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  • Skate parks as a context for adolescent development

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    Bradley, Graham L
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    Bradley, Graham L.
    Year published
    2010
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    Abstract
    All people influence, and are influenced by, the contexts they inhabit. Leisure contexts are no exception. The current research comprised three studies investigating the links between one leisure context, skate parks, and adolescent development. Using interview, observation and questionnaire methods, the research shed light on several of the demographic, psychosocial, and sub-cultural correlates of skate park use. Despite polarized attitudes to skate parks, parks users reported levels of personal adjustment and social integration similar to those of other adolescents. The research illustrates the need to distinguish between ...
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    All people influence, and are influenced by, the contexts they inhabit. Leisure contexts are no exception. The current research comprised three studies investigating the links between one leisure context, skate parks, and adolescent development. Using interview, observation and questionnaire methods, the research shed light on several of the demographic, psychosocial, and sub-cultural correlates of skate park use. Despite polarized attitudes to skate parks, parks users reported levels of personal adjustment and social integration similar to those of other adolescents. The research illustrates the need to distinguish between different types of unstructured youth leisure activities, with those activities that occur within the unstructured context of a skate park shown to offer considerable potential for positive youth development.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Adolescent Research
    Volume
    25
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558409357236
    Copyright Statement
    © 2010 SAGE Publications. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Psychology
    Cognitive Sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/33224
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