Can organized leisure-time activities buffer the negative outcomes of unstructured activities for adolescents' health?
Petr BaduraAndrea Madarasova GeckovaDagmar SigmundovaErik SigmundJitse P van DijkSijmen A ReijneveldPublished in: International journal of public health (2018)
The selected UA are strongly associated with an increased occurrence of adolescents' health-risk behaviours and low academic achievement. Concurrent participation in OLTA does not buffer these negative outcomes significantly, but adolescents engaged only in UA consistently report the least favourable outcomes.