Young People's Confidence Research Articles

Training young co‐researchers to interview their parents: The transformative potential of intergenerational interviews

AbstractThe turn to co‐production in geographical research is underpinned by the social justice aim to democratise academic practice, and in recent years this has extended to training young people as co‐researchers. However, discussions of intergenerational dynamics in co‐produced research are limited, and there are no accounts of family members interviewing one another. This paper responds to this oversight by presenting a reflective account of a research project centring on intergenerational family discussions and negotiations of climate change knowledge, in which young co‐researchers interviewed parents. We share key considerations for developing bespoke interview training and preparing co‐researchers to undertake interviewing, and we highlight the strengths and opportunities of intergenerational interviews in families. Our core contention is that, when planned and supported with tact and consideration, intergenerational interviews can boost young people's confidence in their skills and generate rich dialogues that may lead to decisions and outcomes that will outlive the research. However, engaging co‐researchers and their pre‐existing familial relationships in research requires careful consideration, practical training, and ongoing reflection, because these relationships are defined by intergenerational dynamics that precede and outlast the research.

Wheelchair Dance: Exploring a Novel Approach to Enhance Wheelchair Skills, Belongingness and Inclusion among Children with Mobility Limitations

Playful approaches are recommended to enhance wheelchair skills training with young people. Inclusive dance allows participants to discover motor skills and improve social participation. Integrating wheelchair skills training into dance has not been evaluated. This study aimed to explore participants’ experiences in dance while integrating wheelchair skills, and the influence of dance on wheelchair skills and wheelchair use confidence in young people. A convergent mixed-methods design was used during a one-week dance camp. Data collection combined observations, two focus groups (with young dancers who used manual wheelchairs and with professional dancers without disabilities), and evaluation of wheelchair skills and confidence. Data analyses included deductive thematic analysis guided by the Quality Parasport Participation Framework, merged with pre–post comparisons in wheelchair skills and confidence. Three young female dancers were 11, 12 and 15 years of age and three professional female dancers were 22, 27 and 27 years of age. Emergent themes included skill mastery, belongingness, and supportive environments. There were improvements in wheelchair skills and confidence (16.7%, 19.4%, 16.7%; 0.8%, 11.4%, 4.5%, respectively). Participants described overall positive experiences with the dance camp and perceived enhanced skills and confidence. This study advances knowledge about innovative approaches to integrate wheelchair skills training for young people. Future larger-scale controlled studies are needed to determine efficacy.

Increasing self‐esteem for vulnerable young women: A case study of entrepreneurship training for vulnerable young women in Thailand

AbstractDisadvantaged young people who have experienced violence often have low self‐esteem due to the difficult circumstances to which they are exposed. Abuse, bullying and other forms of mistreatment have a permanent impact on their sense of self‐worth, generating negative emotions and self‐protective behaviour in order to shield themselves from further harm. As a result, these young people may struggle to maintain their self‐esteem in the context of the challenges they face. This article aims to explore how training can be used to combat this issue to build self‐esteem among vulnerable young people, through a case study of a training entrepreneurship programme for vulnerable Thai young people residing in a home for girls. Through conducting a 16‐week training programme and follow‐up interviews, the study finds that entrepreneurship training has a positive effect on building self‐esteem. Findings indicate that the young women who participated reported feeling more confident, with better self‐reliance, and more capable of pursuing future endeavours, especially since the training enhances their understanding of long‐term effects and outcomes, including employment and the impact of job creation and sustainable development. Ultimately, the study underlines the importance of entrepreneurship training to build self‐esteem and confidence in young people who are vulnerable and in need of such an opportunity.

Youth Entrepreneurship Support Model and Youth Business Associations

The relevance of the study of the youth business model is due to its significance in the entrepreneurial environment, since novice young entrepreneurs will determine the state of our economy in the future. Nevertheless, modernity poses many specific development problems for the younger generation, overcoming which is almost impossible without the support of experienced businessmen and the state. Targeted support for young people in the region will determine the possibilities of sustainable functioning and growth of small business, and this, in turn, will provide the basis for its economic development and increase its investment attractiveness. The purpose of the research presented in the article is to build an effective youth entrepreneurship model as a dynamic process in which a successful transition from one stage to another is ensured by a combination of competencies and favorable conditions provided at each stage by a certain set of forming and supporting structures. These structures play an important role in the formation and development of a young entrepreneur at certain stages of his life cycle, since their educational events, contests, information platforms increase the understanding of the possibility of using existing support methods and the confidence of young people in the correctness of the business choice made. The authors have identified the most active structures in Russia in the field of youth entrepreneurship support. Nevertheless, with all their activity, the activities of these structures are more focused on the allocation, support, training of young businessmen, which covers the first two or three stages of the dynamic process of youth entrepreneurship. As a result, youth organizations stop developing or fail. One of the reasons is the absence of a mentor, an adviser-consultant who can help to analyze the activities of the enterprise and suggest the direction of its development. It is established that the formation and development of youth business at many stages of its life cycle is influenced by business associations (associations of young and significant entrepreneurs for the realization of common goals).In such a way, the article highlights the most significant factors determining the sustainable development of youth business. Their integration is currently in in formative stage, and their isolated application does not always meet the interests of young entrepreneurs. Concerning the analyzed elements of support for the stages of youth enterprise formation are integrated into a matrix model that ensures the sustainability of the activities of talented young people who have connected their lives with the business sphere.

Динамика социального самочувствия саратовской молодежи: трудоустройство, ценности и опасения

The article on the results of sociological monitoring conducted by questionnaire in Saratov in 2019 and 2020 (the volume of the probabilistic quota sample was 546 and 548 representatives of the younger generation, respectively), reveals the main parameters of the social well-being of young people and shows their dynamics in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is revealed that the relative stability is observed in the labor sphere as a whole. However, the confidence of young people in the demand for the obtained specialty decreased. At the same time, the paternalistic orientations of the younger generation are growing, seeking to obtain state support in employment. Family happiness traditionally remains the leading value of young people. At the same time, the value of health increased. The family values of young people are quite stable and are moving in the direction from situationality to strengthening the importance of a broad interpretation of social well-being. The young people began to experience fear on the street almost two times less and three times less at mass events. But the stress from being at work and in hospitals increased two times more. The fears of the younger generation for the health of the loved ones, the fear of death in the pandemic are the most acute and stable. They are also related to the crime and internal situation in the country increasing the distance between young people and the authorities. The analysis showed that the level of patriotism among young people increased over the year. It is based on the love for the Motherland and pride for the country’s great achievements. At the same time, the respect for the law and civil culture strengthened. However, the readiness to defend the country with weapons in hand and faith in the great future of the country decreased indicating the presence of pessimistic moods among young people. In general, despite the serious changes in the social environment associated with the coronavirus, young people, although they are worried, are becoming more active and look towards the future with hope.

Compatibility of the goals of the EU Youth Strategy for 2019–2027 with global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2015–2030 in the context of the sphere of social influence on society and youth

The article considers the processes of effective modernization of society and development of youth policy, in the context of increasing sustainability in the framework of achieving 11 EU youth goals of the EU Youth Strategy for 2019–2027 and 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (CSDs). The comparison takes place in the context of the interaction of youth and society in Europe to meet the needs and problems of young people, overcoming socio-economic and democratic isolation. The EU Youth Strategy for 2019–2027 aims to improve cooperation between policy areas, in particular through the EU Youth Coordinator; giving young people the right to vote in EU policy-making; control of EU spending on youth; launching a new and more inclusive youth dialogue in the EU; promoting volunteer mobility and unity; implementation of a program for young people to promote the recognition of non-formal learning; strengthening the link between EU youth policy and relevant EU programs. The analysis of compliance of the goals of sustainable development and youth goals of the EU is carried out. The goals are united in the following social spheres of influence on society and youth. At the micro level, the following four spheres are distinguished: health, decent work, quality education, protection of rights and gender equality. The following areas are identified at the meso level: "Sustainable Partnership, Support and Participation of Youth" and "Peace and Justice". At the macro level, the following two areas can be identified: "Ecosystem Conservation" and "Innovation, Infrastructure". Achieving goals in these areas, young people influence the preservation of the world, create a future for themselves and also feel part of a sustainable, high-quality ecosystem. Innovation, quality infrastructure, meeting the needs of health, education, quality work and protection of rights gives young people confidence and inspires them to new achievements.

Theory of change: Drama and arts-based community engagement for malaria research and elimination in Cambodia.

Background: Across the Greater Mekong Sub-region, malaria persists in isolated communities along international borders. Arts and drama have been used to reach to communities in Cambodia to engage them in malaria research, prevention and control. The "Village Drama Against Malaria" (VDAM) project was conducted in north eastern and western Cambodia: Stung Treng; Battambang and Pailin provinces during 2016 to 2019. In total, VDAM reached 55 rural villages, 2,378 student participants and 43,502 audience members. Methods: This article presents the results of two stakeholder-led evaluation workshops in which participants collaboratively developed theories of change to better understand the potential and actual impact of arts and drama-based activities on malaria in these communities. The workshops had a particular focus on identifying areas for monitoring and evaluation so that impact can be measured. Workshop participants included village malaria workers, community leaders, professional and student drama performers, and representatives from the local health authorities and the national malaria control programme. Results: Five broad areas were identified as relevant for monitoring and evaluation: logistical and practical challenges; embeddedness and reach of engagement; health knowledge and confidence of young people; effectiveness of communications; impact on malaria. These areas align well with the monitoring and evaluation conducted to date and point to additional opportunities for data collection. Conclusions: The findings from these workshops will inform future engagement strategies, for example, we may engage a smaller number of young people but over a longer period and more in-depth.

Theory of change: Drama and arts-based community engagement for malaria research and elimination in Cambodia

Background: Across the Greater Mekong Sub-region, malaria persists in isolated communities along international borders. Arts and drama have been used to reach to communities in Cambodia to engage them in malaria research, prevention and control. The “Village Drama Against Malaria” (VDAM) project was conducted in north eastern and western Cambodia: Stung Treng; Battambang and Pailin provinces during 2016 to 2019. In total, VDAM reached 55 rural villages, 2,378 student participants and 43,502 audience members. Methods: This article presents the results of two stakeholder-led evaluation workshops in which participants collaboratively developed theories of change to better understand the potential and actual impact of arts and drama-based activities on malaria in these communities. The workshops had a particular focus on identifying areas for monitoring and evaluation so that impact can be measured. Workshop participants included village malaria workers, community leaders, professional and student drama performers, and representatives from the local health authorities and the national malaria control programme. Results: Five broad areas were identified as relevant for monitoring and evaluation: logistical and practical challenges; embeddedness and reach of engagement; health knowledge and confidence of young people; effectiveness of communications; impact on malaria. These areas align well with the monitoring and evaluation conducted to date and point to additional opportunities for data collection. Conclusions: The findings from these workshops will inform future engagement strategies, for example, we may engage a smaller number of young people but over a longer period and more in-depth.

Theory of change: Drama and arts-based community engagement for malaria research and elimination in Cambodia

Background: Across the Greater Mekong Sub-region, malaria persists in isolated communities along international borders. Arts and drama have been used to reach to communities in Cambodia to engage them in malaria research, prevention and control. The "Village Drama Against Malaria" (VDAM) project was conducted in north eastern and western Cambodia: Stung Treng; Battambang and Pailin provinces during 2016 to 2019. In total, VDAM reached 55 rural villages, 2,378 student participants and 43,502 audience members. Methods: This article presents the results of two stakeholder-led evaluation workshops in which participants collaboratively developed theories of change to better understand the potential and actual impact of arts and drama-based activities on malaria in these communities. The workshops had a particular focus on identifying areas for monitoring and evaluation so that impact can be measured. Workshop participants included village malaria workers, community leaders, professional and student drama performers, and representatives from the local health authorities and the national malaria control programme. Results: Five broad areas were identified as relevant for monitoring and evaluation: logistical and practical challenges; embeddedness and reach of engagement; health knowledge and confidence of young people; community-level malaria outcomes; impact on malaria. These areas align well with the monitoring and evaluation conducted to date and point to additional opportunities for data collection. Conclusions: The findings from these workshops will inform future engagement strategies, for example, we may engage a smaller number of young people but over a longer period and more in-depth.

Recognition and operationalization of Future‐Scaffolding Skills: Results from an empirical study of a teaching–learning module on climate change and futures thinking

AbstractThis article takes its point of departure from the younger generation's problematic relationship with time and the future. A general sense of changeability and directionlessness in society compromises young people's confidence in themselves to make a difference as individuals in important global issues affecting their futures, such as climate change. Given recent aims and commitments of science education to promote sustainable development and student agency, this study explores how science teaching can help students imagine and face possible future scenarios and develop agency in the present to influence them. This article presents a science education approach to equip secondary school students with skills of futures thinking and agency that we call “future‐scaffolding skills.” It also shows the process of building an operational definition for recognizing those skills in students' discourse and actions. For this purpose, an empirical study was carried out in the context of a teaching–learning module on climate change, consisting of activities inspired by the field of futures studies. Essays, individual and group interviews, questionnaires, and video recordings of students' final projects were collected from 24 students (16–19‐years old) from three European countries. The results contribute to operationally defining “future‐scaffolding skills,” consisting of “structural skills” (the ability to recognize temporal, logical and causal relationships and build systemic views) and “dynamical skills” (the ability to navigate scenarios, relating local details to global views, past to present and future, and individual to collective actions).

11-OR: Youth Empowerment Skills (YES): A Novel Psychosocial Behavioural Intervention for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

Background: The transition from adolescence to young adulthood can be challenging for young people with type 1 diabetes. During this period many young people become disengaged from their health care and can experience increases in adverse diabetes events and diabetes distress. Study Aim: To deliver a novel psychoeducational programme called Youth Empowerment Skills (YES), using simulation based experiential learning and peer learning to increase diabetes knowledge and social confidence in young people with type 1 diabetes. Method: The YES programme was delivered in community settings with a youth worker supporting engagement. HbA1c and admission data were collected 12-months pre and post intervention. Follow-up qualitative questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were conducted 6 weeks post-intervention to elicit participant views of the programme. The study was conducted in a South London boroughs with high levels of socioeconomic disadvantage and ethnic diversity. Results: Data were collected from all participants (n=41), mean age 17.3±2.3 years. Mean HbA1c 12 month prior to attending the programme was (DDCT%) 10.4%±4.8%. There was a reduction of mean HbA1c at 12-months post-intervention to 9.7%± 4.6%m (Δ 0.7%) (p< 0.01). DKA admissions reduced by 55.6% (n=15) over the 12 month follow-up; saving £78,000 in admission avoidance. The programme successfully engaged young people from ethnic minorities (53%) and with high social deprivation (65%). Qualitative data showed perceived improvements in clinical knowledge and psychosocial health. Feedback highlighted active learning sessions and peer support as strengths of the programme. Conclusion: The study showed that the YES programme was beneficial in improving glycaemic control and reducing diabetes related admissions in adolescents with type 1 diabetes; and encouraged a more positive and accepting attitude towards living with diabetes. Disclosure D. Kariyawasam: None. K.A. Saqi: None. F. Dehzad: None. S. Pender: None. M. Jones: None. N. Yemane: None. R.H. Griffiths: None. T. Soukup: None. S.M. Singham: None. A. Forbes: None.

Facilitating transition of young people with long-term health conditions from children’s to adults’ healthcare services – implications of a 5-year research programme

During transition from children's to adults' healthcare, young adults with long-term conditions may show delays in psychosocial development compared to their peers without long-term conditions, and deterioration of their conditions' medical control. This paper integrates the findings, already published in 10 separate papers, of a 5-year transition research programme. There is an important role for funders (commissioners) of adults' services to fund transitional healthcare, in addition to funders of children's services who currently take responsibility.It is important that healthcare provider organisations adopt an organisation-wide approach to implementation to ensure that good practice is adopted in children's and adults' services, not just adopted by enthusiasts in some specialties. This includes provision of 'developmentally appropriate healthcare' which recognises the changing biopsychosocial developmental needs of young people.Three features of transitional healthcare were associated with improved outcomes: appropriate parent involvement, promotion of young people's confidence in managing their health and meeting the adult team before transfer. These should be maintained or introduced as a priority.Child and adult healthcare providers should routinely explore with a young person how they approach transition and personalise their clinical approach thereafter.These implications are relevant for a range of stakeholders, including funders of transitional healthcare, organisations providing transitional healthcare and clinical practitioners.

The Value System and Ideological Attitudes of the Youth as a Basis for Countering Radical and Extremist Sentiments in the Students’ Environment

Today, the problem of extremism and radicalism in society becomes increasingly relevant. The practice shows that toughening of the system of punishments does not lead to a decrease in the level of extremist crimes. In the article, in order to counteract radical and extremist sentiments in the student environment, the author offers implementation of the value system and ideological attitudes of youth, which have a direct impact on the perception by youth people of the surrounding reality. The study showed how important is the existence of the unifying idea and the need for a youth’s involvement in any community. Young people who share patriotic sentiments go through a process of social identification, which consists of the awareness that their own well-being and the well-being of the group are linked. Moreover, the confidence of young people in the future, and awareness of their future affects the perception of political reality and the activities of the country leaders. In the context of the above, the author concluded it is important for the state to work on the formation and promotion of patriotic projects among students because various extremist ideologies and trends are more actively manifested in the conditions of the ideological vacuum.

Youth Extremist Attitudes Driven By Destabilization of Traditional Culture

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A Comparison results of factor analysis and cluster analysis to the migration of young people from the Kurdistan Region to Europe

The research aims to identify the most important factors affecting the migration of young people from the Kurdistan Region to Europe by factor analysis and cluster analysis and then compare the results to get the most important variables .Data was collected based on the questionnaire form which was distributed some students in all departments in College of Administration and Economics at Salahaddin University-Erbil. In the practical section, principal Component method in factor analysis and Ward method in cluster analysis were used to determine the most influential variables in migration of young people in Kurdistan. The research was reached that there are similarities of the variables extracted in factor analysis and cluster analysis (the number of factors is equal to the number of clusters) as well as the sequence of variables within the factors are the same sequence of variables in the clusters except the factor and cluster (four and five) there are an exchange in place of variables, and it was the most important influencing variables are the bad economic situation, unemployment, lack of employment jobs and salaries, and a lack of young people confidence in the government and political parties

Evaluation of liver transition services for young people at a UK paediatric hospital

Many young liver patients are not experiencing coherent transitional care to adult services, which has a negative impact on their long-term health. To involve service users in identifying the strengths, limitations and potential methods of improving a hospital's liver transition service, 17 young people and parents participated in questionnaires and interviews exploring the strengths and limitations of the current transition service and then suggested areas for improvement. Data from the questionnaires were collated and presented in Likert scales to identify trends. Interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. Overall, families were satisfied with the current service. Suggested areas for improvement included a guided tour of the adult hospital prior to transfer, increasing the confidence of young people to attend consultations independently, presence of the paediatric consultant at the adult transition clinic and use of a transition website. Valuable insights were gained and the recommended services improvements were made.

CONFIDENCE BEING AN EVIDENCE OF THE OPEN INNER WORLD OF A PERSON

This paper considered confidence being one of the signs evidencing an open inner world of a person. On the grounds of this proposition, the paper presented the study’ outcomes on semantic units of confidence in young people with different personal orientation, that may be perceived as an interacting i.e. open inner world or a sheltered one; the paper ascertained difference in kind between the meaning of confidence semantic units for an extroverted and introverted personal orientation.

Talking training improves young people's confidence

Children and Young People NowVol. 2014, No. 5 Good Practice: Participation in ActionTalking training improves young people's confidenceLaura FranklandLaura FranklandSearch for more papers by this authorLaura FranklandPublished Online:7 Dec 2017https://doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2014.5.38AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails 4 March 2014Volume 2014Issue 5ISSN (print): 1755-8093ISSN (online): 2515-7582 Metrics History Published online 7 December 2017 Published in print 4 March 2014 Information© MA Education LimitedPDF download

Impact of family businesses in the development of the national economy in the Republic of Macedonia

The family-run business companies present a driving force of the society in which they function and take great part in identification of market needs. By developing skills and building new types of business, the business owners strive to satisfy those needs, reaffirming the work ethics and entrepreneurial spirit as a solid base for family-run business.The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the importance of family-run business and to recognize its significance in the new social, political background and economic system of our country. By developing strategies for family-run business, the country should boost confidence of young people regarding the possibilities these kinds of business offers in accomplishing individual ambitions.To be able to successfully the challenges of the environment, Family businesses have to adapt to new market conditions. Following the market supply and demand and appropriately responding to the same family businesses contribute to strengthen their market position. Also spur innovation, contributes to this kind of businesses to successfully cope with market competition.Development documents in all these years of independence of the Republic of Macedonia contain provisions for strengthening the small business sector by providing financial support to the operations of the companies, especially new and young enterprises. But despite the fact that several projects were opened several institutions and provide some funds for financing, there remains the conclusion that helping and strengthening the development of family businesses should be treated as a permanent process in the interest of faster employment, using creative potential employees, laid-off workers, young and educated people. Commitment to helping the development of family business is a constant and long-term process, which should be a permanent task and goal of macroeconomic policy.The absence of a quick and relatively easy access to capital, information and new technology, requiring long-lasting process in the policy of encouraging the development of family businesses.

Factors associated with young people's successful resolution of distressing electronic harassment

Electronic harassment is a pervasive phenomenon among young people, however relatively little is known about actions that targets of harassment may undertake to manage such abuse, and whether particular actions and personal characteristics are associated with successful resolution of such harassment. This mixed methods research identified whether particular actions or characteristics are associated with the resolution of distressing electronic harassment situations. Study one used focus groups interviews with 36 New Zealand (NZ) students (aged 13-15) to explore strategies used to manage electronic harassment. Study two drew on these findings, in conjunction with literature reviews, to construct a questionnaire delivered to 1673 students (aged 12-19). Over half of participants used more than one strategy to try and resolve the abuse. Ignoring abuse was the most popular strategy, followed by confronting and fighting strategies. However, multivariate logistic regression showed ignoring did not predict resolution, and nor did received adult or family support. However a sense of efficacy in approaching adults did predict resolution. The quality of intervention, rather than the type of intervention per se, seems to be critical in the successful resolution harassment. Reflecting on both studies we suggest the need to increase young people's confidence in actively dealing with harassment as well as supporting adults and peers to provide effective support.