Greater amounts of participation in afterschool programs show little relation to academic, behavioral, or socio-emotional outcomes¶

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q2 i? Across reviewed studies, greater amounts of afterschool program participation were generally not related to academic, behavioral, or socio-emotional outcomes, contrary to findings from previous reviews. → Jodie Roth 2010

Evidence¶

Jodie Roth 2010¶

Jodie Roth, Lizabeth M. Malone, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. (2010). Does the Amount of Participation in Afterschool Programs Relate to Developmental Outcomes? A Review of the Literature. American Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 45, no. 3-4. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/does-the-amount-of-participation-in-afterschool-programs-relate-to-developmental-outcomes doi:10.1007/s10464-010-9303-3

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The review's synthesis of the literature on afterschool participation amount and developmental outcomes reports that the authors "found little support for the general notion" that greater participation relates to academic, behavioral, or socio-emotional outcomes, contradicting earlier reviews.

"Contrary to the findings from previous reviews we found little support for the general notion that greater amounts of participation in afterschool programs was related to academic, behavioral, or socio-emotional outcomes."

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