Educational Studies Department, Counseling Psychology Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
J Pers. 2023 Feb;91(1):134-149. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12754. Epub 2022 Dec 5.
This psychobiography analyzes the life of Khali Sweeney from Detroit's Downtown Boxing Gym to understand his motivation for and methods as a social change agent. In doing so, the project also considers how to prepare the next generation of youth development leaders as social change agents.
We conducted a nine-step psychobiography based on recommendations from established psychobiographical methods. Using a team-based, thematic analysis approach we analyzed contextual, first-, second-, and third- person data from the perspective of Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory (PVEST).
Results suggest Khali is an effective social change agent due to five interrelated factors. Analyzing Khali's life through the lens of PVEST also revealed his experiences resulted in two realizations central to him becoming a social change agent: the people and services that are supposed to serve youth at times do not, and; individuals like him can step up to meet youth needs.
Results point to several important lessons related to transformational leadership theory that can enable YDP leaders to serve as social change agents.
本心理传记分析了来自底特律市中心拳击馆的哈利·斯威尼的生活，以了解他作为社会变革推动者的动机和方法。在这样做的过程中，该项目还考虑了如何培养下一代青年发展领袖作为社会变革推动者。
我们根据既定心理传记方法的建议，进行了九步心理传记。我们采用基于团队的主题分析方法，从现象变异生态系统理论（PVEST）的角度分析了来自背景、第一人称、第二人称和第三人称的数据。
结果表明，由于五个相互关联的因素，哈利是一位有效的社会变革推动者。通过 PVEST 的视角分析哈利的生活，还揭示了他的经历导致了他成为社会变革推动者的两个核心认识：那些本应服务于青年的人和服务有时并不服务，而且；像他这样的人可以挺身而出满足青年的需求。
结果指向与变革型领导理论相关的几个重要教训，这些教训可以使 YDP 领导者能够充当社会变革推动者。
