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Are Children Overstructured?: Involvement in Adult-Organized Activities and Children’s Outcomes

Turpin, Kelly Marie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1228250961

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2008, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Sociology.
Changes in how Americans view the role of children have prompted an increase in the deliberate cultivation of children's skills through intensive and structured parenting. With children participating in more structured activities as a result of this shift in childrearing philosophies, there are many reasons to question the benefits of these increasingly “hurried schedules.” Surprisingly, however, scholars have ignored possible negative ramifications by assuming that structured activities have a simple, linear relationship with children's well-being. With more detailed modeling, I test whether the functional form of the relationship is linear, threshold, or curvilinear by analyzing a sample of 17,527 elementary-age children from The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Kindergarten Class of 1998-99. Findings primarily reveal a threshold relationship. For example, participation in two (versus none or one) structured activities per month was associated with greater well-being among children, but further levels of participation in structured activities resulted in no additional benefit.
Douglas Downey, PhD (Advisor)
Liana Sayer, PhD (Committee Member)
Zhenchao Qian, PhD (Committee Member)
48 p.
Sociology
Extracurricular Activities; Child Well-Being; Education; Parenting

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  • Turpin, K. M. (2008). Are Children Overstructured?: Involvement in Adult-Organized Activities and Children’s Outcomes [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1228250961

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Turpin, Kelly. Are Children Overstructured?: Involvement in Adult-Organized Activities and Children’s Outcomes. 2008. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1228250961.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Turpin, Kelly. "Are Children Overstructured?: Involvement in Adult-Organized Activities and Children’s Outcomes." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1228250961

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