Promise

: promoting youth involvement and social engagement : opportunities and challenges for 'conflicted' young people across Europe : estudo piloto

Abstract

The present pilot study, is part of the project entitled “PROMISE” and aims to contribute to the study of the suitability of the methodology defined in the scope of this project; and to understand the youth perspective on school early leaving as a conflict. In the study, participated four youth (19 -24 years old), who experienced early school leaving. Using a mixed methodology, data was collected regarding participants' sociodemographic characterization, risk and protection factors, self-concept, coping and psychopathological symptoms (through questionnaires); and a semi-structured interview was conducted in order to access youth perceptions about early school leaving and their response to this conflict. Results evidence that data collection protocol fits to the target population, and early school leaving is not always seen as a conflict. The presence of one or more risk and protective factors, in the moment of the school leaving, are indicated to have impact in its occurrence and in youth understanding of it. Results, regarding the current moment, suggest the importance of the relation between youth individual characteristics (e.g., self-concept, coping, and psychological symptoms) and risk and protective factors to their understanding of early school leaving, highlighting the importance of a multidimensional perspective.

Date of Award	18 Jul 2017
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Luísa Campos (Supervisor)