A1 Journal article (refereed)
Leisure Activities are Associated with Self-Efficacy in Childhood and Adolescence (2023)

Kreutz, G., Feldhaus, M., & Saarikallio, S. (2023). Leisure Activities are Associated with Self-Efficacy in Childhood and Adolescence. Leisure Sciences, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2023.2289147

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Kreutz, Gunter; Feldhaus, Michael; Saarikallio, Suvi

Journal or series: Leisure Sciences

ISSN: 0149-0400

eISSN: 1521-0588

Publication year: 2023

Publication date: 07/12/2023

Volume: Early online

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2023.2289147

Publication open access: Not open

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Abstract

Leisure activities during childhood and adolescence play important roles in individual development. They may also contribute to self-efficacy (SE), which is a key psychological construct of Bandura’s social cognitive theory. Here we test to what extent SE is related leisure engagement by using data from a large-scale representative cross-sectional survey of German children, adolescents, and younger adults (N = 7,158). As predicted, sports, book reading, music, and SE were positively, but computer gaming was negatively correlated, even after controlling for a range of covariates. These findings confirm and extend previous work to suggest that engagement in popular leisure activities, except computer gaming, are positively associated with the development of individual self-efficacy during the first decades of life.

Keywords: self-efficacy; leisure; music; sports; reading; playing (games and sports)

Free keywords: book reading; computer gaming; leisure; music; self-efficacy; sports

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Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2023

JUFO rating: 2