Prediction of Psychological Adjustment at Age Thirty from Leisure Time Activities and Satisfactions in Childhood

The purpose of the study was to consider the relation between childhood leisure time activities and satisfactions and psychological adjustment at age 30 in a sample of children studied from birth to maturity. Childhood leisure time activities and satisfactions correlated positively with psychological adjustment at age 30, and the predictive value of the satisfaction depended on the age and the sex of the child who experienced it. The age period 8 to 11 years tended to be most predictive. For boys, satisfactions with people were most predictive of later psychological adjustment, and for girls, satisfactions in certain kinds of independent activities were most predictive of later psychological adjustment.