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Santiago, Ken – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Accelerating the Boys and Girls Clubs to continued learning and growing in their practices is one key to transforming the young boys and girls which they serve. The purpose of this study was to examine the affects that the Boys and Girls Clubs have had on the membership and to utilize the information learned to endorse the Clubs work going…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Program Effectiveness, Interpersonal Competence, Self Control
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Lerner, Richard M.; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; Urban, Jennifer Brown; Zaff, Jon – Applied Developmental Science, 2016
Whether discussing the process involved in positive youth development (PYD), articulating an approach (or philosophy) of youth programs associated with PYD, or enacting a program aimed at promoting PYD, ideas derived from relational developmental systems (RDS) metatheory are pertinent. Accordingly, we discuss the RDS metamodel and explain the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Youth Programs, Social Justice, Evaluation Methods
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Gestsdottir, Steinunn; Lewin-Bizan, Selva; von Eye, Alexander; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; Lerner, Richard M. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
Intentional self-regulation is a core facet of human functioning, involving people's modulation of their thoughts, attention, emotions, and behaviors to react to environmental demands and to influence their own development. Using data from Grades 8, 9, and 10 of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD), the structure of intentional…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Grade 8, Adolescents, Grade 9