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Adolescent–Adult Relationships as Developmental Spaces: Mechanisms Underlying Positive Development for Diverse Youth
Sat, April 14, 8:15 to 10:15am, Vancouver Convention Centre, Floor: Second Level, East Room 13Session Submission Type: Symposium
Abstract
The quality of an adolescent-adult relationship is consistently identified by educators, researchers and youth as an indicator of how facilitative that relationship will be to positive youth development. The aim of this symposium is to examine how adolescent-adult interactions serve as developmental opportunities. The session highlights new research and a diverse range of methods to investigate the function of non-familial adult relationships in adolescents’ daily lives. These studies include racial, ethnic, and GLBTQ diversity in participant samples and research teams. The session also includes a discussion of applied adolescent development research design to illustrate how the theoretical and empirical accounts of significant aspects of adolescent-adult relationships presented can contribute to both youth program improvement and disciplinary knowledge development.
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“He’s More Like a Brother Than a Teacher”: Adult-Youth Relationships in a Program for African American Males - Nailah Suad Nasir, University of California - Berkeley; Maxine Ramona McKinney de Royston, University of California - Berkeley; Kihana Miraya Ross, University of California - Berkeley; Jarvis Ray Givens, University of California - Berkeley
Feeling Known and Unknown in U.S. High Schools - Vichet Chhuon, University of Minnesota
Promoting and Silencing “Queer Voice”: The Role of Educators - Michael Sadowski, Bard College
Quantity and Quality of Relationships With Important Nonparental Adults: The Mediating Role of Youth Intentional Self-Regulation and Hopeful Future Expectations for Positive Youth Development - Edmond P. Bowers, Tufts University; G. John Geldhof, Tufts University; Kristina Schmid, Tufts University
Reaching-Down Reaching-Up Models of Applied Child and Adolescent Development Research - Tanner LeBaron Wallace, University of Pittsburgh