The Role of Youth Surveys in Community Youth Development Initiatives

This chapter presents findings of a three-year longitudinal study of academic motivation and school engagement among low-income high school students enrolled in a corporate work–study program. Our findings demonstrate ways in which the workplace functioned for students as a conduit of emotional resources, offering instrumental support from caring and competent adults, knowledge about the connection between work and school, and an opportunity to occupy the essential adult role of worker.

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Marital Hostility and Early Adolescents’ Adjustment: The Role of Cooperative Marital Conflict

The Journal of Early Adolescence ◽

10.1177/0272431617725193 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 5-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Nan Zhou ◽

Cheryl Buehler

Keyword(s):

Behavior Problems ◽

Youth Development ◽

Marital Conflict ◽

Internalizing Problems ◽

Protective Factor ◽

Sixth Grade ◽

Youth Adjustment ◽

Adjustment Difficulties ◽

Youth Behavior

Although the assertion that marital hostility relates to higher levels of youth adjustment difficulties has been well established, few studies have examined cooperative marital conflict in relation to youth behavior problems. This study examined the main and moderating effects of cooperative marital conflict on youth behavior problems in a sample of 416 two-parent families. Gender differences also were examined. Youth were in the sixth grade (51% females), and ranged in age from 11 to 14 ([Formula: see text] = 11.86, SD = .69). Cooperative marital conflict was associated with lower levels of youth internalizing problems. Cooperative marital conflict was related to daughters’ but not sons’ lower levels of externalizing problems. Cooperative marital conflict also served as a protective factor in the association between marital hostility and youth internalizing problems. These findings highlight the importance of examining cooperative marital conflict above and beyond marital hostility to better understand youth development during early adolescence.

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The Role of Decision Rights in Collaborative Development Initiatives

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2436507 ◽

2014 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vishal Agrawal ◽

Nektarios Oraiopoulos

Keyword(s):

Decision Rights ◽

Collaborative Development ◽

Development Initiatives

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

Teachers College Record ◽

10.1177/016146811411601303 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 116 (13) ◽

pp. 37-57

Author(s):

Yibing Li ◽

Jennifer P. Agans ◽

Paul A. Chase ◽

Miriam R. Arbeit ◽

Michelle B. Weiner ◽

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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.

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