Psychological Engagement and Behavioral Activity Participation As Predictors of Positive Youth Development
Youth’s structured (e.g., sports) and unstructured (e.g., socializing) activities are key contexts for positive development. Both behavioral participation (e.g., frequency) and elements of psychological engagement (e.g., enjoyment, challenge) in programs and activities have been linked to components...
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2019-09-01
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| author | Heather L. Ramey Heather L. Lawford Linda Rose-Krasnor |
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| description | Youth’s structured (e.g., sports) and unstructured (e.g., socializing) activities are key contexts for positive development. Both behavioral participation (e.g., frequency) and elements of psychological engagement (e.g., enjoyment, challenge) in programs and activities have been linked to components of youth development. We tested a model in which both psychological engagement and behavioral participation in activities predicted overall positive youth development in older adolescent and emerging adult samples (Sample 1, n = 235, mean age = 18.7 years, SD = 1.4 years, 67.7% female; Sample 2, n = 186, mean age = 20.0 years, SD = 2.1 years, 68.8% female). In the first known study to include behavioral participation and multidimensional psychological engagement in predicting the Five Cs of positive youth development, we found that greater psychological engagement, but not behavioral participation, was related to higher positive youth development across samples and different activity types. Findings suggest that promoting youth’s psychological engagement in programs and other activities, rather than just their physical presence, may be advantageous for strengthening positive youth development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a24f3a6d31134b5bb3ac32292ae1047f2024-02-02T12:28:19ZengClemson University PressJournal of Youth Development2325-40172019-09-011438810910.5195/jyd.2019.769587Psychological Engagement and Behavioral Activity Participation As Predictors of Positive Youth DevelopmentHeather L. Ramey0Heather L. Lawford1Linda Rose-Krasnor2Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Brock University, Centre of Excellence for Youth EngagementBishop’s University, Brock University, Centre of Excellence for Youth EngagementBrock UniversityYouth’s structured (e.g., sports) and unstructured (e.g., socializing) activities are key contexts for positive development. Both behavioral participation (e.g., frequency) and elements of psychological engagement (e.g., enjoyment, challenge) in programs and activities have been linked to components of youth development. We tested a model in which both psychological engagement and behavioral participation in activities predicted overall positive youth development in older adolescent and emerging adult samples (Sample 1, n = 235, mean age = 18.7 years, SD = 1.4 years, 67.7% female; Sample 2, n = 186, mean age = 20.0 years, SD = 2.1 years, 68.8% female). In the first known study to include behavioral participation and multidimensional psychological engagement in predicting the Five Cs of positive youth development, we found that greater psychological engagement, but not behavioral participation, was related to higher positive youth development across samples and different activity types. Findings suggest that promoting youth’s psychological engagement in programs and other activities, rather than just their physical presence, may be advantageous for strengthening positive youth development.http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/769psychological engagementactivity participationpositive youth developmentemerging adultsyouth engagement |
| spellingShingle | Heather L. Ramey Heather L. Lawford Linda Rose-Krasnor Psychological Engagement and Behavioral Activity Participation As Predictors of Positive Youth Development Journal of Youth Development psychological engagement activity participation positive youth development emerging adults youth engagement |
| title | Psychological Engagement and Behavioral Activity Participation As Predictors of Positive Youth Development |
| title_full | Psychological Engagement and Behavioral Activity Participation As Predictors of Positive Youth Development |
| title_fullStr | Psychological Engagement and Behavioral Activity Participation As Predictors of Positive Youth Development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological Engagement and Behavioral Activity Participation As Predictors of Positive Youth Development |
| title_short | Psychological Engagement and Behavioral Activity Participation As Predictors of Positive Youth Development |
| title_sort | psychological engagement and behavioral activity participation as predictors of positive youth development |
| topic | psychological engagement activity participation positive youth development emerging adults youth engagement |
| url | http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/769 |
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