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EJ586559 PS529357
Title: After-School Activities and the Development of Low-Income Urban Children: A Longitudinal Study.Author(s): Posner, Jill K.; Vandell, Deborah Lowe
Source: Developmental Psychology, v35 n3 p868-79 May 1999
Publication Date: 1999
ISSN: 0012-1649
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJDEC1999
Studied after-school
activities of third graders for two years. Found that children attending
after-school programs spent more time on academic and extracurricular
activities; children in informal care spent more time watching television
and "hanging out." Sex differences were reported in the
type of activities. Time spent in activities was related to fifth
graders' adjustment. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: *After School Programs; Athletics; Behavior Problems;
Black Students; Child Development; Elementary Education; Elementary
School Students; *Emotional Adjustment; Extracurricular Activities;
Grades (Scholastic); Longitudinal Studies; Low Income Groups; Racial
Differences; Sex Differences; *Social Adjustment; Television Viewing;
*Time Management; Urban Areas; White Students
