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Malorni A, Dolan S, Hong A, Joseph N, Mohamed K, Moore L, Phan L, Skoglund I, Too I, Wittman S. Youth sociopolitical development: A conceptual framework by racial and gender minoritized youth organizers. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2024; 73:473-489. [PMID: 38151829 PMCID: PMC11209824 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
Abstract
Youth sociopolitical development (SPD) is a powerful protective and promotive factor for marginalized adolescents' social, emotional, physical, and academic well-being. Despite having unique insight and experiential knowledge about SPD processes, youth have been excluded from conceptual framework and model development. As part of a Youth Participatory Action Research project, 11 adolescents (ages 14-19) and one adult ask "How do adolescent community organizers with varying social and political experiences conceptualize youth SPD?" We used a multiple case study design, with a grounded theory analytic approach. The YPAR collective identified four interrelated, experiential domains of youth SPD: thinking, feeling, doing and relating. Within each domain, we identified and defined key constructs and practices. The YPAR collective's qualitative inquiry resulted in more nuance for existing frameworks of critical consciousness and critical action, and the collective pushes the SPD field to better integrate social and emotional aspects of SPD practice. They offer a conceptual framework that is rooted in their experiential, sensory, learned, and social knowledge, from a multiple-marginalized positionality. These insights enrich the fields of SPD research and practice.
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Affiliation(s)
- Angie Malorni
- School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
| | - Shae Dolan
- School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
| | - Andrew Hong
- School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
| | - Naima Joseph
- School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
| | - Khalid Mohamed
- School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
| | - Liana Moore
- School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
| | - Linda Phan
- School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
| | - Ireland Skoglund
- School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
| | - Iris Too
- School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
| | - Sidonie Wittman
- School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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