Places to Be and to Belong: Youth Perceptions of Life in Community
By Janis Whitlock, Ph.D., and Jane Powers, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 15, Number 2, 2008, Pages 12-15 , Item# A152-Whitlock
This article summarizes findings from a study that explores how adolescent connectedness to community is formed. It uses both quantitative and qualitative data, and incorporates quotes from the youth respondents. In these quotes we hear both a desire for community places to simply be present and a deeper longing for belonging. The article ends with specific suggestions for policy and practice.
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Neighborhoods, Communities and Youth
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 15, Number 2, 2008
It matters where youth live. Whether looking at their immediate neighborhoods or larger communities, the environments in which adolescents live can have positive or negative effects. This issue of The Prevention Researcher explores the impact of neighborhoods and communities, by focusing on one of the most critical aspects of that environment – the adults who work and live within it.
This issue also featured these articles:
- • Creating Community Change to Improve Youth Development: The Communities That Care System, Pages 21-24
- • Neighborhood Residence and Youth Development: Empirical Findings and Theoretical Models, Pages 3-6
- • Neighborhoods and Youth: How Neighborhood Demographics and Social Processes Affect Youth Outcomes, Pages 7-11
- • Places to Be and to Belong: Youth Perceptions of Life in Community, Pages 12-15
- • Youth-Adult Partnership: Impacting Individuals and Communities, Pages 16-20
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