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ArticleJournal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence2026

Sports team participation in high school and adolescent and young adult depression and anxiety across sex, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.

Malya Hirshkowitz, Lenna Nepomnyaschy

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Article in Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Malya HirshkowitzSchool of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-3280-2618
Lenna NepomnyaschySchool of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1717-8994

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poor mental health among adolescents and young adults in the United States today is a critical concern. Sports team participation, combining physical activity and social belonging, may be an effective component of interventions to improve mental health among this population. This study examines both short and long-term associations between sports team participation in adolescence and anxiety and depression from adolescence to young adulthood, using the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a population-based longitudinal birth cohort study of urban US children. In this sample of 2766 young adults (52% female, M

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AnxietyDepressionSportsAdolescentAdultEthnicityFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMental HealthRacial GroupsSex FactorsSocial ClassUnited StatesYoung Adultadolescent anxietyadolescent depressionsports team participationyoung adult anxietyyoung adult depression

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PMID42568203
PMCPMC13451610

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