Human Agency and the Arts: Implementing Sources of Self-Efficacy in Afterschool Community Arts Programs as Preventative Measures Against Poverty
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Date
2015-06-15
Authors
Wong, Meredith
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University of Oregon
Abstract
According to Albert Bandura, self-efficacy is the beliefs in one’s capabilities to influence the
situations that affect his or her own life. Self-efficacy affects one’s level of resilience in the face of
adversity as well as how much stress and internal psychological systems one experiences. These
effects are particularly important for youth living in poverty, who already experience a range of
negative psychosocial and physical environmental demands that increase their likelihood of
remaining in poverty as adults. Through a systematic literature review, components of a logic
model were applied to understand the influence of three afterschool community arts programs on
participating youth. Results showed that these programs served as sources of support and
primary preventions for youth living in poverty by involving large social networks and
promoting individual characteristics, particularly through implementing sources of self-efficacy,
which included enactive mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, and verbal persuasion.
Considering the environmental demands of this population, however, more research should
investigate how participation in afterschool community arts programs can mitigate stress while
further influencing self-efficacy of youth living in poverty.
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174 pages
Keywords
Afterschool community arts programs, Positive youth development, Poverty, Self-efficacy, Stress