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Hauptverfasser: Kokandakar, Ajinkya H., Lin, Yuzhou, Jin, Steven, Weiss, Jordan, Rabinowitz, Amanda R., May, Reuben A. Buford, Small, Dylan, Deshpande, Sameer K.
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Veröffentlicht: 2024
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.03538
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author Kokandakar, Ajinkya H.
Lin, Yuzhou
Jin, Steven
Weiss, Jordan
Rabinowitz, Amanda R.
May, Reuben A. Buford
Small, Dylan
Deshpande, Sameer K.
author_facet Kokandakar, Ajinkya H.
Lin, Yuzhou
Jin, Steven
Weiss, Jordan
Rabinowitz, Amanda R.
May, Reuben A. Buford
Small, Dylan
Deshpande, Sameer K.
contents We study the impact of teenage sports participation on early-adulthood health using longitudinal data from the National Study of Youth and Religion. We focus on two primary outcomes measured at ages 23--28 -- self-rated health and total score on the PHQ9 Patient Depression Questionnaire -- and control for several potential confounders related to demographics and family socioeconomic status. To probe the possibility that certain types of sports participation may have larger effects on health than others, we conduct a matched observational study at each level within a hierarchy of exposures. Our hierarchy ranges from broadly defined exposures (e.g., participation in any organized after-school activity) to narrow (e.g., participation in collision sports). We deployed an ordered testing approach that exploits the hierarchical relationships between our exposure definitions to perform our analyses while maintaining a fixed family-wise error rate. Compared to teenagers who did not participate in any after-school activities, those who participated in sports had statistically significantly better self-rated and mental health outcomes in early adulthood.
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spellingShingle Adolescent sports participation and health in early adulthood: An observational study
Kokandakar, Ajinkya H.
Lin, Yuzhou
Jin, Steven
Weiss, Jordan
Rabinowitz, Amanda R.
May, Reuben A. Buford
Small, Dylan
Deshpande, Sameer K.
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We study the impact of teenage sports participation on early-adulthood health using longitudinal data from the National Study of Youth and Religion. We focus on two primary outcomes measured at ages 23--28 -- self-rated health and total score on the PHQ9 Patient Depression Questionnaire -- and control for several potential confounders related to demographics and family socioeconomic status. To probe the possibility that certain types of sports participation may have larger effects on health than others, we conduct a matched observational study at each level within a hierarchy of exposures. Our hierarchy ranges from broadly defined exposures (e.g., participation in any organized after-school activity) to narrow (e.g., participation in collision sports). We deployed an ordered testing approach that exploits the hierarchical relationships between our exposure definitions to perform our analyses while maintaining a fixed family-wise error rate. Compared to teenagers who did not participate in any after-school activities, those who participated in sports had statistically significantly better self-rated and mental health outcomes in early adulthood.
title Adolescent sports participation and health in early adulthood: An observational study
topic Applications
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.03538