scholarly journals Positive Youth Development: Interactions Between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours and Psychosocial Variables

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarida Gaspar de Matos ◽  
Teresa Santos ◽  
Marta Reis ◽  
Adilson Marques
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Psychosocial Variables ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviours ◽  
Positive Indicators ◽  
The Impact

The Positive Youth Development - PYD concept emphasised the importance of strengthening developmental assets in youth’s networks and contexts. This paper examines the correlation between PYD, healthy lifestyle behaviours and psychosocial variables (self-regulation, resilience, and anxiety); and the impact of PYD and psychosocial variables on healthy lifestyle behaviours. 2700 youths (73.3% girls; mean age 21.3±2.79 years) were included. Results showed that all variables mostly had significantly correlational associations. Specifically, the linear regression model evidenced that the promotion of PYD and self-regulation, along with the reduction of anxiety can be relevant for improving healthy lifestyle behaviours. Such results suggest a dynamic interdependence between all the present variables, reinforcing the need to study positive indicators for youth development. Having more knowledge in this area can help health professionals, educators, and policy-makers, in order to better plan interventions/policies and to improve an integral healthy perspective for youths, based on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work.

scholarly journals Enhancing the Emotional and Social Skills of the Youth to Promote their Wellbeing and Positive Development: A Systematic Review of Universal School-based Randomized Controlled Trials

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Sancassiani ◽  
Elisa Pintus ◽  
Arne Holte ◽  
Peter Paulus ◽  
Maria Francesca Moro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Learning ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviours ◽  
School Based

Background:The acquisition of social and emotional skills is associated with positive youth development, character education, healthy lifestyle behaviours, reduction in depression and anxiety, conduct disorders, violence, bullying, conflict, and anger. School-based interventions aimed to enhance these skills go beyond a problem-focused approach to embrace a more positive view of health; they could also improve the youth’s wellbeing.Aim:To describe the main features and to establish the effectiveness of universal school-based RCTs for children and the youth, aimed to promote their psychosocial wellbeing, positive development, healthy lifestyle behaviours and/or academic performance by improving their emotional and social skills.Methods:Systematic review by searching for relevant papers in PubMed/Medline with the following key words: “mental health” OR “wellbeing” OR “health promotion” OR “emotional learning” OR “social learning” OR “emotional and social learning” OR “positive youth development” OR “life skills” OR “life skills training” AND “school”. Interval was set from January 2000 to April 2014.Results:1,984 papers were identified through the search. Out of them 22 RCTs were included. While most interventions were characterized by a whole-school approach and SAFE practices, few studies only used standardized measures to assess outcomes, or had collected follow-up data after ≥ 6 months. The results of all these trials were examined and discussed.Conclusion:Universal school-based RCTs to enhance emotional and social skills showed controversial findings, due to some methodological issues mainly. Nevertheless they show promising outcomes that are relatively far-reaching for children and youth wellbeing and therefore are important in the real world.

Positive youth development: Assessing the interaction between intentional self-regulation and motivation

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. John Geldhof ◽  
Michelle B. Weiner ◽  
Jennifer P. Agans ◽  
Megan Kiely Mueller ◽  
Richard M. Lerner
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Intentional Self Regulation

Participant Perceptions of Character Concepts in a Physical Activity–Based Positive Youth Development Program

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 481-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaina Riciputi ◽  
Meghan H. McDonough ◽  
Sarah Ullrich-French
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Character Development ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Impact

Physical activity–based positive youth development (PYD) programs often aim to foster character development. This study examined youth perspectives of character development curricula and the impact these activities have on their lives within and beyond the program. This case study examined youth from low-income families in a physical activity–based summer PYD program that integrated one character concept (respect, caring, responsibility, trust) in each of 4 weeks. Participants (N = 24) included a cross section of age, gender, ethnicity, and past program experience. Semi-structured interviews were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis and constant comparative methods. Thirteen themes were grouped in four categories: building highquality reciprocal relationships; intrapersonal improvement; moral reasoning and understanding; and rejection, resistance, and compliance. The findings provide participant-centered guidance for understanding youth personal and social development through physical activity in ways that are meaningful to participants, which is particularly needed for youth in low-income communities with limited youth programming.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORS ON HEALTHY AGING TRAJECTORIES: THE ATHLOS PROJECT

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S799-S800
Author(s):  
Christina Daskalopoulou ◽  
Yu-Tzu Wu ◽  
Artemis Koukounari ◽  
Graciela Muniz Terrera ◽  
Stefanos Tyrovolas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviours ◽  
Growth Mixture ◽  
Growth Mixture Modelling ◽  
Aging Study ◽  
Multilevel Item Response Theory ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The number of people above 60 years old will double by 2050. There is a considerate variability in the health status of older people. The identification of the different trajectories that people follow as they grow older constitutes one of the aims of the ATHLOS project. In the current study, we created a metric of health in the four available waves (2001, 2003, 2012, 2015) of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) by employing Bayesian multilevel Item Response Theory. Growth mixture modelling indicated that older Mexicans (n=14,143) age by following four distinct pathways (i.e. high-stable, moderate-stable, low-stable, decliners). Adherence to healthy lifestyle behaviours (i.e. physical activity, non-smoking, limited alcohol consumption) was associated with better health trajectories. Preliminary analyses in the ATHLOS harmonised dataset also suggest that older people age by following four distinct pathways. The impact of lifestyle behaviours within the harmonised dataset will be investigated and also presented.

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

scholarly journals 456 Measuring the Intensity of School Gardening Programs and the Impact on Positive Youth Development

HortScience ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 472D-472
Author(s):  
S.M. Skelly ◽  
J.C. Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
School Gardens ◽  
School Garden ◽  
Research Project ◽  
School Gardening ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
The Impact

The number of school garden programs in America is growing. With interest in school gardens rising, research exploring the benefits of school gardens is important to establish the value of horticulture and gardening in primary education to help schools develop, promote, and use gardens for a variety of purposes. The goals of this research project were 1) to develop a typology, or matrix, of school garden program intensity and 2) to determine if variables related to positive youth development varied within the intensity typology. Twenty elementary schools in Florida participated in the research project accounting for ≈20 teachers and 400 third-grade students. This presentation will include how the typology was developed using three levels of intensity (high, medium, and low) and three types of gardens (vegetable, flower, and combination). The dependent variables examined for this study were the student developmental assets of responsibility, school engagement, achievement motivation, and interpersonal competence. Additional dependent variables included students' environmental attitudes and attitudes toward science. Discussion of school garden program intensity and the influence it may have on positive youth development will be the focus of this presentation.

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