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Direct linkLudden, Alison Bryant – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Involvement in civic and community activities is a core part of positive youth development. Adolescents involved in voluntary civic activities have greater academic engagement, enhanced well-being, less involvement in problem behaviors, and they are more likely to value connections to their community than those who are not involved. The current…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Youth, Adolescents, Student Government
Stein, Gabriela Livas; Hussong, Andrea – American Secondary Education, 2007
This study examines high school expectancies in a sample of at-risk, rural youth, and how these expectancies relate to 8th grade functioning, 9th grade functioning, and 9th grade experiences of high school. A total of 76 eighth-graders and their parents, drawn from a larger study of the transition to high school, participated in interviews the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Rural Youth, Grade 9, Educational Environment
