| "Recreation and Youth Development" |
| A book by Peter A. Witt and Linda L. Caldwell written with the goal of facilitating increased knowledge about who youth are, why they do what they do, and their ... |
| http://www.venturepublish.com |
| Beyond Safe Havens: A Synthesis of 20 Years of Research on the Boys & Girls Clubs |
| Public/Private Ventures recently launched a multiyear study to understand the role that Boys & Girls Clubs play in the lives of early adolescents. Beyond Safe Havens, a prelude to the ... |
| http://www.ppv.org/ppv/youth/youth_publications.asp?section_id=8#pub186 |
| Building Blocks for Quality Youth Sports Programs |
| Academic research shows that children and youth need specific opportunities and support to grow into healthy and successful adults. A high-quality sports program provides all of these opportunities and has ... |
| http://www.teamupforyouth.org/10.html |
| Changes in Physical Activity Beliefs and Behaviors of Boys and Girls Across the Transition to Junior High School |
| Authored by Anne W. Garcia Ph.D. , Nola J. Pender Ph.D., R.N. , Cathy L. Antonakos Ph.D. and David L. Ronis Ph.D.
Abstract
Purpose: This longitudinal study investigated gender-specific changes in ... |
| http://www.jahonline.org/article/PIIS1054139X97002590/abstract |
| Developing Resilience in Urban Youth |
| This paper discusses the characteristics of resilient children and how to build protective processes within and around children so that they overcome risk at critical decision-making moments in their lives. ... |
| http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le0win.htm |
| Effective Coaching for Positive Youth Development |
| Presentation given at the 2005 Summit on Positive Development Through Youth Sports. This presentation provides a brief overview of coaching effectiveness research, the coach's role in positive youth development ... |
| http://www.spfldcol.edu/homepage/dept.nsf/b2441d1da59344e385256fdc0055fcbf/$FILE/Linda%20Petlichkoff.pdf |
| Everyone Plays! A Review of Research on the Integration of Sports and Physical Activity |
| Everyone Plays! A Review of Research on the Integration of Sports and Physical Activity into Out-of-School Time Programs, written by Policy Studies Associates, Inc. with support from the After School ... |
| http://www.policystudies.com/OSTsports.pdf |
| Evidence Based Physical Activity for School-Age Youth |
| The objectives of this research were to review the effects of physical activity on health and behavior outcomes and develop evidence-based recommendations for physical activity in youth. Findings suggest that ... |
| http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/filelib/resources/Evidenced%20Based%20PA%20for%20School%20Aged%20Youth%20-%20J.%20of%20Ped..pdf |
| Influence of Achievement Beliefs on Adolescent Girls' Sport Confidence Sources |
| A study was conducted on the influence of female athletes' dispositional and situational tendencies on the selection of sources of sport confidence. It hypothesized that task orientation and perceptions of ... |
| http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/19/64/80.pdf |
| Kids Count 2007 Data Book |
| KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. By providing policymakers and citizens ... |
| http://www.kidscount.org/sld/databook.jsp |