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- Title
"Time to be free": Playful agency in LOVE's in‐school programme for at‐risk youth.
- Authors
Hausfather, Nadia; Montreuil, Marjorie; Ménard, Jean‐Frédéric; Carnevale, Franco A.
- Abstract
Research increasingly suggests that positive youth development programmes play an important part in preventing youth violence and promoting positive developmental trajectories. We conducted a focussed ethnography of LOVE, a social development programme aimed at supporting youth who have been exposed to violence. Building on a previous study's exploration of this programme's afterschool setting, we examined the programme's social functioning in school settings. Findings underline the role of playfulness—alongside an egalitarian/friendly approach, gentle authority/structure, strengths‐based support and a safe space to express vulnerability—to foster in youth the ability to feel free, confident/empowered, connected/empathic and positive feelings about school and life.
- Subjects
VIOLENCE prevention; PLAY; EMPATHY; RISK-taking behavior; SELF-efficacy; RESEARCH funding; SCHOOLS; SCHOOL health services
- Publication
Children & Society, 2024, Vol 38, Issue 4, p1317
- ISSN
0951-0605
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/chso.12803