Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

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

improved self-perception as a leader

Mitsprache und Mitgestaltung

Self-Perception as a leader improved for high & low risk young people over time; Seeing yourself as a leader improved for both high and low risk groups over time. The high risk group improved the most on this measure, with 9.1% believing they are leaders at baseline to 81.3% believing they are leaders at follow-up. While there was a significant difference between the high and low risk groups at time one, by time three there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of self-belief. This suggests that belief in ones’ own capacity for leadership is significantly improved over the course of the programme. The very nature of this change in self-belief can result in a youth seeing more opportunities to use their skills and take on leadership roles.

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).
survey: 431 (267 intervention group, 164 control group)
18 months
Großbritannien
Forschungsbericht