Journal article
Playing for more than winning: Exploring sports participation, physical activity, and belongingness and their relationship with patterns of adolescent substance use and mental health
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Promoting adolescent sports participation and physical activity may be effective low-barrier prevention strategies for co-occurring adolescent substance use (SU) and mental health symptoms (MH). The objectives of this study were to: 1) explore associations between profiles of SU/MH and sports participation; and 2) determine whether physical activity and belongingness account for these associations.
METHODS: Data came from a …
Authors
Halladay J; Ogrodnik M; Alla JF; Sunderland M; Gardner LA; Georgiades K
Journal
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Vol. 254, ,
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
1 2024
DOI
10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.111039
ISSN
0376-8716