The Role of Empowerment in a School-Based Community Service Program with Inner-City, Minority Youth  

Oleh:

Gullan, Rebecca L. ; Power, Thomas J. ; Leff, Stephen S.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Adolescent Research (http://jar.sagepub.com/) vol. 28 no. 6 (Nov. 2013), page 664-689.
Topik: empowerment; adolescent identity; positive development; community service
Fulltext: JAR_28_06_664.pdf (903.85KB)

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Despite considerable fiscal and structural support for youth service programs, research has not demonstrated consistent outcomes across participants or programs, suggesting the need to identify critical program processes. The present study addresses this need through preliminary examination of the role of program empowerment in promoting positive identity development in inner-city, African American youth participating in a pilot school-based service program. Results suggest that participants who experienced the program as empowering experienced increases in self-efficacy, sense of civic responsibility, and ethnic identity, over and above general engagement and enjoyment of the program. Preliminary exploration of differences based on participant gender suggests that some results may be stronger and more consistent for males than females. These findings provide preliminary support for the importance of theoretically grounded program processes in producing positive outcomes for youth service participants.

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