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Annual Review of Developmental Psychology

Volume 6, 2024

Youth-Led Participatory Action Research and Developmental Science: Intersections and Innovations

  • Emily J. Ozer1, Michelle Abraczinskas2, Ahna Ballonoff Suleiman3, Heather Kennedy4 and Amia Nash1
  • 1School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA; email: [email protected] 2Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 3Center for Regional Change, University of California, Davis, California, USA 4Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
  • Vol. 6:401-423 (Volume publication date December 2024)
  • Copyright © 2024 by the author(s).
    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See credit lines of images or other third-party material in this article for license information.

Abstract

In this review, we provide a conceptual and empirical overview of youth-led participatory action research (YPAR) across disciplines. We consider the historical and conceptual contexts for the diversity of YPAR approaches and () the rationales underlying the rapid growth of YPAR in practice and research; () the relevance of YPAR for the study and promotion of healthy and equitable human development; () the state of the empirical evidence for YPAR impact on youth and environments, especially domains of social-emotional well-being and sociopolitical development; () challenges and opportunities at the intersection of YPAR and developmental science; and () important next steps for the field, including the further development of multimethod research and the need for stronger research and practice to support the capacities needed for YPAR integrity, impact, and sustainability.

Keyword(s): participatory research, review, youth engagement, youth participation, youth well-being
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Youth-Led Participatory Action Research and Developmental Science: Intersections and Innovations
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