Citation

Sanders CE, Field TM, Diego M, Kaplan M. Adolescence 2000; 35(140): 793-797.

Affiliation

Touch Research Institutes, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Libra Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11214216

Abstract

Sports involvement has been found to be related to social and psychological well-being in Icelandic adolescents. The present study investigated whether similar relationships exist for American adolescents. A group of 89 high school seniors completed a questionnaire that gathered data on sports involvement, depression, intimacy with parents and friends, and grade point average. It was found that the moderate sports involvement group (3 to 6 hours per week) had lower depression scores than did the low sports involvement group (2 hours or less per week). The findings are discussed.

Language: en