Longitudinal effects of Youth Empowerment Solutions: Preventing youth aggression and increasing prosocial behavior.
Youth violence remains a significant public health problem despite efforts to address it. We describe the evaluation results of Youth Empowerment Solutions (YES), an after‐school active learning program implemented by trained local teachers and designed to engage middle school youth in multi‐systema...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. 70; no. 1/2; pp. 75 - 89 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=158916222&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 158916222 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00910562 CMP jtl: American Journal of Community Psychology issn: 00910562 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2022 vid: 70 iid: 1/2 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 158916222 10.1002/ajcp.12577 ppf: 75 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P size: 1.4MB tig: atl: Longitudinal effects of Youth Empowerment Solutions: Preventing youth aggression and increasing prosocial behavior. aug: au: Thulin, Elyse J. Lee, Dan B. Eisman, Andria B. Reischl, Tom M. Hutchison, Pete Franzen, Susan Zimmerman, Marc A. affil: Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan,, USA Minnesota Research Institute, Children's Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis Minnesota,, USA Currently at the Division of Kinesiology, Health and Sport Studies, College of Education, Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan,, USA su: Youth Self-efficacy Youth violence Active learning Racism sug: subj: Youth Self-efficacy Youth violence Active learning Racism keyword: adolescent African American community development empowerment resiliency violence prevention adolescent African American community development empowerment resiliency violence prevention ab: Youth violence remains a significant public health problem despite efforts to address it. We describe the evaluation results of Youth Empowerment Solutions (YES), an after‐school active learning program implemented by trained local teachers and designed to engage middle school youth in multi‐systematic promotive behaviors at the individual‐, interpersonal‐, and community‐level to make lasting positive changes within the context of institutional disadvantages, such as racism. First, we used a modified randomized controlled trial design to examine the direct and indirect influence of YES on prosocial and delinquent behaviors 12 months after the conclusion of the program, through youth empowerment. Next, we evaluated these models by race, to determine if the intervention equitably promotes prosocial outcomes and decreases aggressive behaviors. Among 329 middle school students, YES participation enhanced prosocial behaviors through empowerment, and directly reduced aggressive behaviors a year after the conclusion of the program. This trend was particularly pronounced for African American youth. These effects were found after controlling for age, sex, and behavioral outcomes at baseline, and across different schools and teachers, suggesting that YES can also be sustainable and readily implemented by communities. The implications of the results for youth violence prevention, empowerment theory and intervention development and practice for ethnic minority youth who face structural disenfranchisement are discussed. Highlights: Youth Empowerment Solutions has lasting effects on positive youth development.Intervention participation increased prosocial behaviors through empowerment 1‐year later.Intervention participation decreased aggressive behaviors 1‐year later.These trends were particularly pronounced for African American youth. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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