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Want To Avoid Having A Troublesome Teen? Get Boys Involved In Youth Sports, Study Says
Nearly 1,500 boys tracked showed fewer defiant symptoms at ages 10 and 12 with consistent sports participation, researchers say organized sports aid behavioral resilience.
- On Dec. 8, researchers reported in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry that boys who participated in organized sports between ages 6 and 10 were less likely to show oppositional-defiant disorder symptoms in their tweens, according to lead researcher Matteo Privitera.
- Sport provides a supervised, socially engaging environment that may help boys internalize adaptive behavioral norms, while researchers framed the study as identifying community-based programs that foster more adaptive behavior in children.
- Researchers tracked nearly 1,500 participants who played organized sports between ages 6 and 10 and completed questionnaires at ages 10 and 12 to assess oppositional-defiant disorder.
- Parents may consider youth sports for boys, as Privitera said `Symptoms of the disorder include persistent patterns of irritability, defiance and hostility toward authority figures` that disrupt learning and relationships.
- No similar benefit appeared for girls, and Linda Pagani, senior researcher and professor at the University of Montreal, said encouraging sustained sport in middle childhood may reduce disruptive behavior disorders.
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