Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Mittelfristig (1 bis 5 Jahre)
Mikro (Individuum)
Psychisch & Physiologisch

increased resilience for programme participants

persönliche Entwicklung / Erwerb von sozialen und personalen Kompetenzen

Youth leadership programme involvement appears to increase resilience: Young people involved in the youth leadership programme demonstrate statistically significant increases on all measures of resilience when compared to the comparison group. The comparison group demonstrate no statistically significant change in resilience over the three time points. Resilience is an important component for young people, which helps them navigate and overcome challenges effectively both day to day and in more traumatic events ensuring they ‘bounce back’ from them.

Beschreibung der Aktivität

Foróigne Youth Leadership programme
The purpose of the programme is to build young leaders and seeks to enable young people to develop the skills, inspiration, vision, confidence and action plans to be effective leaders. Moreover, it aims to empower them to make a positive difference to their society through the practice of effective leadership.
Großbritannien
Over 1,600 young people have taken part in the Youth Leadership Programme to-date
young people aged 16-18 years
teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche
Freiwillig engagierte Jugendliche

Evaluierung der Aktivität

This study involved a review of the national and international literature, together with a mixed methodology incorporating both a quantitative and qualitative aspect. Under the quantitative strand of the research, a total of 431 young people were recruited to the study, of whom 267 took part in the leadership programme (hereafter referred to as the Leadership Group) and 164 formed a comparison group (hereafter referred to as the Comparison Group). All participants in the leadership programme were asked to complete questionnaires at three time points over an 18 month period. The sample for the qualitative strand of the study was drawn from the quantitative sample just described. Young people who had the highest and lowest scores on the Adolescent Well-being measure at baseline were invited to take part in qualitative interviews. This strand of the research involved interviews at three time points. At time one 22 participants were interviewed and of these, 21 were also interviewed at time two. At time three a smaller cohort was selected from the initial group interviewed (n=6). A further 17 participants were selected to take part in ‘photo-voice’, an illustrative way of exploring the young people’s leadership journey. Five focus groups were also carried out with 23 programme facilitators (17 Foróige staff and 6 volunteers).
Resilience 1 Measure: 1) I cooperate with people around me. 2) I try to finish what I start. 3) People think that I am fun to be with. 4) I am able to solve problems without harming myself or others (for example by using drugs and/or being violent). 5) I am aware of my own strengths. 6) Spiritual beliefs are a source of strength for me. 7) I think it is important to serve my community. 8) I feel supported by my friends. 9) My friends will stand by me in difficult times. Resilience 2 Measure: 1) I have people I look up to. 2) I know how to behave in different social situations. 3) I am given opportunities to show others that I am becoming an adult and can act responsibly. 4) I know where I go in my community to get help. 5) I have opportunities to develop skills that will be useful later in life (like job skills and skills to care for others). 6) I am proud of my cultural background. 7) I am treated fairly in my community. 8) I participate in organised religious activities. 9) I enjoy my community’s traditions. 10) I am proud to be a citizen of Ireland.
survey: 431 (267 intervention group, 164 control group)
18 months
Großbritannien
Forschungsbericht