Humanist Approaches to Youth Development in the Summer Youth Program of Hong Kong

Bibliographic Data

ID11214799
AuthorsC K Cheung (0000-0003-3278-1633, City University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), N Pun (0000-0001-5725-6988, Chinese University of Hong Kong), Ngan-Pun Ngai (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Year2004
Volume31
Issue2
Pages1-24
Publication date2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Service Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0148-8376 • E-ISSN: 1540-7314
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j079v31n02_01
OpenAlexW1996649232
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited42

Promoting social integration and meaning derived from activities can be effective approaches to facilitating basic and advanced development among young participants in the Summer Youth Program of Hong Kong. Its rationale rests on the humanist perspective, which emphasizes the individual's deriving meaning and maintaining affiliation with people. To examine the effects of these experiences in the program, the study employed a prepost design to survey 799 adolescent participants' experiences with the program and their basic (more emphasis on potential, skill, and social well-being) and advanced (more emphasis on civic responsibility, volunteerism, and transcendence) development. Results reveal that experience of the social integration approach tended to increase young participants' basic development, whereas experience of meaning in program activities appeared to induce advanced development

Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Humanism · Humanistic psychology · Meaning (existential · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Positive Youth Development · Psychotherapist · Transcendence (philosophy · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support

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