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Summary
The relationship between after-school program quality and positive youth development has been mostly studied among adolescents but not among younger children. This study assessed the quality (i.e., structure, support, and engagement) of 71 after-school programs and the performance (i.e., competence, caring, connection, and cultural values) of 663 children from those programs. Results indicated that good after-school program quality was associated with positive child development among children of a diverse racial/ethnic background.
Citation
Smith, E. P., Witherspoon, D. P., Osgood, D. W. (2017). Positive Youth Development Among Diverse Racial–Ethnic Children: Quality Afterschool Contexts as Developmental Assets. Child Development, 88, 1063–1078. doi:10.1111/cdev.12870