Abstract This study examined whether dropping out of non-sport organized activities predicted increased externalizing behaviors and if youth attending socioeconomically disadvantaged schools were disproportionately affected. Adolescents in grade 8 who engaged in organized activities (n = 418, MT1 = 13.46, SDT1 = 0.31) nominated the activity in which they spent the most time and were categorized as dropping out, swapping into a different activity, or remaining in that activity 1 year later. Multinominal logistic regression indicated that lower socioeconomic status (SES) predicted dropping out of activities compared to both swapping and remaining. Additionally, we found that dropping out of organized activities predicted increases in externalizing behaviors for adolescents who attended schools of lower or moderate SES. Conversely, there were no significant differences among participation statuses for adolescents in higher SES schools. These results provide evidence that socioeconomically disadvantaged youth are both the most likely to drop out and the most likely to benefit from continued participation in organized activities.

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持续参与有组织的活动可能会缓冲弱势青年免受外化行为的影响

摘要 本研究考察了退出非体育组织的活动是否预示着外化行为的增加，以及就读于社会经济弱势学校的青年是否会受到不成比例的影响。参加有组织活动的 8 年级青少年 (n = 418, MT1 = 13.46, SDT1 = 0.31) 提名他们花费最多时间的活动，并被归类为辍学、转入不同的活动或留在该活动中1年后。多项逻辑回归表明，与交换和保留相比，较低的社会经济地位 (SES) 预测退出活动。此外，我们发现，退出有组织的活动可以预测在 SES 较低或中等的学校就读的青少年的外化行为会增加。反过来，SES 高等学校青少年的参与状态没有显着差异。这些结果证明，社会经济上处于不利地位的青年最有可能辍学，也最有可能从继续参与有组织的活动中受益。