By A. Bieri
The way an adolescent spends their leisure time or “down time” plays an important role on the way they develop mentally. Researchers from the National Institute of Public Health (2020) preformed a study on a group of about 2,500 adolescents with the aim of learning if the amount of leisure activities that an adolescent engages in will have an effect on mental health outcomes and the usage of substances. During their studies, it was found that the more activities that an adolescent participates in, the less likely the individual is to develop mental health issues, where as those who engage in little to no leisure activities are more likely to have a declining mental health and at risk of using substances (Santini, 2020). Activities such as athletics, computer games, reading books, and other hobbies have significant effects on the developing mind of an adolescent which is important because it paves a way for the sort of adult that adolescent will be one day.
Santini, Z., Meilstrup, C., Hinrichsen, C., Nielsen, L., Koyanagi, A., Koushede, V., Ekholm, O., Madsen, K. (2020) Associations between multiple leisure activities, mental health and substance use among adolescents in Denmark: A nationwide cross-sectional study. Behavioral Neuroscience. http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.franu.edu:2048/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.593340
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