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Organized Civic and Non-Civic Activities as Predictors of Academic GPA in High School Students
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Philippe, Frederick L.; Gingras, Marie-Pier; Ghassemi-Bakhtiari, Nessa; Poulin, François; Robitaille, Jean; Denault, Anne-Sophie; Dandeneau, Stéphane; Geoffroy, Marie-Claude – Applied Developmental Science, 2023
Unlike organized activities such as sports and arts, civic activities in adolescence (e.g., volunteering, student government) have been less studied in relation to school success and almost all existing evidence consists of cross-sectional findings. In a longitudinal study, 1035 pupils (64% females, 20% nonwhite, M[subscript age] = 14.21 years)…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, High School Students
Factors Predicting the Stratified Academic Achievement Trajectories of Foreign-Born Canadian Adolescents: A Population-Based Study
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Gagné, Monique H.; Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly; Costigan, Catherine; Guhn, Martin; Shapka, Jennifer D. – Applied Developmental Science, 2019
The study looked at the stratified math and language arts trajectories of foreign-born adolescents (aged 14-19) in British Columbia (BC), Canada, and identified social position factors that predicted this variation. Leveraging data from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the study looked…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Adolescents, Academic Achievement
Investigating Civic Participation Developmental Trajectories among Canadian Youths Transitioning into Adulthood
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Vézina, Marie-Pier; Poulin, François – Applied Developmental Science, 2019
Current knowledge of intraindividual longitudinal patterns of civic participation (CP) and their predictors remains limited. As life cycle trends are showing a decline in civic/political involvement during early adulthood years, increased understanding of these aspects could enhance efforts to promote greater and/or sustained CP trajectories among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizen Participation, Young Adults, Predictor Variables
Intensity of Participation in Organized Youth Activities during the High School Years: Longitudinal Associations with Adjustment
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Denault, Anne-Sophie; Poulin, Francois; Pedersen, Sara – Applied Developmental Science, 2009
The goal of this study was to explore the longitudinal associations between youth activity participation and adjustment over the high school years by examining (a) correlations between participation and adjustment growth curves, and (b) bidirectional links between participation and adjustment from one year to the next. Participation was…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Clubs, Drinking, Depression (Psychology)