Organized Out-of-School Activities: Setting for Peer Relationships

1. Organized Out-of-School Activities and Peer Relationships: Theoretical Perspectives and Previous Research 1 Jennifer A. Fredricks, Sandra D. Simpkins This introductory chapter describes reasons why organized activities offer an ideal setting to study peer processes and reviews theoretical perspectives and previous empirical research relevant to this topic. 2. Friendships with Co-Participants in Organized Activities: Prevalence, Quality, Friends Characteristics, and Associations with Adolescents Adjustment 19 Francois Poulin, Anne-Sophie Denault The authors examine the extent to which adolescents participate in activities with their friends, the quality of characteristics of these activity friendships, and the association between activity involvement and educational and behavioral adjustment. 3. When Is Sport Participation Risky or Protective for Alcohol Use? The Role of Teammates, Friendships, and Popularity 37 Andrea E. Vest, Sandra D. Simpkins The authors explore the extent to which popularity, friends alcohol use, and teammates alcohol use alter the link between sport participation and alcohol use. 4. Regrouping: Organized Activity Involvement and Social Adjustment Across the Transition to High School 57 Amy M. Bohnert, Julie Wargo Aikins, Nicole T. Arola The authors examine the relation between the continuity of participation in five different types of organized activities and social adjustment across the transition to high school. 5. Adolescents, Organized Activities, and Peers: Knowledge Gained and Knowledge Needed 77 B. Bradford Brown A conceptual framework for future research on how organized activity characteristics infl uence peer processes, and how these processes influence outcomes for adolescents is presented. INDEX 97

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