scholarly journals Emotional Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick S. Y. Lau ◽  
Florence K. Y. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Emotional Competence ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Expected Outcomes ◽  
Child Caregiver ◽  
Quantitative Nature

The concept of emotional competence as a positive youth development construct is reviewed in this paper. Differences between emotional intelligence and emotional competence are discussed and an operational definition is adopted. Assessment methods of emotional competence with an emphasis on its quantitative nature are introduced. In the discussion of theories of emotional competence, the functionalist and developmental perspectives and the relationships with positive youth development are highlighted. Possible antecedents, especially the influence of early child-caregiver, and expected outcomes of emotional competence are examined. Practical ways to promote emotional competence among adolescents, particularly the role of parents and teachers, and the future direction of research are also discussed.

scholarly journals A Longitudinal Examination of Perceived Parent Behavior and Positive Youth Development: Child-Driven Effects

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 369
Author(s):  
Goda Kaniušonytė ◽  
Mary Page Leggett-James ◽  
Brett Laursen
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Psychological Control ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Longitudinal Examination ◽  
Insight Into

The advent of the 21st Century brought a new interest in promoting Positive Youth Development and a renewed emphasis on understanding transactional relations between parenting and adolescent development. The present study examined conventional parent-driven pathways, which describe the putative role of parents in the formation of positive characteristics in children, as well as the prospect of child-driven effects, which describe how parents respond to evidence of Positive Youth Development by potentially increasing support and reducing psychological control. We tested these pathways in a sample of 458 Lithuanian adolescents (52.2% girls; M = 15.14 years old at the outset) who completed surveys assaying perceptions of parent behaviors and self-reports of positive development (character, competence, connection, caring, and confidence) at annual intervals from ages 15–18. Across most lags, children’s perceptions of parenting changed in response to their own positive development with increased support and decreased psychological control. In contrast, there were no longitudinal associations from perceptions of parenting to subsequent Positive Youth Development. The results offer insight into parenting in the 21st Century, a time when youth are increasingly encouraged/required to acquire volunteer experiences designed to promote positive development. To the extent that these experiences are successful, one unexpected offshoot may be better relationships with parents.

scholarly journals The Role of Emotional Competences in Parents’ Vaccine Hesitancy

Vaccines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
Teresa Gavaruzzi ◽  
Marta Caserotti ◽  
Irene Leo ◽  
Alessandra Tasso ◽  
Leonardo Speri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Competence ◽  
Vaccine Safety ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Mental Images ◽  
Emotional Competencies ◽  
Vaccine Refusal ◽  
Behavior Study ◽  
Childhood Vaccines ◽  
Role Of Parents

The role of parents’ emotional competencies on vaccine hesitancy and decision making has been seldom examined. Two studies investigated the relationship between parents’ attitudes towards childhood vaccines and self-reported behavior (Study 1) and between parents’ emotional competence and attitudes towards vaccines (Study 2). In Study 1, predictors of temporal, partial, or complete vaccine refusal (having voluntarily postponed/forgone some/all vaccines) were examined in 2778 parents. In Study 2, psychological predictors of the attitude towards vaccines were examined in 593 parents, using the Profile of Emotional Competence and the valence of mental images spontaneously associated with the term “vaccine”. In Study 1, attitudes were aggregated in three independent factors (concerns about vaccine safety; diseases prevented by vaccines; and naturalistic views) that independently predicted vaccine refusal. In Study 2, a significant mediational analysis showed a positive indirect effect of intrapersonal emotional competences on attitudes towards vaccines, through mental images associated with the word “vaccine”. Parents’ intrapersonal emotional competences affected all dimensions of attitudes towards vaccines, suggesting that being able to manage, identify, and recognize one’s own emotions is central to vaccine acceptance. These findings suggest that intervention strategies, rather than stressing the pro-social benefits of vaccinating, should focus on aspects related to one’s own emotions.

School Engagement and Positive Youth Development: A Relational Developmental Systems Perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 116 (13) ◽  
pp. 37-57
Author(s):  
Yibing Li ◽  
Jennifer P. Agans ◽  
Paul A. Chase ◽  
Miriam R. Arbeit ◽  
Michelle B. Weiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
Developmental Systems Theory ◽  
Developmental Systems ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Strength Based ◽  
Relational Developmental Systems ◽  
Five Cs

This chapter explains the links between relational developmental systems theory and the strength-based, positive youth development (PYD) perspective. The Five Cs model of PYD (involving competence, confidence, connection, character, and caring) is used to assess the role of school engagement in PYD.

Intentional Self Regulation in Middle Adolescence: The Emerging Role of Loss-based Selection in Positive Youth Development

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 764-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steinunn Gestsdottir ◽  
Edmond Bowers ◽  
Alexander von Eye ◽  
Christopher M. Napolitano ◽  
Richard M. Lerner
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Intentional Self Regulation ◽  
Middle Adolescence

Relationships With Parents, Identity Styles, and Positive Youth Development During the Transition From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goda Kaniušonytė ◽  
Rita Žukauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
Identity Styles ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Supportive Parenting

The purpose of this study was to examine the links between relationships with parents, identity styles, and positive youth development (PYD), conceptualized as “contribution” to self, family, and community, in Lithuanian youth during the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood. In Study I, we sought to examine how positive relationships with parents predict contribution with the potential mediating role of autonomy-supportive parenting. Participants ( N = 153) filled a self-reported questionnaire in the final year of school and 1 year later. In Study II, we aimed at investigating how parental autonomy support is related to the contribution and the potential mediating role of identity processing style. Participants ( N = 254) were assessed 1 year after graduating high school. Overall, the findings indicated that positive relationships with parents play an important role in successful adjustment and that this relationship is partially mediated by identity style. To conclude, the way in which parents respond to their children’s need for autonomy and relatedness affects the adequate identity management and overall positive development during emerging adulthood.

The role of program, people, process, policy and place (5Ps) in the implementation of a positive youth development program

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-206
Author(s):  
Florence K.Y. Wu ◽  
Daniel T.L. Shek
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Youth Development Program ◽  
School Based ◽  
Front Line Workers

Abstract There is scant literature about identifying factors contributing to the success of the implementation of programs to help understand the interrelationships among multiple facets of implementation. In this paper, a front-line implementer reviewed the execution practice of Project P.A.T.H.S. (Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programmes) in her former school in terms of program, people, process, policy and place (5Ps). By examining the factors contributing to the success of the implementation, the authors intend to fill the gap between the research and the practical school-based front-line implementation. Although the program implementation process was examined in researchers’ “expert” perspective, it would be helpful if more research employed front-line workers as collaborators and participants in the implementation process to understand what actually happen in the program implementation process.

scholarly journals Implementing Positive Youth Development in Primary Physical Education: The Learning Trajectories of a Physical Education Department Head (Fomentar el Desarrollo Positivo de los Jóvenes en la Educación Física Primaria: Las Trayectorias de Aprendizaje de un

Retos ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 528-536
Author(s):  
Fernando Santos ◽  
Cláudio Farias ◽  
Ivo Van Hilvoorde ◽  
Daniel Gould ◽  
Paulo Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Department Head ◽  
Learning Trajectory ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Department Heads ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Physical Education Department

Abstract. To date no research has investigated the key mediation role of PE department heads in the successful implementation of Positive Youth Development (PYD) programmes. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a PYD-based intervention in the learning trajectory of a PE department head leading the implementation of a PYD programme. A PYD intervention was conducted over four months, which included several cycles of theoretical inputs interspersed with a series of PYD field applications. The principal participant in this study was an experienced PE department head who was supervising the work of 63 primary school PE teachers. Findings showed the PE department head progressed from a perspective of PYD as an inherent and naturally emerging outcome to an understanding of PYD as more structured programmes of activities that include a deliberate approach. Further research is needed to uncover effective mediation strategies that can best support the implementation of PYD at an institutional level. Resumen. Hasta la fecha, ningún estudio ha investigado el papel clave de mediación de los coordinadores de departamento de educación física en la implementación exitosa de los programas de Desarrollo Positivo de los Jóvenes (DPJ). Por lo tanto, el propósito de este estudio fue examinar los efectos de una intervención basada en DPJ en la trayectoria de aprendizaje de un coordinador de departamento de educación física que lidera la implementación de un programa DPJ. Se realizó una intervención para el DPJ durante cuatro meses, que incluyó varios ciclos de aportes teóricos intercalados con una serie de aplicaciones de campo. El principal participante en este estudio fue un experimentado coordinador de departamento de educación física que supervisaba el trabajo de 63 profesores de educación física primaria. Los resultados mostraron que el coordinador del departamento de educación física progresó desde una perspectiva de DPJ como un resultado inherente y naturalmente emergente a una comprensión de DPJ como programas de actividades más estructurados que incluyen un enfoque deliberado. Se necesita más investigación para descubrir estrategias de mediación efectivas que puedan apoyar mejor la implementación de DPJ a nivel institucional.Resumo. Até esta data não foram desenvolvidas investigações acerca do papel de mediação desempenhado por coordenadores do departamento de educação física na promoção do Desenvolvimento Positivo dos Jovens (DPJ). Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi examinar os efeitos de uma intervenção centrada no DPJ na trajetória de aprendizagem de um coordenador de um departamento de educação física. Realizou-se uma intervenção centrada no DPJ, ao longo de quatro meses, que integrou múltiplos ciclos de investigação e implementação dos princípios associados ao DPJ. O participante neste estudo era um coordenador de um departamento de educação física que supervisionava 63 professores de educação física do primeiro ciclo. Os resultados apontam para a mudança de perspetiva do coordenador face ao DPJ, especificamente de uma abordagem que considerava o DPJ como uma consequência natural da prática para outra que considerava a necessidade de desenvolver programas estruturados com este objetivo. Futuros estudos necessitam de aceder às estratégias de mediação que melhor podem suportar a integração do DPJ a nível institucional. 

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