Feelings of acceptance within school communities can promote positive psychological
outcomes. Despite occurring outside of the classroom, youth who engage in extracurricular …

Background Healthy after‐school activities such as participation in organised sport have
been shown to serve as important resources for reducing school failure and other …

Introduction Participation in extracurricular activities (ECAs) during high school is likely to be
associated with higher intrinsic motivation, as well as lower externalizing problems and …

Australian adolescents living in regional communities are significantly more likely to perform
worse at school, relative to those in metropolitan communities. These disparities are partially …

Volný čas hraje nepostradatelnou roli pro člověka i společnost. Přispívá ke kvalitě života a
životní spokojenosti, rozvoji mezilidských vztahů a tvorbě sociálního kapitálu. V životě …

(1) Background: Adolescent refugees in Lebanon and Lebanese youth are both at high risk
of suffering from reduced psychological well-being. Sport is an evidence-based strategy for …

Past research has demonstrated an association between financial hardships and risk-taking
behaviors (defined as delinquent or transgressive acts). However, this effect may differ …

ABSTRACT Sport for Development (SfD) literature tends to focus on and value bottom-up,
grassroots projects and realities, and criticize top-down (ie, from high-to low-authority) …

Extracurricular activities have been known to provide students with learning opportunities
not always provided in other traditional learning environments such as communication …

This chapter pays special attention to the evidence obtained through the participants' voices
in the social-sport meetings. Following the considerations of grounded theory methodology …