Participation in Boys & Girls Clubs, vulnerability, and problem behaviors

Dawn Anderson-Butcher and Scottye J. Cash

Children and Youth Services Review, 2010, vol. 32, issue 5, 672-678

Abstract: Using a risk and resilience approach, this study examined the impact of participation in Boys & Girls Clubs on reducing vulnerability and problem behaviors among 297 youths aged 9 to 16Â years of age. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to examine the relationships among the observed indicators of Club participation and poor self-concept and the latent constructs of vulnerability and problem behaviors. Results indicate that participation in Boys & Girls Clubs had a small, but significant relationship with a decrease in poor self-concept. Poor self-concept was in turn directly related to increased vulnerability; and increased vulnerability was related to increased problem behaviors. These findings point to the importance of Boys & Girls Clubs and other youth development organizations in promoting positive self-concepts to help decrease vulnerability and problem behaviors among program participants.

Keywords: Youth; development; Boys; &; Girls; Clubs; Risk; and; resilience; Vulnerability; Self-concept (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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