When children play, they feel better: organized activity participation and health in adolescents

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F15%3A33155322" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/15:33155322 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-015-2427-5" target="_blank" >http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-015-2427-5</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2427-5" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12889-015-2427-5</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
When children play, they feel better: organized activity participation and health in adolescents
Original language description
Background: Participation in organized leisure-time activities (OLTA) has been linked to healthy youth development. This study aimed to assess whether participation in OLTA is associated with both physical and mental health in adolescents, and whether this association differs by pattern of activity participation, age and gender. Methods: The present study was based on data from the 2013/2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study in the Czech Republic. This data concerned 10,503 adolescents (49.2 % boys) aged 11, 13 and 15. A cluster analysis was carried out to obtain patterns of activity participation and yielded five groups (all-rounders, artists, individual sports, team sports and inactive). The association between participation in types ofOLTA and physical and mental health was analysed using logistic regression models adjusted for age and gender. We also assessed interactions between types of OLTA and gender and age. Results: Participation in OLTA was associated with bett
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AK - Sport and leisure time activities
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/LG14043" target="_blank" >LG14043: Strengthening the support of Czech representatives within HSBC research network management structures</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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