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Subjective outcome evaluation of a positive youth development program targeting students with greater psychosocial needs

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International Journal on Disability and Human Development
From the journal Volume 10 Issue 3

Abstract

The Tier 2 Program of Project PATHS (Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programs) targets adolescents with greater psychosocial needs. The present study investigated participants’ subjective evaluation of the Tier 2 Program based on a sample of 34,081 participants in the 2008–2009 school year. Results showed that participants held positive views toward the program and program instructors, and perceived the program as helpful to the development of students. Regarding correlates of subjective outcome findings, programs that adopted the approach of volunteer training were perceived to be more positive than the other three types of programs in terms of participants’ subjective outcome evaluation; participants in higher grades rated the program more favorably and perceived the program as more effective than did participants from lower grades. These findings provide further support for the effectiveness of the Tier 2 Program for adolescents with special psychosocial needs.

Keywords: Chinese adolescents; positive youth development; Project PATHS; subjective outcome evaluation
Corresponding author: Professor Daniel T.L. Shek, PhD, FHKPS, BBS, JP, Chair Professor of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Room HJ407, Core H, Hunghom, Hong Kong, P.R. China
Received: 2010-10-10
Accepted: 2010-12-11
Published Online: 2011-05-16
Published in Print: 2011-08-01

©2011 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijdhd.2011.041
Keywords for this article
Chinese adolescents; positive youth development; Project PATHS; subjective outcome evaluation

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Editorial
  2. Filling the missing gaps on research in Chinese adolescents
  3. Original Articles
  4. Empathy, coping, social support, and mental health in local and migrant adolescents in Beijing
  5. The relevance of executive functioning to academic performance in Hong Kong adolescents
  6. Differential outcomes of psychosocial development among local and mobile children in two school types in Beijing and Shanghai
  7. Chinese migrant children’s mental health and career efficacy: the roles of mentoring relationship quality and self-efficacy
  8. “All I can do for my child” – development of the Chinese Parental Sacrifice for Child’s Education Scale
  9. Validation of the Chinese Parental Sacrifice for Child’s Education Scale
  10. The development and validation of a checklist for early identification of students with learning difficulties
  11. Subjective outcome evaluation of the Project PATHS based on different cohorts of students
  12. Learning and psychological difficulties among non-engaged youth in Hong Kong
  13. Subjective outcome evaluation of a positive youth development program targeting students with greater psychosocial needs
  14. Predictors of subjective outcome evaluation findings in a positive youth development program in Hong Kong
  15. Expecting my child to become “dragon” – development of the Chinese Parental Expectation on Child’s Future Scale
  16. Validation of the Chinese Parental Expectation on Child’s Future Scale
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