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- Title
Helping At-Risk Youth to "Think Big:" A Partnership between a College and a Community Agency.
- Authors
Maitoza, Robyn
- Abstract
Research suggests that youth community service programs have the potential to be an interesting and engaging means to promote stronger self-image among adolescents who take a part in these activities (Shumer, 2005). Moreover, having at-risk youth engage in community service activities can be an opportune vehicle for promoting positive youth development and outcomes. The present study attempts to meet this need by promoting empowerment and a sense of community among a group of vulnerable adolescents via a partnership between a liberal arts college and a community agency which serves underprivileged families and youths. Quantitative results show that empathy and general self-efficacy scores increased among the adolescent participants from pre- to post-test. Although the quantitative results did not show an increase in a sense of community, the qualitative findings did indicate that this project proved beneficial in other ways. Implications for this study are outlined as well.
- Subjects
COMMUNITY services; ACADEMIC programs; SELF-efficacy
- Publication
Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning & Civic Engagement, 2018, Vol 9, Issue 2, p87
- ISSN
1944-1061
- Publication type
Article