 Leisurely encounters: Exploring the links between neighborhood context, leisure time activity and adolescent developmentFlorian Sichling and Jörg Plöger Children and Youth Services Review, 2018, vol. 91, issue C, 137-148 Abstract: Youth is a period where a significant amount of leisure time is met with an expanding array of options of how to spend this time. While structured and often adult-controlled programs are considered developmentally beneficial, disadvantaged and minority youth tend to reside in neighborhoods with fewer high quality resources and higher risk of exposure to detrimental influences. But we currently have limited knowledge of how youth growing up in the same disadvantaged neighborhood get involved in positive or negative activities. Drawing on two studies – one socio-spatial study of the leisure time activities of immigrant male adolescents (n = 14) and a developmental study of a similar group of immigrant young men (n = 11) who grew up in the same poor neighborhood in Dortmund, Germany, this paper examines the influence of neighborhood context and leisure time behavior on development. Our findings highlight the potential importance of informal activities for providing access to institutional supports. Date: 2018 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:91:y:2018:i:c:p:137-148 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.06.001 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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