Leisure activities and problem behaviours among Hungarian youth

Bettina F. Piko; Alexander T. Vazsonyi

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2004.02.004

Leisure activities and problem behaviours among Hungarian youth

Bettina F. Piko, Alexander T. Vazsonyi

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We examined leisure behaviours and the relationships between leisure and a variety of problem behaviours in a sample of 1422 Hungarian adolescents (age range: 14-19). Findings from multivariate analyses suggest that some aspects of adolescent leisure, such as family or conventional activities, act as protective factors against problem behaviours, while peer-oriented activities or commercial types of leisure contribute to greater risk for problem behaviours. We also found that the same leisure activities explained problem behaviours for both males and females. The study suggests that the relationships between leisure activities and problem behaviours are highly similar as found among Western youth.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	717-730
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Adolescence
Volume	27
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2004.02.004
State	Published - Dec 2004

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We would like to thank school administrators and students for their participation. Study 1 (Dr. Piko) was supported by the OTKA T042490 grant of the National Research Fund of Hungary, and a Bolyai Research Fellowship provided to Bettina F. Piko by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Study 2 (Dr. Vazsonyi) was supported in part by a grant from the Auburn University Competitive Research Grant Program.

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Social Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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