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This chapter sheds light on youth involvement in research and on how involvement and collaborative practices relate to the philosophy of science, concepts of knowledge and value-based issues. Different models and ways of youth involvement including examples of collaborative research with youth are presented and reflected upon. Youth involvement in research is explored in relation to what counts as knowledge, empowerment, and co-creation of knowledge. The discussion describes possibilities and challenges that may emerge when involving youth in research. In particular, we highlight how youth involvement is often labeled as a matter of either passive participants or active contributors. We conclude that various forms of youth involvement should facilitate complex collaborative and dynamic processes.

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    Abstract. This review outlines the current perspectives on positive youth development (PYD). Besides presenting the diverse theoretical roots contributing to PYD approaches, this review also introduces several PYD perspectives, including Benson's 40 developmental assets, Lerner's 5Cs and 6Cs conceptions, Catalano's 15 PYD constructs, social-emotional learning (SEL) and the "being ...

  3. Impact of Positive Youth Development Services on Resilience Among

    The purpose of this preexperimental study was to examine the impact of. pedagogies and services delivered from a positive youth development (PYD) perspective. on the resiliency skills and resiliency attitudes of adjudicated girls. There is a wide array of research on various topics concerning the youth.

  4. PDF Youth Voices in Positive Youth Development

    based on the data recovered during this thesis process. Positive Youth Development Some of the earliest interventions in the United States to address youth problem behaviors often called for a deficit model approach (Lerner et al., 2005a) which focuses on a youth's shortcomings and problem behaviors as areas that need fixing.

  5. PDF Fostering Youth Engagement: a Model of Youth Voice, Empowerment ...

    First, this thesis has sought to define and made distinctions in the terminology of. youth voice, youth empowerment, youth participation, and youth engagement. Based of these distinctions, researchers should have four distinct constructs to. measure in future studies, rather than simply lumping all of these factors.

  6. Positive youth development outcomes and environmental education: a

    View PDF View EPUB. With a shared focus on resiliency, agency, and pro-sociality, environmental education and positive youth development (PYD) have numerous intersections. Recognizing and supporting this synergy can help both fields achieve their goals, namely increased pro-environmental action and improved youth outcomes.

  7. Youth Can! Grow their Community: Qualitative Evaluation of a Gardening

    minority youth. The rate of overweight and obesity in Tennessee youth increases from 30.8% for White non-Hispanic youth to 44.2% for Hispanic youth and 54.4% for African American youth. 4. These statistics are a major concern because research shows that overweight and obese youth are more likely to be overweight or obese in adulthood than

  8. NGO reflections on putting the youth first: improving youth

    Introduction. Youth participation can facilitate the realisation of young peoples' rights, can have positive effects on young people's personal development, and can improve policies and services (Head Citation 2011; Trivelli and Morel Citation 2021).Yet, research shows that young people tend to be systematically excluded from decision-making, both in the Global North and South, at ...

  9. From Theory to Practice: A Critical Review of Positive Youth

    Many positive youth development (PYD) programs are based on a particular PYD framework as a method for describing the program's intention and expected outcomes. This paper presents a critical review of eight select program frameworks that are commonly used to describe PYD programs. The review reveals considerable variation in the science supporting these frameworks, with corresponding ...

  10. A Communication Plan for Organizational Effectiveness in a Youth

    Youth development organizations may look different, but all share a common goal: the healthy development of youth as active citizens and more importantly preparing them for life as adults. The Youth Development Committee of the Lilly Endowment said: Youth cannot be sustained and helped to grow by chance arrangements or makeshift events.

  11. PDF Dissertation Identifying Profiles of Youth Characteristics

    the 4-H youth development program, which serves up to 6 million youth annually, generated nearly $48 million in revenue, allocating just over $24 million to educational services for youth, such as providing opportunities to conduct science, healthy living, and citizenship projects ("National 4-H

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    Impact of Sports on Youth Development: Positive and Negative Outcomes. Davidiuk, Luke J. Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Psychology ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016. 10125525. Preview - PDF. Abstract/Details. Explore millions of resources from scholarly journals, books, newspapers, videos and more, on the ProQuest Platform.

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    Council of Europe youth partnership, are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of either of the partner ... chological theories tended to focus on child development but also contained ideas about life stages beyond childhood. More recent approaches have focused on individualisation, risk ...

  14. Youth Participation in Community Development: Issues and ...

    Youth is a dynamic category and a potential human resource for sustainable development and a resilient Society. Although they are numerically determined high but often seen less in terms of their ...

  15. Youth Leadership Development Program Evaluation

    Youth leadership development programs positively impact the growth of young people with and without disabilities (Agbede & Bariki, 2017; Suarez, 2015). Youth leadership and development programs strive to provide support, services, and opportunities that help youth achieve goals in five main adolescent developmental areas:

  16. Personal Growth Projects as a Means of Self-Development in Youth

    Personal Growth Projects as a Means of Sel f-Development in. Youth. Larisa Timasheva. Editorial Astrakhan State University, 414000 Astrakhan , Russia. Abstract. The article presents the results of ...

  17. Full article: Exploring the conceptualization and research of

    Harmony in such an environment facilitates what is known as 'positive youth development', along with other facets that affect youth empowerment, such as self-esteem, development of abilities, social competences, character, the care system, supportive relationships and the mentor's ability (Travis & Bowman, Citation 2012).

  18. Youth Involvement in Research: Participation, Contribution ...

    Children and youth are often subjects of research in the humanities and social sciences. However, their voices are often not heard directly, as many researchers collect data from parents, teachers, therapists, social workers or other sources (Schelbe et al., 2015).An increased focus on recognizing children's right to participation and on understanding children and youth as social actors ...

  19. Dissertations / Theses: 'Youth and community development ...

    The goals of this thesis are (1) to identify the various institutional and relational challenges that impede collaborations between faith-based institutions and urban youth in community development; and (2) to draw the attention of youth serving- and other church-affiliated community organizations to innovative and progressive approaches for ...

  20. PDF Youth Unemployment and Its Implications on Development in Africa: the

    In 2016, youth unemployment in North Africa was at 30.6 per cent 24 and 12.9% in. Sub-Saharan Africa.25 South Africa was ranked fourth in youth unemployment levels. globally at 52.6 per cent, with Libya ranking seventh at 48.9% as of 2014.26 South. African youth are still vulnerable in the labour market.

  21. (PDF) YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AS A TOOL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ...

    Abstract. This thesis examines the role of the youth in the implementation of the right to development in Africa. By 2050, Africa is projected to be one of the largest continents with the highest ...

  22. Central America Youth Empowerment Program Report #8

    The Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act (SFOAA), 2022 (Div. K, P.L. 117-103) directed that $50 million be made available for a program in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, referred to as the Central America Youth Empowerment Program (CAYEP).

  23. (PDF) Youth and Development

    develop the youths' mental, moral, social, economic, political, cultural and physical potential in. order to improve their quality of life', ( National Youth Policy, 2000). Principally,in ...

  24. Moldova President Sandu's Tough Job Shifting Focus from Russia to EU

    Moldova's president is determined to take her country into the European Union. A pro-Russian region shows how critical — and fraught — that mission is.

  25. (PDF) Research on the Effectiveness of Public Administration in the

    PhD thesis. Ufa, 2000, 169 p. ... The authors presented their conception of historical experience of the formation, development and genesis of state youth policy in pre-revolutionary Russia ...