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Examining relational empowerment for elementary school students in a yPAR program.
Regina Day Langhout1, Charles Collins, Erin Rose Ellison
1Psychology Department, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA, USA, langhout@ucsc.edu.
American Journal of Community Psychology
|December 21, 2013
Summary
Children in a youth participatory action research after-school program (yPAR ASP) showed significant relational empowerment. These young individuals developed skills like collaborative competence and network mobilization, particularly within the yPAR ASP setting.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Developmental Psychology
- Education
Background:
- Relational empowerment is crucial for youth development, especially for children from immigrant families.
- Intermediary institutions like schools and after-school programs play a vital role in fostering youth empowerment.
- Existing frameworks on youth empowerment and bridging multiple worlds offer insights into these processes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine forms of relational empowerment experienced by children in school and a youth participatory action research after-school program (yPAR ASP).
- To analyze how children, particularly Latina/o youth from im/migrant families, experience relational empowerment factors.
- To investigate the role of social networks in facilitating relational empowerment and bridging different social worlds.
Main Methods:
- Employed a mixed-method approach involving children's interviews, self-defined goals, and social network analysis.
- Focused on twelve children, mostly Latina/o from im/migrant families, participating in a yPAR ASP for two years.
- Analyzed five relational empowerment factors: collaborative competence, bridging social divisions, facilitating others' empowerment, mobilizing networks, and passing on a legacy.
Main Results:
- Children experienced all five relational empowerment factors within the yPAR ASP, with some factors also present in school.
- Experiences of relational empowerment were more pronounced in the yPAR ASP setting compared to school.
- Social network analysis indicated that participants bridged worlds (home, family, school, yPAR ASP) and mobilized diverse support networks.
Conclusions:
- The yPAR ASP setting is highly effective in fostering relational empowerment among youth.
- Social network analysis is a valuable tool for understanding relational power dynamics in context.
- Findings have implications for theoretical and methodological advancements in youth empowerment research.
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