| Literature DB >> 28653405 |
Emilie Phillips Smith1, Dawn P Witherspoon2, D Wayne Osgood2.
Abstract
Positive youth development (PYD) deserves more empirical attention, particularly among children of diverse racial-ethnic backgrounds. Given the need among families for monitoring and supervision during out-of-school time, community-based afterschool is a potentially promotive ecological setting. This study explores the quality of afterschool experiences upon PYD. This multimethod study includes over 500 elementary school children in Grades 2-5 (Mage = 8.80, SD = 1.12). The sample comprises of 49% White, 27% African American, 7% Latino, and 17% mixed race/others with 45% free/reduced lunch eligible children. In multilevel models, independently observed quality across time positively impacted competence, connection, caring for all youth, and cultural values for racial-ethnic minority youth. Afterschool fosters PYD, including sociocultural dimensions, when comprised of appropriately structured, supportive, and engaging interactions.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28653405 PMCID： PMC5552373 DOI： 10.1111/cdev.12870
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Child Dev ISSN： 0009-3920