Making leisure time meaningful for adolescents: an interview study from Sweden.

ABSTRACT: Adolescents' school performance is influenced by several factors and meaningful leisure time, especially organized activities, has great potential to impact academic results. Therefore, this study aimed to gain a greater understanding of how community actors perceive meaningful leisure time and how they work to create meaningful leisure time with the intention of increasing the chances for more adolescents completing upper secondary school. Semi-structured interviews with 14 informants, representing nine different community actors in a middle-sized city in Sweden, were conducted and analysed using content analysis. Results suggest that meaningful leisure time positively impacts adolescents' mental health through social relations, support, and guidance. Leisure is believed to have spillover

SUBMITTER: Balter K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11000679 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature