- Title
- Luminosity 2017: exploring benefits of a youth conference on well-being
- Creator
- Power, Mariane
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Masters Coursework - Masters of Clinical Psychology (MClinPsych)
- Description
- The transition period between adolescence and adulthood brings many challenges, and immense opportunity for personal growth, skill acquisition and healthy identity development. Educators are readily adopting positive psychology interventions (PPIs) to promote positive well-being in schools, and communities are seeking additional ways support youth. Youth Conferences may provide alternate settings for the development of youth purpose, understood to positively impact well-being. This study utilized an Australian sample of youth aged 15 – 25 (n = 430) to (1) further support the reliability of a newly developed well-being measure for youth; (2) examine the psychological and demographic profiles of the Conference group compared to an online comparison group matched by age; and (3) evaluate effectiveness of an Australian Youth Conference, the Luminosity Youth Summit. Support was found for the reliability of EPOCH Adolescent Measure of Well-being, extending its generalizability to youth beyond adolescence. In contrast to previous studies, we found no association between well-being and mindset. Linear Mixed Models showed that Luminosity attendees reported significant improvement in Intelligence Mindset compared to youth in the non-attendee online comparison group and this change sustained at 6 week follow up. Luminosity attendees reported higher well-being scores and greater involvement in co-curricular activities and leadership opportunities compared to the online comparison group. Differences in group profiles was conceptualized as providing partial support for the notion that Youth Conference may promote the development of purpose, and further research into this possibility was proposed. This study extends the reach and applicability of the EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-being and calls for further research that investigates associations between well-being and mindset. Results provide great scope for Youth Conferences as settings that may support positive growth for youth.
- Subject
- well-being; youth; positive psychology; youth conferences; leadership; purpose; engagement; optimism; education
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1403181
- Identifier
- uon:35123
- Rights
- Copyright 2019 Mariane Power
- Language
- eng
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