Brian D. Christens
Vanderbilt University
86 Papers
188 Citations
Brian D. Christens is an academic researcher from Vanderbilt University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Community organizing & Empowerment. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 71 publications. Previous affiliations of Brian D. Christens include University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Papers
The psychology and practice of youth-adult partnership: bridging generations for youth development and community change.
TL;DR: Y-AP is proposed as a unifying concept, distinct from other forms of youth-adult relationships, with four core elements: authentic decision making, natural mentors, reciprocity, and community connectedness.
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Toward Relational Empowerment
TL;DR: It is made the case that expanding conceptions of psychological empowerment through the addition of a relational component can enhance the understanding ofpsychological empowerment and the effectiveness of empowerment-oriented community practice.
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The Role of Empowerment in Youth Development: A Study of Sociopolitical Control as Mediator of Ecological Systems' Influence on Developmental Outcomes
TL;DR: Sociopolitical control was found to mediate the relationships between ecological supports and risk factors and developmental outcomes, leading to the conclusion that perceived efficacy in the sociopolitical domain, and youth empowerment, more generally, should be considered as core elements of the ecology of human development.
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Measuring youth empowerment: validation of a Sociopolitical Control Scale for Youth in an urban community context
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed the Sociopolitical control scale for youth (SPCS-Y), which was designed to represent the two hypothesized dimensions of leadership competence and policy control, using data from a sample of urban youth located in the northeastern United States.
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Taking stock of youth organizing: An interdisciplinary perspective
Brian D. Christens,Ben Kirshner +1 more
TL;DR: Through an appraisal of the current state of this still-emerging area of practice and research, including case examples, the authors identify common elements of the practice of youth organizing--relationship development, popular education, social action, and participatory research and evaluation--and conclude with a discussion of promising future directions for research and practice.
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