BicycleWORKS: Task-Centered Group Work with High-Risk Youth

Autor:	Carol S. North, Susan C. Kinnevy, Brian P. Healey, David E. Pollio
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	Ability to work High-risk youth media_common.quotation_subject education Self-esteem Convenience sample Focus group Education Task (project management) Group work Psychology Baseline (configuration management) human activities Social Sciences (miscellaneous) media_common Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	Social Work With Groups. 22:33-48
ISSN:	1540-9481 0160-9513
Popis:	This study examined the effectiveness of “Earn-A-Bike,” a group task-oriented program for environmentally at-risk youths, offered by BicycleWORKS, a community-based organization residing in an ethnically diverse neighborhood. Effectiveness was determined through baseline and post-test (12 weeks) evaluations of participants across three domains: (a) self esteem, (b) ability to work with others, and (c) problematic behaviors. Quantitative data were collected for three conditions: (1) graduates of previous Earn-A-Bike programs who continued to participate in other BicycleWORKS programs; (2) participants in other BicycleWORKS programs who had never participated in Earn-A-Bike; and (3) participants in the current Earn-A-Bike program only. The main study design was quasi-empirical, with baseline and post-tests administered to a convenience sample of 21 active members. In addition to the quantitative data, a focus group was conducted for a subset of study participants (n = 11). While quantitative findin...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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