Associations between organized sport participation and mental health difficulties: Data from over 11,000 US children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to explore the association between participation in organized sport and a broad array of mental health difficulties among US children and adolescents. The data (cross-sectional) were from Data Release 3.0 (one-year follow-up visits on the full cohort) of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study-a broadly representative sample of 11,235 US children and adolescents aged 9 to 13 years. Parents/guardians provided self-reports of their child's mental health difficulties using the Child Behavior Checklist. To assess participation in organized sport, children and adolescents were categorized into one of four groups: 1) participation in team sport, 2) participation in individual sport, 3) participation in team and individual sport, and 4) non-sport part

SUBMITTER: Hoffmann MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9159603 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature