Organized Activities As Contexts of Development : Extracurricular Activities, After-School and Community Programs

by Mahoney, Joseph L.; Larson, Reed W.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Mahoney, Joseph L.

• ISBN13: 9780805844313
• ISBN10: 0805844317
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-05
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

School-aged children in the U.S. and other Western nations spend almost half of their waking hours in leisure activities. For some, out-of-school time is perceived as inconsequential or even counterproductive to the health and well-being of young persons. Recently, however, there has been a growing recognition that--along with family, peers, and school--the organized activities in which some youth participate during these hours are important contexts of emotional, social, and civic development. They provide opportunities for young persons to learn and develop competencies that are largely neglected by schools. At the same time, communities and national governments are now channeling considerable resources into creating organized activities for young people's out-of-school time. This volume brings together a multidisciplinary, international group of experts to provide conceptual, empirical, and policy-relevant advances in research on children's and adolescents' participation in the developmental contexts represented by extracurricular activities, and after-school and community programs. Organized Activities as Contexts of Developmentprovides a handbook-like coverage of research in this new emerging field. It considers a broad developmental time-span from middle childhood through early adulthood, providing information on how motivation, participation, and developmental experiences change as youth get older. The contents cover one of the most salient topics in child and adolescent research, education, and social policy, placing consistent emphasis on developmental aspects and implications of organized activity participation for young persons. Representing contributors from several fields of study--psychology, criminal justice, leisure science, sociology, human development, education, prevention, and public policy--the book is designed to appeal to students and scholars in all these areas. Additionally, the volume is written to be of interest to professionals who administer programs and develop policy on youth.

Table of Contents

Foreword Promoting Positive Youth Development Through Community and After-School Programs	ix
Richard M. Lerner
I SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
Organized Activities as Development Contexts for Children and Adolescents	3	(20)
Joseph L. Mahoney
Reed W. Larson
Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Heather Lord
Historical Change in Leisure Activities During After-School Hours	23	(22)
Douglas A. Kleiber
Gwynn M. Powell
Unstructured Leisure in the After-School Hours	45	(20)
D. Wayne Osgood
Amy L. Anderson
Jennifer N. Shaffer
Activity Participation and the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents in the Context of Welfare Reform	65	(20)
David M. Casey
Marika N. Ripke
Aletha C. Huston
Contexts and Correlates of Out-of-School Activity Participation Among Low-Income Urban Adolescents	85	(26)
Sara Pedersen
Edward Seidman
Dorothy, There Is No Yellow Brick Road: The Paradox of Community Youth Development Approaches for Latino and African American Urban Youth	111	(20)
Francisco A. Villarruel
Martha Montero-Sieburth
Christopher Dunbar
Corliss Wilson Outley
Youth--Adult Research Collaborations: Bringing Youth Voice to the Research Process	131	(28)
Ben Kirshner
Jennifer O'Donoghue
Milbrey McLaughlin
II DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES
Everybody's Gotta Give: Development of Initiative and Teamwork Within a Youth Program	159	(26)
Reed Larson
David Hansen
Kathrin Walker
Benefits of Activity Participation: The Roles of Identity Affirmation and Peer Group Norm Sharing	185	(26)
Bonnie L. Barber
Margaret R. Stone
James E. Hunt
Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Explaining Why a Leisure Context Is Bad for Some Girls and Not for Others	211	(24)
Hakan Stattin
Margaret Kerr
Joseph Mahoney
Andreas Persson
David Magnusson
Activity Choices in Middle Childhood: The Roles of Gender, Self-Beliefs, and Parents' Influence	235	(20)
Janis E. Jacobs
Margaret K. Vernon
Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Youth Music Engagement in Diverse Contexts	255	(20)
Susan A. O'Neill
Participation in Sport: A Developmental Glimpse at Emotion	275	(36)
Tara K. Scanlan
Megan L. Babkes
Lawrence A. Scanlan
After-School Sport for Children: Implications of a Task-Involving Motivational Climate	311	(20)
Joan L. Duda
Nikos Ntoumanis
Community Service and Identity Formation in Adolescents	331	(22)
Hugh McIntosh
Edward Metz
James Youniss
The Present and Future of Research on Activity Settings as Developmental Contexts	353	(22)
Jacquelynne S. Eccles
III Integrating Research, Practice, and Policy
Developing a Comprehensive Agenda for the Out-of-School Hours: Lessons and Challenges Across Cities	375	(24)
Karen Pittman
Joel Tolman
Nicole Yohalem
Designing Youth Development Programs: Toward a Theory of Developmental Intentionality	399	(20)
Joyce Walker
Mary Marczak
Dale Blyth
Lynne Borden
Someone to Watch Over Me: Mentoring Programs in the After-School Lives of Children and Adolescents	419	(18)
Jean Rhodes
Renee Spencer
After-School Programs for Low-Income Children: Differences in Program Quality	437	(20)
Deborah Lowe Vandell
Lee Shumow
Jill Posner
After-School Programs, Antisocial Behavior, and Positive Youth Development: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Program Implementation and Changes in Youth Behavior	457	(22)
Stephanie A. Gerstenblith
David A. Soule
Denise C. Gottfredson
Shaoli Lu
Melissa A. Kellstrom
Shannon C. Womer
Sean L. Bryner
Building Effective Practices and Policies for Out-of-School Time	479	(18)
Jane Quinn
About the Editors	497	(2)
About the Authors	499	(18)
Author Index	517	(16)
Subject Index	533