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Bronk, Kendall Cotton – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011
Researchers contend that committing to an inspiring purpose in life is an important component of healthy identity development for adolescents; however, little research has focused on how identity and purpose develop together. Therefore, the study followed a sample of eight adolescent purpose exemplars for five years in order to develop a grounded…
Descriptors: Role, Self Concept, Adolescent Development, Models
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Caldwell, Linda L.; Witt, Peter A. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011
The terms "play, recreation, and leisure" can evoke thoughts of frivolity, fun, sociability, competition, slothfulness, or idleness. However, there is substantial evidence that what people do in their discretionary or free time has important developmental and health implications. In this article, the authors examine how play, recreation, and…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Adolescent Development, Play, Leisure Time
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Henderson, Karla A.; Bialeschki, M. Deborah – New Directions for Youth Development, 2008
Camps have long addressed multiple components of young people's development, including spiritual development. In particular, transcendental communion with nature and the outdoors may provide one pathway for young people's spiritual development. The physical, mental, social, and spiritual growth of young people has been at the core of camps for…
Descriptors: Youth, Spiritual Development, Youth Programs, Individual Development
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Emmett, John A. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2008
In this article, the author writes lyrically of the struggle of young people to find meaning and hope in an increasingly secular world, and focuses his discussion on potential roles for adults "who are in serious life-shaping relationships with young people. . . to recognize and respond to the spiritual development of young people." The…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Religious Factors, Spiritual Development, Religion