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Kaylin Ratner1,2, Gaoxia Zhu2,3, Qingyi Li2
1Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, Champaign, USA.
Journal of Adolescence
|March 3, 2023
Summary
Interactions with supportive adult Champions in out-of-school time (OST) programs boost adolescents' daily psychosocial functioning. However, these interactions do not predict future-day functioning, highlighting immediate benefits for youth engagement.
Area of Science:
- Adolescent Psychology
- Youth Development Programs
- Social-Emotional Learning
Background:
- Supportive adults are crucial for effective out-of-school time (OST) youth programs.
- The short-term dynamics of adult roles in OST programs are not well understood.
- GripTape is a US-wide, self-driven learning program for under-resourced teens.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine if interactions with program-assigned adults (Champions) correlate with adolescents' daily psychosocial functioning.
- To investigate the immediate impact of adult interactions on youth sense of purpose, self-concept clarity, and self-esteem.
Main Methods:
- 204 North American adolescents (ages ~16) in a remote OST program participated.
- Data collected via daily surveys over ~70 days.
- Examined daily interactions with adult Champions and self-reported psychosocial functioning.
Main Results:
- Adolescents reported higher psychosocial functioning on days they interacted with their Champion.
- No evidence found that Champion interactions predicted next-day psychosocial functioning, even after controlling for same-day functioning.
Conclusions:
- Daily interactions with adult Champions in OST programs offer immediate psychosocial benefits for adolescents.
- This study provides insight into the short-term dynamics of youth-adult relationships in OST settings.
- Findings contribute to understanding the incremental changes underlying OST program outcomes.
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