Fostering Resilience among Youth in Inner City Community Arts Centers: The Case of the Artists Collective

Autor/inn/en	Rhodes, Alison M.; Schechter, Rachel
Titel	Fostering Resilience among Youth in Inner City Community Arts Centers: The Case of the Artists Collective
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 46 (2014) 7, S.826-848 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124512469816
Schlagwörter	Arts Centers; Community Centers; Resilience (Psychology); Urban Youth; Urban Education; At Risk Students; African American Students; Safety; Multicultural Education; Art Education; Dance Education; Self Esteem; Ethnicity; Cultural Awareness; Self Efficacy; Interpersonal Competence; Coping; Literature Reviews; Connecticut + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Sicherheit; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Dance; Tanzerziehung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Ethnizität; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Bewältigung
Abstract	Growing up in an inner city environment can inhibit healthy development and have detrimental consequences for children and adolescents such as increased risks for many social and psychological problems. This article explores the role of community arts centers in fostering resilience among youth living in the inner city. A review of the literature of risk factors associated with growing up in an inner city environment provides a rationale for the need for interventions that promote resilience by creating a refuge from the surrounding poverty and violence, and which strengthen youth's personal and social resources. We examine the case of the Artists Collective, an inner city community arts center in Hartford, Connecticut, and propose that there are three components of community arts centers that contribute to youths' resilience. First, features of the physical space promote resilience. Second, they are a place where prosocial relationships and social capital contributing to resilient functioning can be formed. Finally, we hypothesize that learning about and participating in the arts fosters resilience through the development of person-level protective factors such as self-efficacy, improved emotional regulation, social skills, coping skills, and ethnic pride. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10