Ramey Heather L, Lawford Heather L, Rose-Krasnor Linda
School of Social and Community Services, Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Canada; Department of Child & Youth Studies, Brock University, Canada.
Department of Child & Youth Studies, Brock University, Canada; Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, Canada.
J Adolesc. 2017 Feb;55:129-138. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.01.001. Epub 2017 Jan 10.
Youth contributions to others (e.g., volunteering) have been connected to indicators of successful development, including self-esteem, optimism, social support, and identity development. Youth-adult partnerships, which involve youth and adults working together towards a shared goal in activity settings, such as youth-serving agencies or recreation organizations, provide a unique opportunity for examining youth contributions. We examined associations between measures of youth's participation in youth-adult partnerships (psychological engagement and degree of partnering) in activity settings and youth contributing behaviors, in two Canadian samples: (a) community-involved youth (N = 153, mean age = 17.1 years, 65% female) and (b) undergraduates (N = 128, mean age = 20.1 years, 92.2% female). We found that degree of partnering and psychological engagement were related to each other yet independently predicted contributing behaviors. Our findings suggest that youth-adult partnerships might be one potentially rich context for the promotion of youth's contributions to others.
青少年对他人的贡献（例如志愿服务）与成功发展的指标相关，这些指标包括自尊、乐观、社会支持和身份认同发展。青少年与成年人的伙伴关系，即青少年和成年人在诸如青少年服务机构或娱乐组织等活动环境中为实现共同目标而共同努力，为研究青少年的贡献提供了独特的机会。我们在两个加拿大样本中研究了青少年在活动环境中参与青少年与成年人伙伴关系的测量指标（心理参与度和伙伴关系程度）与青少年贡献行为之间的关联：（a）社区参与型青少年（N = 153，平均年龄 = 17.1岁，65%为女性）和（b）本科生（N = 128，平均年龄 = 20.1岁，92.2%为女性）。我们发现伙伴关系程度和心理参与度相互关联，但又独立预测贡献行为。我们的研究结果表明，青少年与成年人的伙伴关系可能是促进青少年对他人做出贡献的一个潜在丰富背景。
