Citation

Han S, Lee J, Park KG. J. Adolesc. 2017; 58: 84-95.

Affiliation

Concentrix Services Korea, 8F NC Tower 1, 509, Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: lfmcfigo@ufl.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.05.006

PMID

28527320

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between extracurricular activities (EA) participation and youth delinquency while tackling an endogeneity problem of EA participation. Using survey data of 12th graders in South Korea (n = 1943), this study employed an instrumental variables approach to address the self-selection problem of EA participation as the data for this study was based on an observational study design. We found a positive association between EA participation and youth delinquency based on conventional regression analysis. By contrast, we found a negative association between EA participation and youth delinquency based on an instrumental variables approach. These results indicate that caution should be exercised when we interpret the effect of EA participation on youth delinquency based on observational study designs.

Copyright © 2017 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Extracurricular activities; Instrumental variables estimator; Youth delinquency