From Program Participant to Engaged Citizen: A Developmental Journey

Autor/inn/en	Borden, Lynne; Serido, Joyce
Titel	From Program Participant to Engaged Citizen: A Developmental Journey
Quelle	In: Journal of Community Psychology, 37 (2009) 4, S.423-438 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-4392
DOI	10.1002/jcop.20293
Schlagwörter	Youth; Community Centers; Self Expression; Citizenship Responsibility; Empowerment; Focus Groups; Group Unity; Cultural Pluralism; Conflict Resolution; Prosocial Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Ausdruck; Gruppenidentität; Kulturpluralismus; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung
Abstract	American youth who participate in both school-based and community-based programs during high school remain more civically engaged than their contemporaries throughout adulthood. However, few studies have examined the developmental processes through which participation in a youth directed program promotes civic responsibility. In this qualitative study, 23 males and 9 females took part in one of five focus groups to talk about their experiences as members of a youth empowerment center in the southwest. The results reveal a three-phased process model of development from program participant to civically engaged youth. Each of the three phases, participation, connection and expansion, is explained using the words and examples provided by the youth. Implications for application and future research are discussed. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10