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: 9781410612748
• ISBN10: 1410612740
• Copyright: 2005-02-17
• Publisher: LEA, Inc.

Summary

The after-school activity context has grown in importance over the past 30yrs as major demographic change (i.e.dual-career families & latchkey children) has swept the country. This bk looks at the influences of after-school activities on child & adol.dev

Table of Contents

Foreword: Promoting Positive Youth Development Through Community and After-School Programs

Social and Cultural Perspectives

Organized Activities as Development Contexts for Children and Adolescents

Historical Change in Leisure Activities During After-School Hours

Unstructured Leisure in the After-School Hours

Activity Participation and the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents in the Context of Welfare Reform

Contexts and Correlates of Out-of-School Activity Participation Among Low-Income Urban Adolescents

Dorothy, There Is No Yellow Brick Road: The Paradox of Community Youth Development Approaches for Latino and African American Urban Youth

Youth-Adult Research Collaboration: Bringing Youth Voice to the Research Process

Developmental Processes and Outcomes

Everybody's Gotta Give: Development of Initiative and Teamwork Within a Youth Program

Benefits of Activity Participation: The Roles of Identity Affirmation and Peer Group Norm Sharing

Explaining Why a Leisure Context Is Bad for Some Girls and Not for Others

Activity Choices in Middle Childhood: The Roles of Gender, Self-Beliefs, and Parents' Influence

Youth Music Engagement in Diverse Contexts

Participation in Sport: A Developmental Glimpse at Emotion

After-School Sport for Children: Implications of a Task-Involving Motivational Climate

Community Service and Identity Formation in Adolescents

The Present and Future of Research on Activity Settings as Developmental Contexts

Integrating Research, Practice, and Policy

Developing a Comprehensive Agenda for the Out-of-School Hours: Lessons and Challenges Across Cities

Designing Youth Development Programs: Toward a Theory of Developmental Intentionality

Someone to Watch Over Me: Mentoring Programs in the After-School Lives of Children and Adolescents

After-School Programs for Low-Income Children: Differences in Program Quality

After-School Programs, Antisocial Behavior, and Positive Youth Development: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Program Implementation and Changes in Youth Behavior

Building Effective Practices and Policies for Out-of-School Time

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