Process Of Young People Research Articles

Unlearning and relearning sexuality: a qualitative exploration of The Sex Wrap, a sex education podcast.

Traditional school-based sexuality education has a myriad of problems with its successful delivery, including access to comprehensive sexuality curricula, access to trained facilitators, and community and parental fears. As an alternative form of sexuality education, The Sex Wrap podcast is released in weekly episodes of about 20-45min, providing listeners with diverse, evidence-based sexual health information. Participants in a larger mixed-methods study evaluating The Sex Wrap were invited to participate in qualitative in-depth interviews to explore their experiences with sexuality education, including The Sex Wrap , and how they relate to information received through the podcast. Seventeen interviews were conducted with listeners of The Sex Wrap , aged 20-25years old. One core category and three axial codes were identified in the interview data. The core category is: sexuality education is an ongoing process that includes learning and unlearning. The three temporally related axial codes are: (1) experiences with formal and informal sexuality education (mostly negative) drove participants to seek more information about sex, (2) participants use The Sex Wrap as a way of exploring and personalising information about sexuality, and (3) participants equipped with comprehensive sexuality education are empowered to educate their peers. This study suggests that podcast-based interventions, such as The Sex Wrap , can play a key role in young people's process of sexuality education and should be considered for incorporation into other forms of sex education.

Identity Processing Style and Meaning in Life among Emerging Adults: Mediational Role of Commitment.

Building one’s own identity and finding meaning in life are important tasks for emerging adults. Although many agree that both are essential in terms of the well-being and proper functioning of an individual, there is little empirical data concerning the relationship between the way young people process information about themselves and the feeling that their life has a purpose and value. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore how identity processing styles (normative, diffuse-avoidant and informational) and two dimensions of meaning of life (presence and the search for meaning) are related. It was also assumed that identity commitment could play a mediating role between those variables. 183 emerging adults who participated in the study completed Identity Style Inventory (ISI-5) and Meaning in Life Questionnaire. The cross-sectional study design was used. Using Structural Equation Modeling revealed that commitment mediated the relationship between two of three identity styles (diffuse-avoidant and informational) and presence, but not search for or meaning in life. Normative identity style also negatively predicted the search for meaning in life. It seems that commitment might play an important role in meaning-making process, and as such, should be strengthened and encouraged when working with individuals at this stage in life.

Uloga medija u procesu socijalizacije djece i adolescenata

Suvremeni diskurs globalne razmjene informacija te medijsko prožimanje kulturne, društvene i ekonomske sfere pretendira prema određenom utjecaju na psihološki i socijalni razvoj djece i adolescenata. Kognitivno-socijalni procesi i razvijanje jezičnih kompetencija obilježeni su utjecajem medija te stvaraju određeni razvojni okvir medijske socijalizacije koja u sazrijevanju djece donosi i dobre strane, ali reflektira i određena antisocijalna ponašanja. Također, razvoj multimedije unutar virtualnog okruženja kod nove generacije naraštaja digitalnih domorodaca donosi i nove obrasce ponašanja. Osim toga, individualni faktori poput dobi i spola te socijalni faktori poput vršnjačkih odnosa karakteriziraju medijsku socijalizaciju djece. Također, suvremenom multimedijskom komunikacijom omogućeno je povećavanje protoka i dostupnosti informacija čime se otvaraju pitanja dvostruke uloge medija u procesu socijalizacije mladih, odnosno otvaraju se pitanja transparentnosti, etičnost, primjerenosti medijski dostupnih sadržaja, kao i pojava antisocijalnih ponašanja koja se implicitno ili eksplicitno dotiču medijskog konteksta

Life positions in self-regulation of life activity of the youth

Recently, the topic of the life positions of young people attracts more attention due to the activation of youth in the socio-political space of the society life: defending their right to participate in the formation of urban space, participation in volunteer and environmental movement, for the preservation of cultural heritage and values ​​of a various spectrum: from traditional to modern. The nature of these and other types of activity is regulated by a life position, reflecting the understanding by different groups of young people of themselves, the meaning of their life, their role in society. The article examines the essence of the life position of youth, the specifics of its formation within the existing semantic space of reality and the relationship with social activity. On the basis of the concept of socio-cultural self-regulation of life activity developed by the Center for Sociology of Youth of the Institute of Socio-Political Research FCTAS RAS and the data obtained in the course of the Center for Sociological Research, the author analyses the connection between the life position of young people and age, the level of material status and education, as well as with regional living conditions. The interconnection between the life positions of young people and their ideological attitudes towards individualism and collectivism, trust and distrust of others are described. By using structural and taxonomic modeling of the life process of young people, the interrelationships of their life positions with elements of the socio-cultural mechanism of self-regulation are considered. Thus, the author analyzes the connections between the core of the taxon of habitus of active and passive life positions of young people with archetypes, mental traits, modern features and life-meaning values, types of youth cultures. It has been established that the regulatory function of an active life position is realiszed through both traditional and modern elements of the self-regulation mechanism: by archetypes of glory and idealzation of the past, on the one hand, and rationalism, openness to everything foreign, attitude to the country as a place of residence, on the other. In turn, the regulatory function of a passive life position is predominantly formed under the influence of the conditions of the vital activities of the young people, and the role of youth types of culture and life-meaning values ​​is reduced to their awareness of the semantic content of the formed habitual attitude. The article also analyzes the indicators of the social activity of young people based on their connection with the worldview semantic attitudes.

Short film production in educational contexts: Exploring the methodology of the Olhar pela Lente project in Portugal

Cinema’s pedagogical essence nurtures a variety of educational strategies. Beyond serving as a support to other areas of knowledge or as the subject of artistic analysis, it also provides students with a means to give – freely and significantly – voice to their own concerns and interests. Short film production in schools can offer a process for young people to deal with personal and social challenges, fostering a closer connection between them and their community and environment. Schools are natural habitats for this encounter – a place where film production can generate significant educational and cultural resonance. This paper reflects on the didactic potential of short film production in schools – as a key to fulfil formal and non-formal pedagogical goals – through the presentation and analysis of a recently implemented methodology for education through film: Olhar pela Lente, a project developed in Portugal during 2018.

Młodzież i jej obecność w przestrzeni cyfrowej w kontekście budowania tożsamości

The text focuses on presenting the issues related to the process of young people’s building and developing identities and on underlining the impact of a broadly understood technology on this process. The very concept of identity, subject to many approaches and theories, is also discussed. The text draws attention to the school and the teacher as elements whose task should be to help students to cope with the challenges that today’s (postmodern) world presents to young people. The goal is to enable the best conditions for self-development and building a stable and mature identity in an ever-changing environment. Technology is not seen only as a threat to man and his identity. However, the lack of a solid theoretical basis, regarding the impact of technology on identity building and preparation of appropriate preventive behavior, increases the risk of a negative impact of technology. The authors of the text strongly believe that changing the paradigm of human behavior can bring about beneficial effects on humanity, on the environment and on the entire planet.

‘In a way, you’d like to move with them’: young people, moving away from home, and the roles of parents

ABSTRACT This article develops a nuanced understanding of the role of parents when young people move away from home. The moving processes of young people have grown more temporary and reversible, and parents are increasingly expected to be involved in the lives of their children after they move away from home. This points to changes in the notions of parenthood, which have been described as ‘involved parenting’. Building on qualitative interviews with 36 Danish young people and their parents, the article contributes to differentiating this involved parenting by presenting a typology of parents’ practical and emotional involvement in the moving processes of young people, and the consequences thereof on the young people's experiences of leaving home. The article identifies three principles for parents’ involvement in the moving processes of young people: ‘The bulging heart’, ‘The soft nudge’, and ‘The slammed door’. Whereas the first two principles relate to parents deeply involved in their children's moving process, the third relates to parents who are far more distant. Despite the pervasive criticism of ‘curling parents’ who are overly involved in the lives of their children, the article shows that leaving home is particularly difficult for young people of distant parents.

The The body and sound as stimulators of interactive processes in young people with special educational needs

Introduction: Inserted in the development of a digital musical instrument, the Digital Sock, we present in this document the results obtained from the analysis of the psycho-pedagogical interactive cycle in which we investigate the instrument as a sound stimulation tool in interactive processes between body-instrument-environment. Objetives: Analysis of the psych pedagogical interaction cycle that investigates the relationship between body and sound, with the new instrument, the Digital Sock, as a stimulating device for communicational processes. Methods: The methodology used for this investigation was action research. In the first phase, we conducted a psychopedagogical intervention with young people in Special Education. In the second phase, we conducted a Case Study with a young man diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. For data collection we used audiovisual media and field diary, focused interview, participant observation and document analysis. For the interpretation of the data we performed the discourse analysis and the content analysis. The acting model used during the two phases of practical intervention prioritized the integration of music and body movement (Dalcroze, 1920; Pederiva, 2004; Santiago, 2008; Storolli, 2011); the formation of the scenic gesture (Laban, 1978; Katz, 2005; Miller, 2007; Greiner & Amorim, 2010; Miller, 2012; Amaral, 2015; Roquet, 2017); ludic practice (Lapierre, 1982; Fonseca, 2001; Acouturier & Lapierre, 2004; Vieira, Batista & Lapierre, 2005); creative improvisation (Nordoff & Robins, 1959; Bruscia, 1999) and the belief that sound and music enable peer communication (Benenzon, 1981; Whipple, 2004). Results: The body-sound relationship as a means of expression has shown to be able to stimulate creative processes and the development of critical and reflexive thinking. All the activities developed during the meetings prioritized the body-sound relationship. The analysis of the narratives showed that the message propagated by the sock (the sonority) was understood as a reaction to the sound heard during the exercise (with individual encoding and decoding) and expressed through the eyes of the hands, facial expression and body balance - subtle movements, more visible than the broad movements. Conclusions: The interpretation of the data led us to conclude that Digital Sock, perceived as a psychopedagogical tool for sound and gestural stimulation, favours the development of scenic-musical narratives in young people with Special Educational Needs.

Интернет-механизмы вовлечения в экстремистские сообщества как угроза социализации современной молодежи

Introduction. This study investigates how the Internet environment, which provides ample opportunities for content distribution, influences the socialization of contemporary youth. Involving young people in extremist communities and their radicalization through a virtual environment represent a particular threat in this context. This study analyses the effects of the Internet environment that determine the specific character of socialization processes in young people and describe specific indirect and direct threats to the physical and mental well-being of the younger generation.
 Methods. To examine potential threats from the virtual space and to identify the mechanisms of young people’s involvement in extremist communities, the authors analyzed 2.500 creolized text units created by nationalist or religious-political extremist groups. The creolized texts were extracted from the websites containing extremist materials and from the relevant groups in Vkontakte.
 Results. The authors (a) systematized the most typical threats from the virtual space for the normative socialization of junior schoolchildren, adolescents, and young adults. The mechanisms of young people’s involvement in extremist communities using various manipulative techniques are described in detail. In particular, the authors analyze the techniques of meaning distortions of text information, visual images, and creolized texts.
 Discussion. The described mechanisms and techniques of their implementation are not the only ones. The improvement of the Internet environment leads to the development of techniques of influence on young people. The authors suggest that besides the administrative methods of controlling Internet content, it is necessary to form young people’s resistance to the influence of the Internet extremist communities.

Identidad y juventud en la cibercultura desde una perspectiva educativa

En este artículo se presenta una propuesta que integra tres variables: el proceso de identidad de los jóvenes, la cibercultura en la cual se desarrollan y los desafíos que estas variables plantean a la educación. Primeramente, se requiere comprender el concepto de "juventud" desde su espacio histórico-cultural y no como un concepto generalizado. Junto con ello, abordar su proceso de construcción de la identidad, en una búsqueda equilibrada de la relación del “yo y los otros” en el entorno de la cibercultura, que hace difusos los límites entre “lo real” y “lo imaginario” y que, a su vez, constituye el espacio de interacción, de validación individual y de difusión de conocimiento. Además, se reflexiona cómo la cibercultura, a través de algunos de los fenómenos que se abordan en este artículo, impacta de forma directa en el proceso de identidad de los jóvenes. Responder a la pregunta respecto de cuáles son los espacios de acción y de posibilidad de los educadores y de los sistemas educativos en el fortalecimiento de las bases que permitan una construcción de identidad que, por un lado, potencie los elementos de valor de la cultura actual y, por otro, fortalezca aquello que los jóvenes necesitan para desenvolverse en ella, constituye el propósito central de este artículo.

Tecnologías de intervención en adolescentes infractores de ley en Chile: Siguiendo un portafolio

This article deals with intervention processes in young people linked to the adolescent criminal responsibility law, promulgated in Chile in 2007. Elements of Governmentality Studies are used to propose the analysis of intervention technologies. A qualitative methodology is proposed, which incorporates elements of the Actor Network Theory. Different documents and materials are analysed with the purpose of following up on an intervention instrument designed between 2009 and 2011 for the treatment of people with problematic substance use and subsequently adapted to young law offenders. The main results describe processes of translation of interests of the government agency in charge of designing the policies for the treatment and rehabilitation of the problematic use of substances and different moments of the process of development and adaptation of the intervention instrument. This is analyzed using concepts from the Actor-Network theory. It is concluded that the instrument functions as a mediator between a logic of government and the intervention strategies aimed at young law offenders, which paradoxically makes invisible the elements that participate in its network, typical of law infringement.

Who Makes Decisions for Vulnerable Young People? Shifting Sands and Murky Waters

ABSTRACTThis paper discusses the existing guidance in Australian legislative and regulatory frameworks to inform the process of young people moving through varying stages of maturity towards independent decision-making. In the context of exploratory research to develop a stable online repository of personal documents for young people in out-of-home care, the researchers envisioned in-built, age-appropriate levels of decision-making authority, associated with what was stored, who had access, and who owned these records. They sought guidance to protect young people themselves and to support workers and other mentors. Little unqualified guidance emerged from the documentary search. Supporting any young people in the journey towards independent decision-making relies on individual judgements about the type of decision and risks involved, and the age, maturity, and experience of the young person. Above all, a supportive trusting relationship with an adult allows young people to learn through their own mistakes.IMPLICATIONSYoung people's competence in decision-making depends on a range of individual, familial, and social factors, and individualised guidance is necessary to support their participation.A supportive, trusting relationship with an adult provides the best environment for balancing vulnerable young peoples’ participation rights with their continuing needs for protection.The policy and practice challenge is to harness digital technologies without being distracted from the importance of relationship-based work.

Distress and sleep quality in young amphetamine-type stimulant users with an affective or psychotic illness

Misuse of amphetamine-type stimulant (ATS) drugs may disrupt key neurodevelopmental processes in young people and confer protracted neurocognitive and psychopathological harm. ATS users with a co-occurring psychiatric illness are typically excluded from research, reducing generalisability of findings. Accordingly, we conducted a cross-sectional examination of key clinical, sleep, socio-occupational and neurocognitive measures in current, past and never users of ATS drugs who were accessing a youth mental health service (headspace) for affective- or psychotic-spectrum illnesses. Contrary to hypotheses, groups did not differ in psychotic symptomology, socio-occupational functioning or neurocognitive performance. Current ATS users were however significantly more distressed and reported poorer subjective sleep quality and greater subjective sleep disturbances than never users, with a trend toward greater depressive symptomology in current users. Regression analyses revealed that depressive symptoms, daily ATS use and socio-occupational functioning predicted distress, and depressive symptoms and distress predicted subjective sleep quality. Our findings suggest that distress and poor sleep quality reflect a particular pathophysiology among ATS-using patients, which may negatively impact treatment engagement. Delineating the factors that disrupt social and neurobiological development in young people (such as substance use) warrants further investigation, including longitudinal study.

Young people’s experiences of political membership: from political parties to Facebook groups

ABSTRACTIn contemporary democracies, citizens’ political memberships are undergoing significant changes. Particularly young people are described as being less interested in long-term commitments in conventional political collectives, instead preferring to engage in cause-oriented activism in loosely organised groups, often sustained by online media. However, behind these general trends, there is a diversity of collective activities, where people are typically part of several ones. The shifting forms of memberships have rarely been investigated as such from the perspective of young citizens. Using a qualitative multi-method approach, this article investigates how young people with an interest in civic and political issues experience and reflect upon their involvements in various collectives. The analysis focuses on two aspects: the explorations that characterise the participants’ political memberships, and the meanings and motives of joining political collectives. On the whole, the participants’ involvement can be described as shifting and tentative. This can be related to the idea of adolescence as a formative period of life, where explorations of memberships constitute important processes in young people’s development of values, beliefs and identities. As for meanings and motives, three themes were found to be central: perceived efficacy, self-identity and peer relationships. The study suggests that political membership is multidimensional and usefully analysed as a process rather than a dichotomous category. As such, it involves explorations and changes over time. The study highlights the reflexive dimensions of membership, where affiliations to collectives is something that youth try out, work on, account for and reconsider in relation to their self-identities.

Proposals for improving the transition process of young people with intellectual disabilities in Spain: insights from focus groups of professionals, young people and their families

This research aims to present proposals that can improve the transition to adulthood of young people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Four focus groups were set up in three different cities in Spain, each comprising education and social work professionals, people with ID and family members. In total, 32 participants were included in the study. The discussions were recorded, transcribed and analysed using thematic content analysis. Improvements proposed by participants were organised into six themes: coordination between services and professionals; curricular approaches; participation by young people with ID; peer-relationship networks; family and administration. Participants highlighted the need to make the curriculum more flexible and foster curricular experiences related to social and workplace inclusion, as well as establish more continuity in guidance processes throughout the different stages of education and especially at the end of secondary education. Participants also suggested the need for young people with ID to have a more prominent role in their educational process, and strengthening their social networks by promoting their participation in community activities.

Which transition concept is useful for describing the process of young people leaving state care? A reflection on research and language

ABSTRACTThe transition of adolescents from state care to independent living is receiving increased research attention in many countries. Despite this interest, the concept of ‘transition’, though central, still remains relatively undeveloped. One main issue in comparative work is how we use language to define concepts as well as use them to analyse our findings and shape practice. ‘Transition’ over the last decade has become a key concept in the research and practice field of social work with adolescents, therefore we need to reflect on its use, its possibilities and its limitations. This paper examines selected research literature on the transition from state care to adulthood. The paper suggests that more theorisation needs to be done within the field.

JUVENTUDE, DIREITOS HUMANOS E EDUCAÇÃO EM PRIVAÇÃO DE LIBERDADE

Neste trabalho pretende-se refletir sobre o processo de escolarização de jovens em privação de liberdade, analisando as concepções de adolescência/juventude e violência de professores/as que ministram/ministraram aulas em Unidades de Internação da Fundação Casa (SP), na perspectiva dos direitos humanos e o processo de adoecimento dos professores. Trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa, que se utilizou de entrevistas semiestruturadas com professores/as de quatro unidades de internação em cidades do interior paulista. Verificou-se que a lógica educativa se configura como similar ao do ensino regular oferecido nas escolas inseridas nas comunidades, o que parece dificultar a efetivação do direito à educação dos jovens privados de liberdade. O espaço de escolarização parece marcado por formas de violência explícita e implícita, vivenciado pelos/as alunos/as e pelos/as professores/as. Neste último caso, o sofrimento tem se configurado em um processo de adoecimento e/ou adaptação, como formas de sobrevivência no trabalho. Entendidos os direitos, confrontados com a prática, observa-se a necessidade de uma proposta de ensino e aprendizagem articulada ao contexto de privação de liberdade, faça sentido para eles, na perspectiva da garantia dos direitos fundamentais para a dignidade humana.

‘My mother thought upper secondary school was OK, but then my sibling said no’ - Young People's Perceptions of the Involvement of Parents and Siblings in their Future Choices

This paper seeks to contribute to the research on the role of the family in the educational decision-making of young people by highlighting two overlooked areas of study: vocational education and the role of siblings. It explores young, mainly working-class Finnish 15- to 17-year-olds’ future expectations and decision-making processes concerning the choice between the academic and vocational tracks by drawing on interviews with the young participants of targeted support programmes and their parents. The aim of the paper is to shed light both on how parents try to influence their children's post-school choices and on young people's perceptions of the influence that parents and older brothers and sisters had on their aspirations towards vocational education. The paper demonstrates how horizons for action and educational choices are influenced by family traditions and advice, but that the pieces of advice dispensed by parents and siblings are not necessarily in congruence with each other. The familial suggestions work as a point of reference which is acknowledged and reflected on in the young people's process of mapping and recognising their own preferences. The paper suggests that while the goals of parents and older siblings would not necessarily be upward mobility, but rather to help young people to make a decent choice within a sector corresponding to their own, it is important to acknowledge their influence as a resource valued by many young people.

Assessing the Performance of School-to-Work Transition Regimes in the EU

The Great Recession that has engulfed Europe since 2008 has had a profound impact on the process of young people’s school-to-work (STW) transition. Countries’ institutional configurations considerably matter in shaping the structure of young people’s STW transitions and mediating the impact of the Great Recession on youth unemployment. Drawing upon Pohl and Walther’s concept of ‘youth transition regime’ (2007), we have assessed the performance of selected EU countries belonging to different clusters regarding the speed, ease and quality of STW transitions. Differences in performance across regimes exists, with some faring better than others, although at the same time a common, worrying trend can be identified across clusters, comprising a progressive deterioration of the quality of youth transitions across the board, despite the positive policy intentions to strengthen and improve the efficacy of transition regimes.

Family leisure and the coming out process for LGB young people and their parents

This article examines how the coming out process for young people who identify as lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) shaped the meanings and experiences of their family leisure engagement. The data draws on a purposive sample of 20 participants (7 young people and their parents). The findings emphasize that shared family activities (media in the family home, family outings and vacations, visiting extended family members) could be altered in relation to the coming out process and cultural norms related to heterosexism and homophobia. It highlights the significant role of mothers as well as extended family members who identified as LGB (i.e. aunts, uncles) in mediating familial relationships. Issues of identity formation (i.e. LGB young person, the parent of a LGB child) and the ongoing process of acceptance are emphasized.