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Title: | In it together: Exploring how belonging to a youth activist group enhances well-being |
Author: | Montague, Anne C. Eiroá Orosa, Francisco José |
Keywords: | Joves Compromís (Filosofia) Psicologia del desenvolupament Youth Engagement (Philosophy) Developmental psychology |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher: | Wiley & Sons |
Abstract: | Despite some evidence that being an activist, particularly during adolescence, can positively affect well-being, activism has been rel- atively neglected in both psychology and youth civic engagement research. This study aimed to address this gap by exploring how being an activist as a teenager can positively affect personal devel- opment and well-being. Seven focus groups comprising adolescent humanrights activistswere conducted in classrooms throughout the United Kingdom. Inductive thematic analysis was used to identify four dominant themes-A place to go, Power in numbers, Skilling- up, and In it together¿which are discussed in relation to existing lit- erature. Because findings from this study suggest that there are a number of positive psychological benefits to being a youth activist, implications for psychology and youth civic engagement are also considered. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21914 |
It is part of: | Journal of Community Psychology, 2018, vol. 46, num. 1, p. 23-43 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/124217 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21914 |
ISSN: | 0090-4392 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia) Publicacions de projectes de recerca finançats per la UE |
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