Connecting Youth to High-Resource Adults: Lessons from Effective Youth Programs

Autor/inn/en	Sullivan, Patrick J.; Larson, Reed W.
Titel	Connecting Youth to High-Resource Adults: Lessons from Effective Youth Programs
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 25 (2010) 1, S.99-123 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558409350505
Schlagwörter	Qualitative Research; Youth Programs; Adolescents; Urban Areas; Leadership Training; Art Education; Interviews; Cultural Pluralism; Ethnic Groups; Program Effectiveness; Adults; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Capital + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Jugendsofortprogramm; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Urban area; Stadtregion; Führungslehre; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kulturpluralismus; Ethnie; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Sozialkapital
Abstract	Adolescents benefit from contact with high-resource community adults, but intergenerational obstacles make these interactions difficult, fragile, and rare. This qualitative research investigated the success of seven, primarily urban, leadership, and arts programs that attempted to facilitate these interactions within their programming. Program advisors and 71 ethnically diverse program youth (mean age = 16.5) were interviewed biweekly over 3 to 4 months. Analyses indicated that programs were effective in facilitating these interactions through organizing activities that entailed structured, meaningful youth-adult role relationships. Substantial brokering efforts appeared to be required of advisors. Although these contacts involved one-time interactions or, at best, longer-term superficial relationships, youth described obtaining valuable information, skills, and access to adult worlds. The findings illuminate the challenges, limits, and benefits of attempts to bridge youth and adult worlds. (Contains 1 table and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10