Youth purpose and the perception of social supports among African-American girls

Mariano, Jenni Menon; Going, Julie; Schrock, Kayla; Sweeting, Kelli

doi:10.1080/13676261.2011.609537

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“…Consistent with previous studies (Mariano, & Damon, 2008;Mariano, Going, Schrock, & Sweeting, 2011), the exemplars' fidelity demonstrated that being anchored in a religious tradition seemed to enable them to act in a meaningful, prosocial way in their communities.…”

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Purpose and Spirituality: Exploring the Role of Fidelity in Diverse Adolescents

Carr

King

Meier

2014

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Purpose is understood to reflect young people’s stable and generalized commitments to accomplish meaningful activity and contribute productively to society. Religion has been linked with purpose; however, the nature of this relationship is not well understood. Given that purpose and religion involve beliefs and devotion, the current study examined fidelity as a means of understanding this relationship in a group of religiously and culturally diverse youth from around the world. The participants were 30 adolescents aged 12-21 (M = 17.73 years) nominated for living with profound spirituality in their community. Consensual qualitative research (CQR) strategies were used. Analysis revealed that 29 of the participants reported a sense of purpose and all 30 participants described some aspect of fidelity that involved (a) beliefs, (b) values, (c) morals, and (d) resolute commitment. These findings highlight the centrality of fidelity as a link between religion and purpose among diverse youth. Future directions for research and practice are discussed.

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Purpose and Spirituality: Exploring the Role of Fidelity in Diverse Adolescents

Carr

King

Meier

2014

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“…For instance, school attachment plays a pivotal role in the academic success of adolescents (e.g., Anderman, 2003; Libbey, 2004; Stewart, 2007; Van Ryzin, Gravely, & Roseth, 2009). Thus, academic outcomes are influenced by adolescents’ social influences, serving as school and peer resources (e.g., Goodenow & Grady, 1993; Lynch, Lerner, & Leventhal, 2013; Mariano, Going, Schrock, & Sweeting, 2011). However, there is a dearth of research to date that explores how school and peers influence the achievement motivational beliefs and academic grade performance of African American adolescents.…”

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School and peer influences on the academic outcomes of African American adolescents

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Estrada-Martínez

Colin

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Journal of Adolescence

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Little scholarship explores how adolescents’ beliefs about school and peers influence the academic outcomes of African American boys and girls. The sample included 612 African American boys (N=307, Mage=16.84) and girls (N=305, Mage=16.79). Latent class analysis (LCA) revealed unique patterns for African American boys and girls. Findings indicate that for African American boys, school attachment was protective, despite having peers who endorsed negative achievement values. Furthermore, socio-economic (SES) status was associated with higher grade point averages (GPA) for African American girls. Overall, these findings underscore the unique role of school, peer, and gendered experiences in lives of African American adolescents.

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“…In one study, girls with diverse forms of purpose reported support from their school, but this support was significantly greater for girls SUPPORT AND INSTRUCTION FOR YOUTH PURPOSE whose purpose formation was either partial ("dreamer" and "dabbler" forms) or nonexistent than it was for girls with clear purpose ("self-oriented purpose" or "beyond-self purpose" forms). 7 Furthermore, dreamer and dabbler groups tended to place greater value on the support of teachers and schools than did the other purpose groups. Thus, deliberate measures to support purpose for all youngsters are in order.…”

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Promoting youth purpose: A review of the literature

Koshy

Mariano

2011

New Directions for Youth Development

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This article reviews the research literature on teaching and supporting purpose in adolescence and young adulthood. An extensive search revealed that most studies on youth purpose examine psychological correlates and neglect instructional and social supports. School is an effective context for fostering purpose, yet reported approaches for explicitly instructing for purpose are rare after the early 1990s, reflecting a trend away from a language of purpose as a discrete endeavor in education since at least the 1960s. Furthermore, research on the outcomes of early purpose instruction curricula is not present in empirical journal articles. Nevertheless, a concern for fostering youth purpose has not disappeared from education; rather, it is subsumed under approaches that foster more comprehensive positive student outcomes, such as character, civic engagement, and positive youth development. Key curricular approaches to these outcomes are therefore also reviewed and examined for insights into how purpose can be fostered.

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Youth purpose and the perception of social supports among African-American girls

Cited by 27 publications

References 17 publications

Purpose and Spirituality: Exploring the Role of Fidelity in Diverse Adolescents

Purpose and Spirituality: Exploring the Role of Fidelity in Diverse Adolescents

School and peer influences on the academic outcomes of African American adolescents

Promoting youth purpose: A review of the literature

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