Can organized leisure-time activities buffer the negative outcomes of unstructured activities for adolescents' health?

摘要: We aimed to assess the associations of involvement in selected unstructured activities (UA) with health-risk behaviours and academic achievement degree which participation organized leisure-time (OLTA) changes these associations. Using a sample 6935 Czech adolescents aged 13 15 years, we investigated adolescents’ weekly hanging out, visiting shopping malls for fun meeting friends after 8 p.m., OLTA engagement three achievement. Weekly UA was associated higher odds regular smoking, being drunk, having early sexual intercourse low achievement. Concurrent did not buffer negative outcomes, except experience. However, those highly engaged only were more likely participate report worse than participating any concurrently. The are strongly an increased occurrence does outcomes significantly, but consistently least favourable outcomes.