Programmatic prevention of adolescent problem behaviors
The role of autonomy, relatedness, and volunteer service in the teen outreach program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11055869 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph P Allen (0000-0002-2328-059X, University of Virginia, corresponding author), Gabe Kuperminc (University of Virginia), Susan Philliber, Kathy Herre (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 595-615 |
| Publication date | 1994-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1007/bf02506896 |
| PMID | 7755004 |
| OpenAlex | W2038510569 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 31 |
Explored the mechanisms by which a well‐validated intervention to prevent school failure, suspension, and teenage pregnancy produces its effects, using site‐level data from 66 sites involving over 1,000 students participating in national replication of the Teen Outreach Program. Multiple informants provided data on operating characteristics of each site. These were then used to explain differences across sites in levels of success in reducing youth problem behaviors using a pre‐post design and a well‐matched comparison group. In accord with predictions from developmental theory, middle school sites that promoted student autonomy and relatedness with peers and with site facilitators achieved significantly greater levels of success in reducing problem behaviors. Offering volunteer experiences perceived as teaching middle school students new skills and leaving them real choices about the type of work they did was also linked to program success. Although the program was equally sucessful with students from a wide range of sociodemographic backgrounds, links of program factors to site‐level outcomes were found only for middle school but not high school sites. Implications of these findings for the development of programmatic interventions targeted at adolescents are discussed
Autonomy · Developmental psychology · Health psychology · Intervention (counseling) · Medical education · Outreach · Political science · Positive Youth Development · Program evaluation · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Community Health and Development · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Cognitive and Psychosocial Health Risk Factors of Social Networking Addiction
Understanding the Effects of Adolescent Participation in Health Programmes
Contextos comunitários favoráveis ao bem-estar
The effects of volunteering on the young volunteer
Common risk and protective factors in successful prevention programs
Research-Based Character Education
Social and Emotional Learning Programs for Adolescents
Connectedness as a Predictor of Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes for Youth
Adolescent Pregnancy
Why Interventions to Influence Adolescent Behavior Often Fail but Could Succeed
Prosocial Development
Schools, Academic Motivation, and Stage‐Environment Fit
Community Contexts of Human Welfare
Observations of Effective Teacher–Student Interactions in Secondary School Classrooms
The Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescent Pregnancy, Long-Term Psychosocial Consequences, and Fetal Death
A Review of Positive Youth Development Programs That Promote Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Teaching and Learning in the Social Context
Seizing the Middle Ground
Bonding to Youth Clubs and Delinquency
The Effects of Need Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction on Flourishing among Young Chinese Gamers
Strengthening the STEM pipeline
Community service learning in the teen outreach program in non-metropolitan florida high schools
Autonomy, Relatedness, and Male Adolescent Delinquency
Nonmarital School-Age Motherhood
Predictors of Future Expectations of Inner-City Children
Combining Mentoring With Structured Group Activities
Volunteering
Characteristics and Homogeneity of Early Adolescent Friendship Groups
How Do Varying Types of Youth Civic Engagement Relate to Perceptions of School Climate
Social and emotional learning in middle school curricula
Sources of resiliency among successful foster youth
Empowerment-based non-formal education for Arab youth
Effects of positive youth development programs on school, family, and community systems
Quality and Ecology of Adversity as Common Mechanisms of Risk and Resilience
Primary Prevention Mental Health Programs
Learning from Communities
Altruism as a buffer for antisocial behavior for African American adolescents exposed to community violence
Who benefits most from a broadly targeted prevention program? Differential efficacy across populations in the Teen Outreach program
Neighborhood experiences, community connection, and positive beliefs about adolescents among urban adults and youth
The effectiveness of the Reach for Health Community Youth Service learning program in reducing early and unprotected sex among urban middle school students
Randomized Trials of the Teen Outreach Program in Louisiana and Rochester, New York
Scalability of an Evidence-Based Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program
The Impact of School Mental Health Services on Out-of-School Suspension Rates
Mapping Teaching Through Interactions and Pupils' Learning in Mathematics
My Teaching Partner-Secondary
Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
Structure of problem behavior in adolescence and young adulthood.
Patterns of Interaction in Family Relationships and the Development of Identity Exploration in Adolescence
The Correlation of Family Management Practices and Delinquency
Longitudinal Assessment of Autonomy and Relatedness in Adolescent-Family Interactions as Predictors of Adolescent Ego Development and Self-Esteem
The Perceived Competence Scale for Children
Syndrome of problem behavior in adolescence
Early predictors of male delinquency
The effects of volunteering on the young volunteer
Autonomy and Relatedness in Family Interactions as Predictors of Expressions of Negative Adolescent Affect
Experimental social innovation and client‐centered job‐seeking programs
School‐based prevention of teen‐age pregnancy and school dropout
Reinventing fidelity
Terms of empowerment/exemplars of prevention
The fidelity‐adaptation debate
Parent–adolescent separation
Stability of aggression over time and generations
Assessment of interpersonal negotiation strategies in youth engaged in problem behaviors
Syndrome of problem behavior in adolescence
Reconciling Race and Class Differences in Self-Reported and Official Estimates of Delinquency
Risking the Future
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| Unique citing works | 46 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,53 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 39 |