Dream Teens Project in the Promotion of Social Participation and Positive Youth Development of Portuguese Youth

Branquinho, Cátia; Gómez-Baya, Diego; Matos, Margarida Gaspar de

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“…This research is included in the study “Dream Teens: The Youth Voice in direct speech” (Branquinho & de Matos, 2019 ; Branquinho et al, 2020a ; Matos et al, 2015 ), which had ethical approval from the Ethics Committee of the Lisbon Academic Medical Center. The legal guardian's informed consent for AYA under 18 years old was described in the instrument, with mandatory acceptance to proceed with the filling.…”

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“…(Branquinho et al, 2020b;Kecojevic et al, 2020;Singh et al, 2020). The COVID-19 confinement has affected AYA's mental and physical health, emotional wellbeing (Branquinho et al, 2020a), educational development, nutrition, increased exposure to being bullied or abused (UNICEF, 2020b) and less opportunities to report abusive situations at home (Singh et al, 2020).…”

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#COVID#BACKTOSCHOOL: Qualitative study based on the voice of Portuguese adolescents

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Due to the COVID‐19 pandemic and the exponential increase in cases, educational institutions worldwide were forced to close, making way for digital learning. After a period of confinement and an online teaching methodology, a new school year has begun. However, this new school year included the application of a wide range of measures that transformed the educative setting. The present study aimed to understand the health consequences for adolescents and young adults (AYA) during the back to school period after the COVID‐19 lockdown. This mixed‐method study included 304 participants between 16 and 24 years old (M = 18.4, SD = 2.12), female (71.1%), Portuguese (90.8%) and students (85.2%). In general, it was with a pessimistic perspective that young people in general, particularly girls and university students, understood the new school reality postconfinement, the effects on friendship relations, leisure activities and physical activity. By demonstrating AYA's ability and competence to identify and expose their problems, this study intends to raise awareness of the need for their involvement in the issues that affect them.

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“…In addition, an educational use of Internet to promote distance learning and support virtual learning may have positive consequences ( 33 ). Internet may also be used for building a youth network that fosters social participation and action, by providing distance mentoring and training, as shown in the project Dream teens in Portugal ( 34 ).…”

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Positive Youth Development and Internet Use in a Sample of Spanish Adolescents

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of Internet in the adolescent population has increased. A growing research interest has been developed about the consequences of Internet use for adolescent development. Despite most studies have examined the impact of Internet use on some indicators of psychological maladjustment, few studies have addressed the detrimental impact on the positive indicators of mental health. Positive youth development (PYD) represents a positive view of adolescent transition to adulthood which focuses on building the strengths that make young people more resistant to negative outcomes and more capable to choose a positive life direction. This study aimed to analyze the relationships between different aspects of Internet use and overall PYD in a sample of Spanish adolescents. To reach this aim, a sample of 1,038 adolescents (50.1% boys, M age = 14.19, SD = 1.38), enrolled in 14 high schools in the city of Huelva (Spain), filled in some self-report measures of PYD and Internet use and experience, such as the frequency of Internet use on weekdays or weekends, the different uses of Internet (i.e., social networks, playing online, reading, surfing or looking for information, playing or downloading music, and searching, selling, or buying products), and the subjective experience using the Internet (i.e., acknowledgment of spending too much time playing or in the networks, and being in a bad mood if they do not play or use the networks). Results of a hierarchical regression analysis showed that the more hours using Internet on weekdays, the less PYD. Moreover, the experience of feeling bad when not using the networks and spending too much time with online playing was related to lower PYD. However, the use of Internet for reading or looking for information had a positive association with PYD. These results suggest some implications for practice, such as the need to promote an adaptive Internet use, by providing a safe online context that encourages the acquisition of positive social values and life skills.

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“…In Spain, the Happy Classrooms Programme is a good example of intervention in positive education that has proven its effectiveness in building adolescents' character strengths (Arguis et al 2010). As regards programmes focused on leadership and mentoring, one example is Portugal's Dream teens project aimed at promoting social participation and PYD (Branquinho et al, 2020). The authors conducted a participatory action-research programme which presented positive effects on personal development, feelings of social support, and relationships.…”

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Positive Youth Development in Contexts

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Positive youth development (PYD) focuses on positive qualities of youth and how such qualities can promote thriving as well as healthy development. PYD research on the association between developmental assets and thriving shows that young people who report numerous developmental assets also report many thriving indicators. However, to date little research has been performed in this field in Norway. Our study thus extends PYD research by investigating the associations between developmental assets and thriving among 591 Norwegian high-school students (55% girls). The participants' average age was 16.70 years (SD = .90). Findings from correlation analysis indicated that all eight developmental assets being examined correlated significantly with thriving, which was assessed as a composite variable reflecting good physical health, leadership, delayed gratification, overcoming of adversity, valuing of diversity, school success, and helping others. Still, regression analysis showed that only two of four internal assets (i.e., commitment to learning and positive values) and two of four external assets (i.e., empowerment and constructive use of time) remained significantly associated with thriving. The regression analysis also showed that developmental assets, along with the demographic variables: age, gender, and parents' educational level, accounted for 21% of the variance in thriving, while developmental assets alone accounted for some 19% of the variance. The findings suggest that developmental assets can provide a good

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Dream Teens Project in the Promotion of Social Participation and Positive Youth Development of Portuguese Youth

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#COVID#BACKTOSCHOOL: Qualitative study based on the voice of Portuguese adolescents

#COVID#BACKTOSCHOOL: Qualitative study based on the voice of Portuguese adolescents

Positive Youth Development and Internet Use in a Sample of Spanish Adolescents

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