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Youth as People: the Protective Aspects of Youth Development in After-School Settings

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  • Heather Johnston Nicholson
  • Christopher Collins
  • Heidi Holmer

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Youth development organizations have a common commitment to young people’s physical, emotional, and educational growth and development. A youth-centered atmosphere where young people feel supported and empowered by the community distinguishes successful programs from others that approach programming without considering young people the most important stake-holders. Programs serve youth best when the environments in which they function are intentionally inclusive, multicultural, and systematically nondiscriminatory. A safe and supportive place in which to develop an identity and confront the tough issues and extraordinary pressures of growing up is at the core of youth development environments that make a real difference. Some of the best youth development programs also make the successful link between volunteerism and positive mental health and support the concept that community service is an important component of subsequent civic engagement.

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  • Heather Johnston Nicholson & Christopher Collins & Heidi Holmer, 2004. "Youth as People: the Protective Aspects of Youth Development in After-School Settings," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 591(1), pages 55-71, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:591:y:2004:i:1:p:55-71
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716203260081
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    1. Rubén Navarro-Patón & Marcos Mecías-Calvo & Raúl Eirín-Nemiña & Víctor Arufe-Giráldez, 2022. "Disruptive Behaviors in Physical Education: A Matched Study of Social Skills and Sport Practice in a Region of Spain," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-8, January.
    2. Christopher Peterson, 2004. "Positive Social Science," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 591(1), pages 186-201, January.
    3. Christopher Peterson, 2004. "Preface," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 591(1), pages 6-12, January.

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