Humanist approaches to youth development in the summer youth program of Hong Kong

Humanist approaches to youth development in the summer youth program of Hong Kong

• Cheung, Chau Kiu Dept. of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong
• Ngai, Ngan pun Dept. of Social Work, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Journal of Social Service Research, 31(2), 1-24, 2004

Routledge

2004

• A Human Growth & Development
  • AH Adolescence Development
• N Students & Student Services
  • NM Student Life & Leisure Activities, Summer Activities; Peer Groups

Social Integration Intergroup Relations Humanists Humanism Race Relations Surveys Hong Kong China Civic Responsibility Humanist Theory Summer Youth Program Volunteerism Youth Development

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

Promoting social integration and meaning derived from activities can be effective approaches to facilitating basic and advanced development among young participants in the Summer Youth Program of Hong Kong. Its rationale rests on the humanist perspective, which emphasizes the individual's deriving meaning and maintaining affiliation with people. To examine the effects of these experiences in the program, the study employed a pre-post design to survey 799 adolescent participants' experiences with the program and their basic (more emphasis on potential. skill, and social well-being) and advanced (more emphasis on civic responsibility, volunteerism, and transcendence) development. Results reveal that experience of the social integration approach tended to increase young participants' basic development, whereas experience of meaning in program activities appeared to induce advanced development.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 01488376

• 10.1300/J079v31n02_01

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2010-09-08