10.18130/V3QN5ZB0B
Reiser, Jeffrey A.
Jeffrey A.
Reiser
University of Virginia
Extracurricular participation and favorable academic outcomes : a correlational study comparing the relationship for students with and without educational disabilities
University of Virginia
2009
Dissertation
Reeve, Ronald
Ronald
Reeve
University of Virginia
Thomas, Antoinette
Antoinette
Thomas
University of Virginia
Konold, Timothy
Timothy
Konold
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0092-9234
University of Virginia
2009
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This study examines the predictive value of school-based extracurricular activity participation for <i>academic engagement, attendance, attitude towards school, school connectedness,</i> and <i>educational aspirations,</i> with particular emphasis on this relationship for students with educational disabilities. The results indicated extracurricular involvement as associated with a significant percentage of the variance and as significantly improving the strength of prediction for all 5 outcome variables beyond the predictive strength of socioeconomic status. Results suggest increased extracurricular involvement predicts more favorable outcomes for each of the 5 outcome variables examined. However, this prediction was stronger for students with educational disabilities than for their non-disabled peers on only attitude towards school, school connectedness, and educational aspirations.
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