'MPower Shows Me Who I Want to Be': A Qualitative Study of a Youth Purpose Program

Autor/inn/en	Lincoln, Brenna; Wood, Willow; Reed, Madeline; Sepulveda, Jonathan; Liang, Belle; Hill, Nancy E.; Perella, John
Titel	'MPower Shows Me Who I Want to Be': A Qualitative Study of a Youth Purpose Program
Quelle	In: European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 4 (2021) 2, S.113-122 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lincoln, Brenna) ORCID (Wood, Willow) ORCID (Reed, Madeline) ORCID (Sepulveda, Jonathan) ORCID (Liang, Belle) ORCID (Hill, Nancy E.) ORCID (Perella, John)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2589-949X
Schlagwörter	Youth Programs; Self Efficacy; Self Actualization; Goal Orientation; Strategic Planning; Grade Point Average; Learner Engagement; Mentors; Middle School Students; High School Students; Outcomes of Education; Program Effectiveness; Graduation Rate; Grade 11; Grade 12; Student Attitudes; Program Implementation; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendsofortprogramm; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Self actualisation; Selbstverwirklichung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Schülerverhalten; Principal; Schulleiter
Abstract	Studies have documented widespread academic disengagement in middle and high school students. This disengagement has been tied to a myriad of negative outcomes, including failure to graduate from high school and transition into college and meaningful vocations. Supporting adolescents in cultivating a sense of beyond-the-self purpose is one factor that may combat student disengagement. MPower is a program designed to cultivate beyond-the-self purpose in an effort to promote student engagement and completion of high school (Klein et al., 2019). In a recent quantitative study, MPower participants compared to controls demonstrated a higher GPA, BTS purpose, self-efficacy, and decreased performance approach and performance avoidance goal orientations. In the current qualitative descriptive study, 11th and 12th grade (N=25) students in the Northeastern region of the United States, described their experiences in the MPower program. Three themes associated with the transformative aspects of MPower emerged from focus group data: 1) practice in strategic goal planning, 2) engagement in mentoring relationships, and 3) increased social support within a community. Because fostering youth purpose engenders many promotive and protective factors, these findings hold important implications for implementing similar programs more widely. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01