Modeling Youth Leadership: Application of Personality Development Theories and Ethics

• In Event: Leadership and Social Relationships in Adolescent Development

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe youth leadership as a central construct to personal growth during adolescence. In this paper a functional definition of youth leadership is presented, along with a youth leadership model connected to theories of personality development. As part of the model, ethics is suggested as a core of youth leadership and its development. Youth leadership is presented as a crucial identity structure for personally and socially significant results that ultimately have the capacity to impact the overall welfare of the community.

Authors

• Victoria Sherif, University of Kentucky

• Beth Rous