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Peter W Dowrick1

  • 1University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1776 University Av. UA4-6, Manoa, HI 96822, USA. dowrick@hawaii.edu

American Journal of Community Psychology
|April 18, 2007
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Summary

Community psychology programs enhance protective factors for at-risk youth through engaging activities. Program-level "feedforward" is crucial for long-term success and skill generalization.

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Area of Science:

  • Community Psychology
  • Program Development
  • Youth Interventions

Background:

  • Community psychology practice often involves organizing community-based activities.
  • Numerous programs have been developed for learning centers, schools, and technology centers.
  • Over 30,000 individuals, primarily children, have participated in these programs over the past decade.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of community-based programs in enhancing protective factors and reducing negative factors in at-risk communities.
  • To analyze the factors influencing program sustainability and skill generalization.
  • To explore the role of "feedforward" (visualizing future success) in program design.

Main Methods:

  • Development of community-responsive programs focused on literacy, education, and life/work skills.
  • Implementation of self-modeling with feedforward techniques within programs.
  • Analysis of data on skill generalization, attitude maintenance, and program sustainability.

Main Results:

  • Participants generalized and maintained new skills and attitudes.
  • Program sustainability showed variability.
  • Program-level feedforward was identified as critical for bringing future success into the present.

Conclusions:

  • Community-based programs can effectively impart skills and positive attitudes.
  • Program sustainability is variable and influenced by factors like program-level feedforward.
  • Integrating individual and community-level practices is essential for informing each other.