Adolescents in the Community: Extracurricular Activities and Sexual Harassment.

IF 3.7 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Youth and Adolescence Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.1007/s10964-023-01812-8

Andrea S Mora, Kristen M LoDuca, Rosario Ceballo

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Abstract

Sexual harassment and participation in extracurricular activities are two common experiences for adolescents, yet little research examines the interplay between these two phenomena, particularly among low-income, racial/ethnic minority adolescents. This study examined whether participation in four types of extracurricular activities-school-based, structured community-based, unstructured community-based, and home-based-was associated with adolescents' PTSD and depressive symptoms over time, and whether those relations were mediated by neighborhood-based sexual harassment. Participants were 537 adolescents who were on average 15.6 years old, 54% girls, and majority Latino/a (n = 416; 77.5%). Path analyses revealed a significant indirect effect between unstructured community-based activities, but not structured community-based, school- nor home-based extracurricular activities and PTSD symptoms via sexual harassment. The findings point to the importance of examining how unstructured community-based extracurricular activities may increase neighborhood risks for adolescents, and the need for creating opportunities for adolescents to engage in structured and well supervised after-school extracurricular activities.

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青少年在社区:课外活动和性骚扰。

性骚扰和参加课外活动是青少年的两种常见经历，但很少有研究调查这两种现象之间的相互作用，特别是在低收入、种族/少数民族青少年中。本研究考察了参与四种类型的课外活动——基于学校的、结构化社区的、非结构化社区的和基于家庭的——是否与青少年的创伤后应激障碍和抑郁症状有关，以及这些关系是否受到基于社区的性骚扰的调解。参与者为537名青少年，平均年龄15.6岁，54%为女孩，大多数为拉丁裔/a (n = 416;77.5%)。通径分析显示，非结构化社区活动与创伤后应激障碍症状之间存在显著的间接影响，但结构化社区活动、学校课外活动和家庭课外活动与性骚扰之间没有显著的间接影响。研究结果指出了研究非结构化社区课外活动如何增加青少年社区风险的重要性，以及为青少年创造机会参与结构化和良好监督的课外活动的必要性。

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Journal of Youth and Adolescence PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

CiteScore

8.20

自引率

6.10%

发文量

155

期刊介绍： Journal of Youth and Adolescence provides a single, high-level medium of communication for psychologists, psychiatrists, biologists, criminologists, educators, and researchers in many other allied disciplines who address the subject of youth and adolescence. The journal publishes quantitative analyses, theoretical papers, and comprehensive review articles. The journal especially welcomes empirically rigorous papers that take policy implications seriously. Research need not have been designed to address policy needs, but manuscripts must address implications for the manner society formally (e.g., through laws, policies or regulations) or informally (e.g., through parents, peers, and social institutions) responds to the period of youth and adolescence.