An increasing body of research on critical consciousness explores how youth understand
and react to inequality in their social contexts. The operationalization of critical …

Through civic engagement, adolescents can increase community vitality, challenge
injustices, and address social problems. Positive youth development (PYD) theory and …

Introduction The term contribution is a key feature of approaches to positive youth
development but has yet to be adequately defined. The purposes of this study were to …

Despite recognition that youth civic engagement is multidimensional, different modeling
approaches are rarely compared or tested for measurement invariance. Using a diverse …

This case study used a student voice program in an urban middle school in the southeastern
United States to examine the validity of three theoretically derived pathways through which …

Developmental theory posits that youth are civically engaged in different ways, patterns of
civic development vary across individuals, and both stability and change in youth civic …

Limited research has investigated factors that shape White youth's civic action aimed at
social change. Investigating the relation between Whiteness and civic action is an essential …

School-based social activism projects have much potential to foster civic engagement, self-
efficacy, and positive youth development. Social activism projects may also be a means by …

Current knowledge of intraindividual longitudinal patterns of civic participation (CP) and their
predictors remains limited. As life cycle trends are showing a decline in civic/political …

Today young people experience a world that is being significantly changed by large-scale
transformations in education and labour markets. Youth, as a generation, is most affected by …