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Extracurricular Activity Intensity and Adolescent Risk-Taking: Exploring Interactive Effects of Contextual Risk and Coping Efficacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2017

Gabriel P. Heaslip  and
Bonnie L. Barber
Gabriel P. Heaslip*
Affiliation:
Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
Bonnie L. Barber
Affiliation:
School of Applied Psychology, Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University, Australia
*
Address for correspondence: Gabriel P. Heaslip, Murdoch University, South Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6150, Australia. Email: g.heaslip@murdoch.edu.au
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Abstract

Adolescence is a period of heightened risk-taking. Therefore it is important to investigate positive settings that can facilitate healthy adolescent development and reduce risk-taking behaviour. This study investigated the relations between non-sporting extracurricular activity participation intensity and risky behaviour. Adolescents’ coping efficacy was tested as a moderator between extracurricular activity participation and risk-taking among adolescents at different levels of contextual risk. Adolescents (N = 1,599) across Western Australia were surveyed. Results for moderately at-risk youth indicated a significant interaction, such that greater activity intensity was associated with less risk-taking for adolescents with higher coping efficacy. However, higher intensity activity participation predicted more risk-taking for adolescents with low coping efficacy.

Keywords

adolescenceextracurricular activitiesrisk-takingcoping efficacy
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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , July 2017 , pp. 62 - 77
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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society Ltd 2017 

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