A cross-sectional study of organized activity participation and emotional wellbeing among non-immigrant and immigrant-origin children in British Columbia, Canada

Albanese, Carmela Melina; Oberle, Eva; Sutherland, Jason M.; Janus, Magdalena; Schonert‐Reichl, Kimberly A.; Georgiades, Katholiki; Guhn, Martin; Petteni, Monique Gagné; Gadermann, Anne M.

doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.102052

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“…Most of the available literature on the topic of well-being of students in Canada stems from analyses of longitudinal studies such as COMPASS, the Manitoba Youth Health Survey, the Canadian Community Health Survey, and the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Some of the most common variables under analysis were: the use of alcohol/cannabis (Butler et al, 2019;Duncan et al, 2021), sleep patterns (Chaput & Janssen, 2016;Gariépy et al, 2019;Gruber et al, 2019), eating habits (Gariépy et al, 2019;Ovenell et al, 2022), screen time (Gazendam et al, 2020), physical activity (Caldwell et al, 2022;Maximova et al, 2022;Vanderloo et al, 2022;Weatherson et al, 2020), organized activity (Albanese et al, 2023), parents' profession (Stelnicki et al, 2022) and separation/divorce (Galbraith & Kingsbury, 2022), neighbourhood (Sim & Georgiades, 2022), immigration or refugee background (Albanese et al, 2023;Paradis et al, 2022), perceived body image (Livermore et al, 2020), and bullying (Shaver et al, 2021;Stewart-Tufescu et al, 2021). Following, we summarize the findings of these and some other studies around different aspects and factors of well-being.…”

Section: Student Well-being In the Canadian Contextmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Also, physical activity, or even organized activity in general, plays a pivotal role in students' well-being. Focusing on Grade 7 children in British Columbia, Albanese et al (2023) noted that participation in organized activities was significantly associated with better life satisfaction and lower depressive symptoms among non-immigrant children. The authors report that most (84%) children participated in at least one organized activity, which, they observe, is consistent with estimates among 6-to 13-year-old children in Canada.…”

Section: Physical Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We make the following general observation from our review of relevant literature as it pertains to the purpose and design of the study presented in this paper. First, there is a paucity of studies that utilized some sort of well-being scale or perceived quality of life as the main focus of the study to examine the overall and holistic well-being of students, some of the few exceptions being Stelnicki et al (2022), Maximova et al (2022), and Albanese et al (2023).…”

Section: General Observationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Manitoba Grade 9 Students’ Satisfaction with Life

Falkenberg,

Heringer,

Pilli

2024

Brock Education Journal

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Over the last fifteen years, student well-being has become of greater concern in school education in Canada and beyond. However, there is very little data available on how well Canadian students are. The study that will be reported on in this paper provides such data, specifically the province of Manitoba. Using the Satisfaction with Life Scale, the study collected data from 1587 grade 9 students on their self-assessed satisfaction with how their lives are going. The data were collected with two demographic variables: regional location of the schools the participating students attended (norther, rural, urban) and their self-declared gender. While in the study the majority of participating students were satisfied with how their lives were going, a concerning number of students were dissatisfied or extremely dissatisfied with their lives. Furthermore, the data suggest a statistically significant difference in life satisfaction between girls (lower) and boys (higher). The study did not find a statistically significant difference between life satisfaction across the three types of regional location.

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Section: Student Well-being In the Canadian Contextmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Physical Activitiesmentioning

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Section: General Observationsmentioning

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2024

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Understanding mental health promotion in organized leisure communities for young people: a realist review

Kusier,

Ubbesen,

Folker

2024

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionA large proportion of young people reports poor mental health, which is a major public health concern. Positive mental health is important for young people's development, quality of life, functioning in everyday life, and long-term possibilities. Thus, there is a great need to develop and implement mental health-promoting initiatives and activities in young people's lives. Participating in organized leisure communities has a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing. However, more knowledge is still needed about why and how participating in organized leisure communities targeting young people can promote mental health. The aim of this study was to gain knowledge about the mental health-promoting potential of organized leisure communities for young people by exploring the active ingredients that contribute to mental health promotion.MethodGiven the complexity of the subject, this study implemented a realist review approach to explore the interaction between context, mechanism, and outcome. The study follows Pawsons' five key steps for conducting a realist review: (1) clarify scope, (2) search for evidence, (3) study selection criteria, and procedures, (4) data extraction, and (5) data synthesis and analysis. The literature was systematically searched in the four databases PsycINFO, Scopus, Embase, and SocIndex.ResultsIn the literature search, a total of 11,249 studies were identified, of which 52 studies met the inclusion criteria. Based on the 52 studies, seven different contexts i.e., types of organized leisure communities for young peoples were identified. Across the seven different types of organized leisure communities, five active ingredients that promoted the mental health of young people were identified: social connectedness, development of skills, development of self-confidence, pleasure-driven participation, and safety and trust.ConclusionThis review contributes important knowledge about how to promote young people's mental health when participating in organized leisure communities. Moving forward, an important task consists of establishing and maintaining the five active ingredients in organized leisure communities through e.g., education and training that strengthens the skills and knowledge of those responsible for facilitating the leisure communities, such as sports coaches or music teachers, as these adults play a central role in supporting the active ingredients.

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A cross-sectional study of organized activity participation and emotional wellbeing among non-immigrant and immigrant-origin children in British Columbia, Canada

Cited by 2 publications

References 36 publications

Manitoba Grade 9 Students’ Satisfaction with Life

Manitoba Grade 9 Students’ Satisfaction with Life

Understanding mental health promotion in organized leisure communities for young people: a realist review

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