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Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Youth Participatory Action Research

Baker, Jack David
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3583-9909
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1538816180877824

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2018, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) has been used as a method for empowering youth from diverse backgrounds to challenge a variety of social issues affecting their lives and communities. Published research has established a large body of evidence suggesting that youth who engage in YPAR experience a range of benefits, including increases in critical consciousness and personal sense of agency. Much of this research, however, has focused on the benefits realized by adolescents and not by younger children, or youth from low-income backgrounds. This thesis outlines an evaluation of a YPAR program, comprised of youth under the age of 13 from lowincome families, using an interdisciplinary strategy involving critical race theory and more traditional social science frameworks. The evaluation incorporated the activities and opinions of nine youth in fifth and sixth grade as they progressed through a nine-month, youth-led research project investigating community homelessness and violence. Results indicate a moderate impact of YPAR on the youth in raising their critical consciousness and agency. Implications for the field and future YPAR research are discussed.
Paul Flaspohler, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Jennifer Green, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Vaishali Raval, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
38 p.
Clinical Psychology; Education
youth participatory action research; interdisciplinary evaluation; critical consciousness; youth agency; critical race theory; clinical psychology

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  • Baker, J. D. (2018). Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Youth Participatory Action Research [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1538816180877824

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Baker, Jack. Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Youth Participatory Action Research. 2018. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1538816180877824.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Baker, Jack. "Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Youth Participatory Action Research." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1538816180877824

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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