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Engaging Adolescents in Organized Youth Programs: An Analysis of Individual and Contextual Factors

Dawes, Nickki Pearce

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Title
Engaging Adolescents in Organized Youth Programs: An Analysis of Individual and Contextual Factors
Author(s)
Dawes, Nickki Pearce
Issue Date
2008
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
  • Mark Aber
  • Reed Larson
Department of Study
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Psychology, Behavioral
Language
eng
Abstract
Results from the investigation of the role of program-level factors in the engagement process revealed four factors: (1) youth receiving verbal encouragement and strategic feedback from the leaders, (2) leaders' efforts to monitor the setting for the presence of diversions and exciting or novel activities, (3) youth experience of positive interpersonal relationships with peers and the leaders, and (4) the leaders' cultivation of an autonomy-supportive climate. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
Graduation Semester
2008
Type of Resource
text
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