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ERIC Number: EJ1249406
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1088-8691
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Supporting Positive Development in Early Adolescence: A School-Based Intervention in Turkey
Kagitcibasi, Cigdem; Baydar, Nazli; Cemalcilar, Zeynep
Applied Developmental Science, v24 n2 p170-192 2020
We present a youth development intervention program and its evaluation. Deriving from the theories of agentic self and positive youth development, we adopted a holistic perspective that focused on social agency with growth mindset and self-efficacy conceptualized as its motivators. The intervention consisted of 14 weekly sessions with 508 sixth graders in four public schools in Turkey (M[subscript age] = 11.8, 49% female). A comparable group with 417 sixth graders in five public schools served as the control group (M[subscript age] = 11.7, 47% female). All students came from families of low to middle socioeconomic status. The evaluation had an experimental design with pretest, posttest (4 months after pretest), and follow-up (11 months after posttest) assessments. Findings indicated beneficial effects of the intervention on mindset, self-efficacy, and some indicators of social agency, some of which were sustained through the follow-up. In concordance with previous research on early adolescents, a general decline in positive adaptation was observed in the control group between pre- and posttests.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey (Istanbul)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Attribution Style Questionnaire; Self Efficacy Scale
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