Youth–adult partnership and youth civic development: cross-national analyses for scholars and field professionals

Across the world, community-based youth organizations are engaging youth as partners with adults to promote youth civic development. A sample of 528 youth from the United States, Portugal, and Malaysia were surveyed to explore associations between youth–adult partnership (youth voice in decision mak...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zeldin, Shepherd, Gauley, Josset, Krauss, Steven Eric, Kornbluh, Mariah, Collura, Jessica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sage Publications 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63739/1/Youth%E2%80%93adult%20partnership%20and%20youth%20civic%20development.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63739/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.upm.eprints.63739
record_format eprints
spelling my.upm.eprints.637392018-11-30T04:18:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63739/ Youth–adult partnership and youth civic development: cross-national analyses for scholars and field professionals Zeldin, Shepherd Gauley, Josset Krauss, Steven Eric Kornbluh, Mariah Collura, Jessica Across the world, community-based youth organizations are engaging youth as partners with adults to promote youth civic development. A sample of 528 youth from the United States, Portugal, and Malaysia were surveyed to explore associations between youth–adult partnership (youth voice in decision making; supportive adult relationships) and two key aspects of civic development (youth empowerment; community connections). Multi-level modeling, regression, and profile analysis were used to compare patterns of association across the three national samples. Results indicate that youth are most likely to achieve positive outcomes when they experience the freedom to make decisions, while experiencing trust and power sharing from adults. The results were consistent across the three national samples, suggesting that the influence of partnership may transcend cultures and contexts. Future scholarship should aim to support field professionals in building organizational structures and opportunities that encourage shared dialogue, program planning, and purposeful action among youth and adults. Sage Publications 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63739/1/Youth%E2%80%93adult%20partnership%20and%20youth%20civic%20development.pdf Zeldin, Shepherd and Gauley, Josset and Krauss, Steven Eric and Kornbluh, Mariah and Collura, Jessica (2015) Youth–adult partnership and youth civic development: cross-national analyses for scholars and field professionals. Youth & Society, 49 (7). pp. 1-28. ISSN 0044-118X; ESSN: 1552-8499 10.1177/0044118X15595153
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
building UPM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Putra Malaysia
content_source UPM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://psasir.upm.edu.my/
language English
description Across the world, community-based youth organizations are engaging youth as partners with adults to promote youth civic development. A sample of 528 youth from the United States, Portugal, and Malaysia were surveyed to explore associations between youth–adult partnership (youth voice in decision making; supportive adult relationships) and two key aspects of civic development (youth empowerment; community connections). Multi-level modeling, regression, and profile analysis were used to compare patterns of association across the three national samples. Results indicate that youth are most likely to achieve positive outcomes when they experience the freedom to make decisions, while experiencing trust and power sharing from adults. The results were consistent across the three national samples, suggesting that the influence of partnership may transcend cultures and contexts. Future scholarship should aim to support field professionals in building organizational structures and opportunities that encourage shared dialogue, program planning, and purposeful action among youth and adults.
format Article
author Zeldin, Shepherd
Gauley, Josset
Krauss, Steven Eric
Kornbluh, Mariah
Collura, Jessica
spellingShingle Zeldin, Shepherd
Gauley, Josset
Krauss, Steven Eric
Kornbluh, Mariah
Collura, Jessica
Youth–adult partnership and youth civic development: cross-national analyses for scholars and field professionals
author_facet Zeldin, Shepherd
Gauley, Josset
Krauss, Steven Eric
Kornbluh, Mariah
Collura, Jessica
author_sort Zeldin, Shepherd
title Youth–adult partnership and youth civic development: cross-national analyses for scholars and field professionals
title_short Youth–adult partnership and youth civic development: cross-national analyses for scholars and field professionals
title_full Youth–adult partnership and youth civic development: cross-national analyses for scholars and field professionals
title_fullStr Youth–adult partnership and youth civic development: cross-national analyses for scholars and field professionals
title_full_unstemmed Youth–adult partnership and youth civic development: cross-national analyses for scholars and field professionals
title_sort youth–adult partnership and youth civic development: cross-national analyses for scholars and field professionals
publisher Sage Publications
publishDate 2015
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63739/1/Youth%E2%80%93adult%20partnership%20and%20youth%20civic%20development.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63739/
_version_ 1643837872631971840
score 13.211869