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Youth Connectedness:Social Connectedness, Transitions and Wellbeing.In December 2003 we heard the exciting news that our project on youth connectedness had been successful in the FRST funding round. The Research has been carried out by the Roy McKenzie Centre and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. The overall aim of this project was to optimise the chances of youth having positive experiences in adolescence and of overcoming the inevitable challenges of this life stage to become healthy and productive adults. We have focussed on youth feeling connected to key institutions, on their positive participation in these domains, and on the measurable benefits of positive connection. The main focus has been on young people's connectedness to: communities and wider society; families and whanau; and schools. The project's two major objectives - to examine how connectedness supports youth in negotiating the challenges of adolescence, and to identify modifiable factors that foster and enhance connectedness. The research approach is a mixed-method, cross-lagged longitudinal design. Measures of connectedness, which are sensitive to NZ’s unique social and cultural context, will be developed with youth. We have quantitatively and qualitatively followed three cohorts of youth starting at ages 10, 12, and 14, for three years. We have provided snapshots of NZ youth each year, and will analyse the causal links across time among potentially protective factors and positive outcomes. The development of a body of local contemporary knowledge about youth in their social context, and the identification of specific areas where practice and policy can be changed in order to enhance optimal development will be the basis for informing end-users of this research. This research will be completed in September 2009.
Presentations and Papers from the Youth Connectedness Research:FamilyYouth Connectedness Project Tea Time! Family rituals and their links to family functioning and youth wellbeing How Do I Look? Family & Community Workshop Presentation SchoolsCommunityYoung people and the community
GeneralIntroduction to the Youth Connectedness Project Adolescent Wellbeing and Connectedness to Methodology & Dissemination
Conference Presentations
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