Positive Youth Development and Wellbeing: Gender Differences
The five C’s of positive youth development (PYD) (competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection) have been associated with adaptive development among young people. Gender differences in young people’s wellbeing and mental health have been studied and analyzed, but the investigation into...
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| author | Gina Tomé Gina Tomé Gina Tomé Margarida Gaspar de Matos Margarida Gaspar de Matos Marta Reis Marta Reis Marta Reis Diego Gomez-Baya Diego Gomez-Baya Filipa Coelhoso Filipa Coelhoso Nora Wiium |
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| description | The five C’s of positive youth development (PYD) (competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection) have been associated with adaptive development among young people. Gender differences in young people’s wellbeing and mental health have been studied and analyzed, but the investigation into their association with the five C’s is still in its infancy. In the present study, we analyzed the influence of the five C’s on the wellbeing, more specifically, anxiety, social alienation, general wellbeing, physical symptoms, and psychological symptoms, of Portuguese adolescents, by gender. Participants were 5th–12th grade students attending public schools in Lisbon, Portugal. The questionnaire was administered to 384 adolescents. The results indicated important gender differences in young people’s wellbeing. The results revealed some differences between genders that should be considered in interventions that aim to promote the wellbeing of adolescents. On the other hand, confidence was positively associated with mental health and wellbeing for both boys and girls, skill should be promoted among young people, because it was competence that revealed the greatest association with wellbeing, among the variables analyzed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-192e7ccd8a3f435f9e4846b327c96bfd2022-12-21T23:33:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-07-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.641647641647Positive Youth Development and Wellbeing: Gender DifferencesGina Tomé0Gina Tomé1Gina Tomé2Margarida Gaspar de Matos3Margarida Gaspar de Matos4Marta Reis5Marta Reis6Marta Reis7Diego Gomez-Baya8Diego Gomez-Baya9Filipa Coelhoso10Filipa Coelhoso11Nora Wiium12Faculdade de Motricidade Humana (Equipa Aventura Social), Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalFaculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalBolseira Pós Doutoramento FCT SFRH/BPD/108637/2015, Lisbon, PortugalFaculdade de Motricidade Humana (Equipa Aventura Social), Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalFaculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalFaculdade de Motricidade Humana (Equipa Aventura Social), Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalFaculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalBolseira Pós Doutoramento FCT SFRH/BPD/110905/2015, Lisbon, PortugalFaculdade de Motricidade Humana (Equipa Aventura Social), Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalDepartment of Social, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, SpainFaculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalISCE - Instituto Superior de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo, Ramada, PortugalFaculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayThe five C’s of positive youth development (PYD) (competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection) have been associated with adaptive development among young people. Gender differences in young people’s wellbeing and mental health have been studied and analyzed, but the investigation into their association with the five C’s is still in its infancy. In the present study, we analyzed the influence of the five C’s on the wellbeing, more specifically, anxiety, social alienation, general wellbeing, physical symptoms, and psychological symptoms, of Portuguese adolescents, by gender. Participants were 5th–12th grade students attending public schools in Lisbon, Portugal. The questionnaire was administered to 384 adolescents. The results indicated important gender differences in young people’s wellbeing. The results revealed some differences between genders that should be considered in interventions that aim to promote the wellbeing of adolescents. On the other hand, confidence was positively associated with mental health and wellbeing for both boys and girls, skill should be promoted among young people, because it was competence that revealed the greatest association with wellbeing, among the variables analyzed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641647/fullpositive youth developmentadolescentswell-beinggender differencesmental health |
| spellingShingle | Gina Tomé Gina Tomé Gina Tomé Margarida Gaspar de Matos Margarida Gaspar de Matos Marta Reis Marta Reis Marta Reis Diego Gomez-Baya Diego Gomez-Baya Filipa Coelhoso Filipa Coelhoso Nora Wiium Positive Youth Development and Wellbeing: Gender Differences Frontiers in Psychology positive youth development adolescents well-being gender differences mental health |
| title | Positive Youth Development and Wellbeing: Gender Differences |
| title_full | Positive Youth Development and Wellbeing: Gender Differences |
| title_fullStr | Positive Youth Development and Wellbeing: Gender Differences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Positive Youth Development and Wellbeing: Gender Differences |
| title_short | Positive Youth Development and Wellbeing: Gender Differences |
| title_sort | positive youth development and wellbeing gender differences |
| topic | positive youth development adolescents well-being gender differences mental health |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641647/full |
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