IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/cysrev/v126y2021ics0190740921001018.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Program quality components related to youth civic engagement

Author

Listed:
  • Ballard, Jaime
  • Borden, Lynne
  • Perkins, Daniel Francis

Abstract

In this study we assess improvement in civic engagement skills following youth leadership program participation, as well as the program quality components related to youth civic engagement skill development. Participants included 320 youth, ages 12–18, from 5 different youth programs nationwide that included a community advocacy component who completed self-report surveys at pre- and post- test. Using hierarchical multiple regression analyses, we assessed the role of program quality components of skill-building, leadership opportunities, positive adult relationships, as well as the additional component of equitable climate, in increased civic engagement skills. Results indicate that youth participating in positive youth development programs report a significant increase in civic engagement skills. Results further indicate that skill-building opportunities and equitable climate are associated with higher civic engagement scores among youth.

Suggested Citation

  • Ballard, Jaime & Borden, Lynne & Perkins, Daniel Francis, 2021. "Program quality components related to youth civic engagement," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 126(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:126:y:2021:i:c:s0190740921001018
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106022
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740921001018
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106022?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Prerna Banati & Elena Camilletti & Sarah Cook & UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2017. "Care Work and Children: An Expert Roundtable," Papers inores884, Innocenti Research Briefs.
    2. Ramey, Heather L. & Lawford, Heather L. & Rose-Krasnor, Linda & Freeman, John & Lanctot, Jordi, 2018. "Engaging diverse Canadian youth in youth development programs: Program quality and community engagement," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 20-26.
    3. Maria Luce Lupetti & Yuan Yao & Haipeng Mi & Claudio Germak, 2017. "Design for Children’s Playful Learning with Robots," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-20, September.
    4. Pritzker, Suzanne & LaChapelle, Alicia & Tatum, Jeremy, 2012. "“We need their help”: Encouraging and discouraging adolescent civic engagement through Photovoice," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 34(11), pages 2247-2254.
    5. Ewa Łodygowska & Magdalena Chęć & Agnieszka Samochowiec, 2017. "Academic motivation in children with dyslexia," The Journal of Educational Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 110(5), pages 575-580, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Thomas Page, Daniel & Hanrahan, Stephanie & Buckley, Lisa, 2023. "Real-world trial of positive youth development program “LifeMatters” with South African adolescents in a low-resource setting," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Gliske, Kate & Ballard, Jaime & Buchanan, Gretchen & Borden, Lynne & Perkins, Daniel Francis, 2021. "The components of quality in youth programs and association with positive youth outcomes: A person-centered approach," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    2. Xu, Yanfeng & Bright, Charlotte Lyn, 2018. "Children's mental health and its predictors in kinship and non-kinship foster care: A systematic review," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 89(C), pages 243-262.
    3. Sara Khan & Claudio Germak, 2018. "Reframing HRI Design Opportunities for Social Robots: Lessons Learnt from a Service Robotics Case Study Approach Using UX for HRI," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-22, October.
    4. McMahon, Sheila M. & Pederson, Shelby, 2020. "“Love and compassion not found Elsewhere”: A Photovoice exploration of restorative justice and nonviolent communication in a community-based juvenile justice diversion program," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
    5. Krauss, Steven Eric & Zeldin, Shepherd & Abdullah, Haslinda & Ortega, Adriana & Ali, Zuraidah & Ismail, Ismi Arif & Ariffin, Zaifu, 2020. "Malaysian youth associations as places for empowerment and engagement," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
    6. Littman, Danielle Maude, 2024. "Practices and settings which promote a psychological sense of community among young people who experience social marginalization: A scoping review," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    7. Melkman, Eran & Mor-Salwo, Yifat & Mangold, Katharina & Zeller, Maren & Benbenishty, Rami, 2015. "Care leavers as helpers: Motivations for and benefits of helping others," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 41-48.
    8. Ramey, Heather L. & Lawford, Heather L. & Rose-Krasnor, Linda & Freeman, John & Lanctot, Jordi, 2018. "Engaging diverse Canadian youth in youth development programs: Program quality and community engagement," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 20-26.
    9. Malorni, Angie & Lea, Charles H. & Richards-Schuster, Katie & Spencer, Michael S., 2022. "Facilitating youth participatory action research (YPAR): A scoping review of relational practice in U.S. Youth development & out-of-school time projects," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
    10. Agans, Jennifer P. & Maley, Mary & Rainone, Nicolette & Cope, Marie & Turner, Andrew & Eckenrode, John & Pillemer, Karl, 2020. "Evaluating the evidence for youth outcomes in 4-H: A scoping review," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    11. Steckley, Laura, 2020. "Threshold concepts in residential child care: Part 2, relational practice as threshold," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
    12. Roberts, Lindsey T. & Stein, Catherine H. & Tompsett, Carolyn J., 2022. "Youth views of community needs: A photovoice collaboration," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:126:y:2021:i:c:s0190740921001018. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/childyouth .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.