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| Title: | Subjective outcome evaluation of a positive youth development program in mainland China during the COVID-19 pandemic | Authors: | Zhu, X Shek, DTL Gong, Z Tang, Y |
Issue Date: | 2025 | Source: | Applied research in quality of life, Published: 03 January 2025, Latest issue, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-024-10416-8 | Abstract: | Objectives: This study aimed to replicate the evaluation findings of a youth program adopting a positive youth development (PYD) approach implemented during the pandemic years of 2020–2021 and 2021–2022 in China mainland using a validated subjective outcome evaluation (SOE) assessment tool. Methods: A 36-item SOE scale was used to investigate participants’ evaluation of the quality of the PYD program, the quality of the program implementers, and the perceived program benefits. The data were collected from 3,765 (Mage = 13.46, SD = 0.72, 50.4% females) and 2,786 (Mage = 16.24, SD = 0.68, 51.7% females) junior and senior high school students, respectively. Results: The SOE scale showed an invariant three-factor structure and adequate validity and reliability. Consistent with previous findings, student participants showed favorable perceptions of the youth program’s quality, the quality of the implementers, and the multifaceted benefits of project participation. In addition, senior grade students held more favorable evaluations in comparison to those of junior grade students. Conclusion: In conjunction with previous research conducted before COVID-19, the present findings support the psychometric properties of the SOE scale and the value of the PYD program across different times. |
Keywords: | Client satisfaction Pandemic Program evaluation Secondary school students Youth program |
Publisher: | Springer Dordrecht | Journal: | Applied research in quality of life | ISSN: | 1871-2584 | EISSN: | 1871-2576 | DOI: | 10.1007/s11482-024-10416-8 | Rights: | © The Author(s) 2024 This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The following publication Zhu, X., Shek, D.T., Gong, Z. et al. Subjective Outcome Evaluation of a Positive Youth Development Program in Mainland China during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Applied Research Quality Life (2025) is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-024-10416-8. |
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