Journal article
Strategies for Improving Self-Efficacy: A Qualitative Analysis of Detroit's Downtown Boxing Gym
Journal of youth development (Online), Vol.14(1), pp.165-181
01/01/2019
DOI: 10.5195/jyd.2019.699
Abstract
Structural inequalities present throughout U.S. public schools are known to contribute to the significant achievement gaps that persist between lower-income students of color and their more financially secure, White peers. Because of this, community programs have been identified as places where typically underserved students can receive the support required for positive development and academic achievement. The current study used qualitative methods to explore how one community program, Detroit's Downtown Boxing Gym, fosters self-efficacy in school-aged youth from Detroit Public Schools. Focus group participants reported they are indeed experiencing increases in self-efficacy as a result of the mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, and verbal persuasion they receive at the gym. Specific recommendations for how other programs might foster self-efficacy, including establishing a program climate where students feel cared for, ensuring program staff truly believe students can be successful, identifying opportunities for students to have mastery experiences, and utilizing peer modeling, are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Strategies for Improving Self-Efficacy: A Qualitative Analysis of Detroit's Downtown Boxing Gym
- Creators
- Amanda Sommerfeld Case - Purdue University SystemN. Keita Christophe - University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of youth development (Online), Vol.14(1), pp.165-181
- DOI
- 10.5195/jyd.2019.699
- ISSN
- 2325-4017
- eISSN
- 2325-4017
- Publisher
- Univ Pittsburgh, Univ Library System
- Number of pages
- 17
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984701828802771
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