Abstract/Details

The Influence of After-School Activity Participation and Perceived Social Support on the Emotional and Social Competence, and School Engagement of Adolescents

Busack, Antonia.   Pace University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2013. 3570711.

Abstract (summary)

This study examined the influence of after-school activity participation and social support on school engagement and emotional and social competence in a sample of adolescents. The participants consisted of 82 ethnically diverse middle and high school students in grades 7 to 12 in a suburban area of New York State, whose average age was 15.29 years. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were employed in order to examine the adolescents' school engagement, emotional competence, and social competence as predicted by their after-school activity participation and social support, while controlling for demographic factors. The main predictors of students' level of school engagement were their perceived social support, the intensity of their after-school activity participation, and their gender, with male students' on average reporting higher levels of school engagement. The main predictor of adolescents' emotional competence was social support, and the main predictors of students' social competence were social support and intensity of after-school activity participation. These findings illustrate the importance of after-school activity participation for students' school engagement, and the importance of adolescents' social support for their emotional and social competencies and their positive school engagement.

Indexing (details)


Subject
Educational psychology;
Developmental psychology
Classification
0525: Educational psychology
0620: Developmental psychology
Identifier / keyword
Psychology; Education; Adolescents; After-school activities; Emotional competence; Perceived social support; School engagement; Social competence
Title
The Influence of After-School Activity Participation and Perceived Social Support on the Emotional and Social Competence, and School Engagement of Adolescents
Author
Busack, Antonia
Number of pages
100
Degree date
2013
School code
0483
Source
DAI-A 81/1(E), Dissertation Abstracts International
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Country of publication
United States
ISBN
978-1-303-16345-6
Advisor
Rafferty, Yvonne
University/institution
Pace University
University location
United States -- New York
Degree
Psy.D.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
3570711
ProQuest document ID
1408393426
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/1408393426