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Estimated probabilities of substance use from latent growth models excluding hobby engagement. Models conditional on the mean values of all covariates, estimated separately by age group. Early adolescents were 11–14 years, mid adolescents were 15–16, and late adolescents were 17–20 at Wave 1
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Cross-sectional and some longitudinal evidence suggests doing hobbies can reduce substance use, but findings have been inconsistent, and whether associations differ across adolescence remains unclear. This study included 7454 Add Health participants (50% female, 77% White, age mean=14.95 and SD = 1.56). Participants were split into three groups, ac...
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... Arts programmes, such as workshops in school settings are also effective in achieving positive changes in children's mental health and resilience, and it can serve as a tool for preventing psychological health problems (Efstathopoulo & Bungary, 2021). Furthermore, in a study, engaging in hobbies was related to lower likelihood of smoking, binge drinking and marijuana use, although social context (mainly peer effects) could modify this protective role in late adolescence (Bone et al., 2024). ...
... Although these substance use activities showed a lower frequency among girls, its protective role in adolescents' life satisfaction was even stronger among boys. These findings are in concordance with a previous study on the beneficial role of creative leisure activities which can provide opportunities for sufficient challenges and novelties for youth to strengthen psychological health and well-being and avoidance of substance use (Bone et al., 2024;Elisondo et al., 2022). Different types of hobbies can serve as a therapy for depressed youth or as a preventive programme to maintain positive psychological health in school settings (Efstathopoulo & Bungary, 2021;Yuan et al., 2021). ...
