Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Mittelfristig (1 bis 5 Jahre)
Mikro (Individuum)
Sozial

decreased externalising risks such as delinquency as a result of participating in positive youth development services

Prävention

Risks decreased over time for all three groups and the pattern seen at Time 1 of the positive group having significantly lower risk than the inconsistent and negative groups was retained. Post hoc (Bonferroni) analyses of the univariate outcomes (adjusted for the three proximal relational resource measures) indicated that young people in the positive service experience group retained the advantages in terms of wellbeing and resilience over time that were seen in the MANOVA, but that the quality of the service experience at Time 1 did not appear to have any long term impact on risk levels when the impact of the covariates was taken into account.

Beschreibung der Aktivität

services using positive youth development practices
services such as child welfare, juvenile corrections, educational services, mainstream classroom programing using positive youth development practices (PYD)
Neuseeland
aged 13 to 17 years, mean 15,35 years
teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche

Evaluierung der Aktivität

Quantitative Fragebogenerhebung (schriftlich/offline)
The data upon which this paper is based forms part of a larger, longitudinal study, the Successful Youth Transitions Programme. It is part of a five-country (Canada, China, Colombia, South Africa, and New Zealand), mixed-methods study of patterns of resilience, risk and service use of more than 7000 young people. The research was approved by the University Ethical Review Board prior to the commencement of interviews. This analysis concerns a sub-set of the New Zealand sample (n = 506). These youth completed a survey instrument three times at approximately annual intervals between 2009 and 2013. For purposes of baseline comparison, a second group of youth was also surveyed at Time 1. This group, the comparison group (n= 506), was recruited from the same communities as the vulnerable group and selected on the basis of similar demographic characteristics (i.e. age, gender and race/ethnicity). To be allocated to the comparison group youth were required to not be currently involved in services even though they came from the same neighbourhoods as youth in the vulnerable group.
Two subscales of the 4-H Study of Positive youth development: Delinquency and Risk; Conduct Problems Subscale of the SDQ questionnaire
Externalising risk was assessed using two subscales of the 4-H study of Positive youth development: Delinquency (frequency of behaviours such as theft, vandalism and aggression) and risk (frequency of use of substances including alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs). Externalising risk was also assessed using the Conduct Problems subscale of the SDQ questionnaire, which includes shortness of temper and inclination for aggressive and violent responses, lying, theft and bullying.
Delinquency, Risk: 5-point scale from 1 = never to 5 = 5 or more times; Conduct Problems, SDQ: 3-point scale from 0 = not true to 2 = certainly true.
1015 youth (506=intervention group; 506=control group)
2009-2013