Abstract
ABSTRACT During the past several decades, adolescents’ leisure has undergone several important changes due to, for example, alternative modes of entertainment, such as video gaming and social media which have had a significant influence on their well-being. The aim of this study was to examine the relationships of adolescents’ leisure activities to their substance use and psychological health. Participants were middle and high school students (N = 2,239, aged between 12 and 18 years, M = 14.61 years, SD = 1.71; 51.8% females) using data drawn from the Szeged Youth Study 2022, Hungary. Peer-based leisure was positively associated with all types of substance use. Playing and gaming leisure showed a negative relationship with psychosomatic and depressive symptomatology. Aesthetic-sophisticated and family-based leisure proved the most beneficial for psychological health and health behaviour, and it was also the strongest predictor of adolescents’ life satisfaction. Arts, hobbies and internet use played a beneficial role.
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