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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"urban youth"”.
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System dynamics approach to address urban youth homocide
Thesis (S.B. and M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1999.
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Family Satisfaction, Ethnic Identity, and Subjective Well-Being Among Urban Youth
<p>Youth is a period of discovery, exploration, and instability that occurs between middle childhood and late adolescence. In the United States, a diverse society, urban youth have to clarify not only their self concept, but also their ethnic identity, which becomes part of their self-concept. …
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You Are Resilient: Trauma-Informed, Strengths-Based Treatment for Low-SES, Urban Youth
… treatment of low-socioeconomic status (SES), urban youth. Specific focus was given to evidence-based research on the treatment of emotional and behavioral dysregulation among low-SES, urban youth. The review was guided by the following research questions: How can emotional and behavioral …
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Contemporary Urban Youth Culture in China: A Multiperspectival Cultural Studies of Internet Subcultures
<p>This study explores contemporary Chinese urban youth culture through examining how media technologies such as the Internet empower contemporary Chinese urban youth. Using Douglas Kellner’s (1995) multiperspectival cultural studies, specifically cultural studies, critical theory, and critical …
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Participatory Inquiry in Practice [PIP]: NGO Accountability, Action Research and Urban Youth in Kampala
… process of action and reflection. The third, youth-led, dimension of the action research refers to 96 group session held with 20 young women from the slums of Kampala. A practice model known as Participatory Inquiry in Practice (PIP) was designed, piloted and evaluated throughout this inquiry. …
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Motivating adolescents to chat for health (match): improving nutrition and physical activity in urban youth
… can set the stage for adulthood. Obesity in youth has emerged as a major health problem in the United States and across the globe (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012). One way to help prevent obesity is by incorporating preventive intervention services into primary care …
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Role of Trauma in Social-Cognitive Adjustment Strategies and Moral Disengagement among African-American Urban Youth
… especially pronounced among inner city minority youth. Traumatic experiences can hinder an adolescent's social-cognitive development, prevent the use of adequate coping mechanisms and cognitive processes, such as social problem solving, and lead youth to disengage their moral controls (Ng-Mak, …
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Structure of Aggression among Urban Youth: Competing Factor Models of Subtypes of Physical and Relational Aggression
… a serious threat to the adaptive development of youth, with decades of research demonstrating the negative associations between aggression and other problem behaviors, both concurrently and predictively. However, despite this body of research, the current psychological literature continues to …
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Online and digital media usage on cell phones among low-income urban youth in Cape Town
… similar to that which prevails in many urban South African schools. Activity-based questions indicate that a majority of respondents (68%) have used a cell phone on the previous day to access the Internet, while half of all respondents (49%) used the mobile Internet to access the Web on …
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Towards culturally relevant 4-H agriculture programming for urban youth: Identifying potential design principles and outcomes
… populations today. Furthermore, many minority youth who reside in urban areas are disconnected from agriculture because of lack of access, limiting contact to food production systems to consumption. In rural areas that are dedicated to agriculture and farming, youth can witness agricultural …
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Using Enviromnetal Science Education to Empower Urban Youth to Overcome Environmental Injustices and Become Engaged Eco-Citizens
… the unique opportunity to engage and empower urban youth of diverse backgrounds. Environmental science education helps establish a connection between youth and the natural world and helps youth engage in community-based stewardship activities while fostering ecological citizenry. When …
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Peer and family support as moderators of the relationship between stress and symptoms in low-income urban youth
… constructs in the context of the low-income urban environment (Grant et al., 2005). Recent literature suggests that psychopathology may manifest uniquely in the most stressful situations, found in the low income urban environment. The current research examines the differential effects that …
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An evaluation of urban youth gardening program participants' dietary behaviors, agricultural knowledge, and leadership skills: a case study
… knowledge, and leadership skills of all youth who participated in Roots & Wings urban youth gardening program in Rockford, Illinois in 2009, 2010, and 2011. Upon completing the program, the participants were given surveys to reflect on their knowledge and behaviors in these areas. There …
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Youth and cities : planning with low-income youth and urban youth cultures in New York City and Paris
… built, and planned by authorities to encourage youth development or facilitate repression? Youth and Cities: Planning with Low- Income Youth and Urban Youth Cultures in New York City and Paris is an investigation into the experience of urban youth by (1) examining the impact of youth policy …
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The effects of interscholastic athletic participation on academic achievement and selected motivational factors for athletic participation by urban youth
The purpose of the study was to examine the academic value of interscholastic athletic participation, to appraise how such participation affected educational aspirations, and to ascertain, within selected motivational factors, why high school students play sports. A non-experimental descriptive …
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Gender Differences in Antecedents to Academic and Personal Well-Being in Urban Youth: What Is the Role of Social Support?
<p>Urban youth are an important, yet understudied population. Moreover, the vast majority of existing research has focused on negative outcomes. Recently, there has been a trend in the field of adolescent research toward creating models that attempt to understand and explain why some members of …
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A Comparative Analysis of the Children's Future Orientation Scale Ratings of Traumatized Urban Youth with and without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
… or attitudes about the future, of traumatized youth with and without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) relative to the future orientation of a non-traumatized comparison group. Participants included youth between 6 and 17 years of age who were previously evaluated for a larger trauma study …
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Supporting NGO intermediation with internet systems : comparing mobile and web examples for reaching low income urban youth of Cape Town
… to expose high school students from low income urban communities of Cape Town to Internet career guidance content, but did not have the staff power for regular in-person meetings with all of the students they wanted to reach. We present Internet-supported intermediation, in which intermediaries …
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A Hip-Hop Inspired Art Curriculum: A Pedagogical Tool for Developing Urban Youth's 21st-Century Skills of Critical Thinking, Creativity, Communication, and Collaboration
… a hip-hop inspired art curriculum in an urban high school setting for developing youth’s 21st century learning and innovation skills of critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration (the 4Cs). Critical hip-hop pedagogy (CHHP) and culturally relevant teaching were the …
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