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dc.contributor.authorMcCaul, Kerri L.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-09T18:42:34Z
dc.date.available2009-07-09T18:42:34Z
dc.date.issued1998-07-09T18:42:34Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/2029
dc.description.abstractThis study was a secondary analysis of data drawn from the Youth Leisure Study. The purpose of the study was to: a) explore the relationships among physical activity, leisure boredom, and various substance use variables; b) determine if leisure boredom moderated the relationship among physical activity and substance use variables; and c) create a foundation of knowledge with which to educate adolescents and educators of the importance of adopting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle early in life (i.e., free from unhealthy behaviours such as substance use and physical inactivity). Studies examining relationships among physical activity and substance are limited and, in the past, have yielded inconsistent results. The interaction of leisure boredom with physical activity intensity variables, including both team and individual pursuits were tested using moderated hierarchical regression procedures. Six measures of physical activity were used as independent variables, including, frequency of high, medium, and low intensity individual and team physical activities. Various types of substance use, including, tobacco, marijuana, and alcohol use, binge drinking, and drunkenness were used as dependent variables. The results for this study indicated that frequency of physical activity intensity was a consistent, positive predictor of alcohol use and binge drinking, but not tobacco use, marijuana use, or drunkenness. Leisure boredom was found to be a highly significant predictor of tobacco use, however, it was not a moderator of relationships among physical activity intensity and substance use variables. The implications for the study findings, are discussed further, and suggestions for future research are presented.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectYouth--Drug use.en_US
dc.subjectYouth--Alcohol use.en_US
dc.subjectYouth--Psychology.en_US
dc.subjectYouth--Attitudes.en_US
dc.subjectBoredom.en_US
dc.titleRelationships among adolescent substance use, leisure boredom, and physical activityen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameMaster of Educationen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Educationen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Educationen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-07-30T02:11:53Z


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