Evaluating community participation as prevention
Life narratives of youth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11044720 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Janzen (0000-0003-0505-6057, Centre for Community Based Research, corresponding author), S Mark Pancer (Wilfrid Laurier University), Gerald Nelson (0000-0002-6626-2172, Wilfrid Laurier University), Colleen Loomis (0000-0003-1595-3376, Wilfrid Laurier University), Julian Hasford (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 992-1006 |
| Publication date | 2010-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jcop.20410 |
| OpenAlex | W2032071796 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 20 |
Community‐based prevention programs strive to foster the composition of positive life stories, in part, by promoting active participation in community settings. This article used life narratives of youth to explore the experience of community participation and showed how such participation influenced their lives. Youth aged 18–19 years who participated in Better Beginning, Better Futures ( n =62), a community‐based prevention program, when they were aged 4–8 years, recounted stories of their lives that showed significantly higher levels of participation in community programs and greater personal impacts of that involvement compared with youth who were not involved in Better Beginnings ( n =34). Qualitative analysis of a subsample of these youth ( n =34) revealed individual and community characteristics that were instrumental in fostering positive outcomes of community participation. The findings indicated both the utility of using a narrative approach to evaluate community‐based prevention programs and the value of community participation for children and youth. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc
Business · Community participation · Futures contract · Narrative · Political science · Public relations · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Youth participation · Community Health and Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Medicine · Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support · Gerontology
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Predictors of Early Community Involvement
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Youth Narratives on Community Experiences and Sense of Community and Their Relation to Participation in an Early Childhood Development Program
The Redemptive Self
Adolescent participation in sports and adult physical activity
School Extracurricular Activity Participation as a Moderator in the Development of Antisocial Patterns
Narrative Identity Processing of Difficult Life Experiences
The nature of vital engagement in adulthood
Volunteerism in Adolescence
Student Council, Volunteering, Basketball, or Marching Band
Whatever Happened to the Jock, the Brain, and the Princess
Empowerment meets narrative
Structured after‐school activities as a moderator of depressed mood for adolescents with detached relations to their parents
Life's little (and big) lessons
The development of global coherence in life narratives across adolescence
Getting a life
Partnerships and Participation of Community Residents in Health Promotion and Prevention
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2019 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |