Welcome to the Activity Matters Lab website!
The Activity Matters Lab’s primary focus is the role of various discretionary time experiences, especially organized activities and after-school programs, in promoting youth’s psychological and physical development of children and adolescents. Led by Dr. Amy Bohnert, a researcher and faculty member in both developmental and child clinical psychology, the our lab is involved with numerous projects whose primary focus is on whether spending time in structured discretionary activities serves as a buffer for different variations of “at-risk” youth. This work provides both undergraduate and graduate students with invaluable experience conducting community-based research, running their own independent research projects that they present at regional and international conferences, and publishing manuscripts that establish them as experts in the field.
