were 178 adolescents (53.9 % Female, Mage = 12.28) and their mothers who separately completed in-home interviews. Youth reported the frequency of their participation across a range of extracurricular activities. Latent growth curve models of overall extracurricular activities participation, sports participation, and fine arts participation were individually estimated via structural equation modeling. The findings demonstrated developmental declines in overall participation and in sports participation. For fine arts, declines in participation in middle school were followed by subsequent increases during high school (a curvilinear pattern). Motivationally-salient predictors of participation trajectories included youth’s traditional cultural values orientation (sports), the mothers’ educational aspirations for the youth (sports, fine arts, overall activity), and youth gender (sports, fine arts). Overall, the results suggest variability in participation trajectories based on program type, and highlight the need for additional research to enhance our understanding of the impact of culturally-relevant predictors on participation over time.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer New York LLC
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2172
dc.relation.ispartofpageto2188
dc.relation.ispartofissue11
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Youth and Adolescence
dc.relation.ispartofvolume44
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist studies in education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied and developmental psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical and health psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial and personality psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3904
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5205
dc.titleMexican-Origin Youth Participation in Extracurricular Activities: Predicting Trajectories of Involvement from 7th to 12th Grade
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorModecki, Kathryn L.


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