Doing a Leisure Activity because there is Nothing Else to Do: Related Outcomes and Intervention Effects for Adolescents.

This study examined whethera leisure focused intervention, HealthWise, was related to reduced youth polysubstance use and delayed sexual debut via reducing how often youth did leisure activitiesbecause there was nothing else to do. HealthWise was compared to a no-interventioncontrol for 5,610 high school students from 8to 10grade in townships near Cape Town, South Africa. Three specific leisure activities were examined: time spent with friends, playing sports, and going to parks.