Youth program activity impacts: A model of camp activities, psychological needs, and immersion

Ellis, Gary D.; Jiang, Jingxian; Locke, Darlene; Snider, Cari

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105842

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“…Experiences that affirm individuals' beliefs and values are meaningful. They yield pleasant emotions and may expand individuals' "self" (Csikszentmihalyi, 1988;Ellis et al, 2021).…”

Section: Related Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Enriching Intentional Youth Program Experiences Through Preflection, Action, and Reflection

Ellis

Locke

Jorgensen

et al. 2022

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We examined effects of preflection, action, and reflection sessions on youth experiences during a 4‑H travel camp. The travel camp was one component of GLOBE, a 2-year Texas 4-H program with intentional goals of advancing understanding of agriculture, poverty, and world cultures. In morning preflection sessions, the 28 youth participants were instructed to take photographs during their day according to themes aligned with 1 of 2 of the program’s goals: building global citizenship and understanding poverty. Each day ended with a reflection session. Youth viewed a slideshow of their themed photographs. After the slideshows, youth completed questionnaires measuring elements of the quality of their subjective experiences during the slideshow: meaningfulness, perceived value of time spent, engagement, absorption, self-affirmation, and provocation. The affirmation preflection, action, and reflection sequence yielded significantly greater meaningfulness and perceived value of time spent. Effects were mediated by immediate subjective experiences of provocation, self-affirmation, absorption, and engagement.

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“…Experiences that affirm individuals' beliefs and values are meaningful. They yield pleasant emotions and may expand individuals' "self" (Csikszentmihalyi, 1988;Ellis et al, 2021).…”

Section: Related Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%