Pushing the envelope on youth civic engagement: A developmental and liberation psychology perspective.

By Roderick J. Watts, C. Flanagan. 2007

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Community Healing and Resistance Through Storytelling: A Framework to Address Racial Trauma in Africana Communities (2020, background): “Specifically, among youth of African ancestry, data suggest that civic related actions contribute to both youth development (Sherrod et al., 2010) and the development of their communities (Watts & Flanagan, 2007).”
Development and Validation of the Critical Consciousness Scale (2017, methodology): “CC has also informed contemporary theoretical frameworks, such as Watts’ sociopolitical development theory (SPD; Watts, Griffith, & Abdul-Adil, 1999; Watts & Flanagan, 2007), Ginwright’s social justice youth development theory (SJYD; Ginwright & James, 2002), empowerment theory (Speer & Peterson,…”
Youth Organizing as a Developmental Context for African American and Latino Adolescents (2012, positive): “Researchers in this tradition theorize that building an awareness of justice and inequality, combined with meaningful social action, contributes to greater well-being for youth who are growing up in an oppressive social context (Freire, 1970; Potts, 2003; Watts & Flanagan, 2007).”
Recentering Action in Critical Consciousness (2020, background): “Rather, Freire (1970) and related formulations (Ginwright & James, 2002; Watts & Flanagan, 2007) concern themselves primarily with action: collective, sustained, mobilized action to transform inequitable social structures.”
Neighborhood social connectedness and adolescent civic engagement: An integrative model (2013, background): “Although much has been learned about factors that lead to civic engagement (Sherrod, 2007;Watts & Flanagan, 2007; Zaff et al., 2010), the generation of theories about civic engagement have been less fruitful (Wilkenfeld, Lauckhartdt, & Torney-Purta, 2010) and there is still a lack of clarity on the…”
Pathways to Occupational Attainment Among Poor Youth of Color (2009, background): “…participation to a greater consciousness of racial, gender, and socioeconomic inequality, increased motivation to reduce inequality, and taking action to produce social change, such as participation in community or social-action groups (Ginwright & James, 2002; Watts & Flanagan, 2007).”
The Role of Sociopolitical Attitudes and Civic Education in the Civic Engagement of Black Youth (2014, background): “…youth-led social justice movements, providing family financial assistance, community service through religious organizations, and participating in politically motivated cultural and artistic expression through poetry and hip-hop (Ginwright, 2010a; Smetana & Metzger, 2005; Watts & Flanagan, 2007).”
Critical consciousness: current status and future directions. (2011, background): “Much of this section will focus on “sociopolitical” theory, constructs, and research that is consistent with critical consciousness writings (e.g., Diemer, Kauffman, Koenig, Trahan, & Hsieh, 2006; Watts & Flanagan, 2007).”