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Youth voices and social participation during a pandemic: dream teens powered by Jovem Cascais
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In an unprecedented scenario, much of the research and interventions during the COVID-19
pandemic, which focused on young people, found themselves suspended. (1) Background: The goals
of this project were to investigate (Study 1) social participation and positive development among
young people in Cascais, Portugal, and to investigate (Study 2-a case study) the implementation of
a program promoting active citizenship, social participation, and social entrepreneurship. At the
same time, it was intended to constitute a resource and strategy to diminish the social alienation
exacerbated by the pandemic. (2) Methods: SPSS v.26 software was used to analyze quantitative data
from questionnaires used in the study of social participation, as well as the pre- and post-test impacts,
and MAXQDA 2020 software was used to analyze qualitative data from YouTube discussions about
youth needs and strategies for their problems, as well as from focus groups. (3) Results: In S1, it was
evident that young people’s expectations of participation in the community were not defined and that
their expected participation in the community was of a weekly nature. They considered themselves
to have a good sense of belonging to the community or group and had reasonable social self-efficacy.
Girls showed higher scores in Expectations of Community Participation and Active Participation. In
their positive development, they did not have a defined evaluation of their competence, but their
connection with others was evaluated as good. Boys showed higher levels of Competence. They said
that every week they make 1 h of their day available to help others, and they did not frequently report
feelings of social alienation. In S2, the evaluation of the impact of the project generally showed an
improvement in the action research skills of the participants. At the end, six projects were proposed.
In the analysis of the participants’ voices, the themes related to Substance Use, Social Capital, and
Love and Sexuality stood out with higher participation and lower participation in the themes of
Diversity, Culture and Housing. (4) Conclusions: The results suggest a need to encourage social
participation, active citizenship, and entrepreneurship, along with their knowledge and skills for
action. The promotion of debate and knowledge on issues related to young people’s lives seems to be
a priority, especially issues related to Diversity, Culture and Housing. The Dream Teens model may
prove to be an important strategy in this work, suggesting that this project may constitute a relevant
model for future work.
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© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Palavras-chave
Pandemic Portugal Youth action-research Youth engagement Active citizenship Social participation
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Youth, 2, 705–716
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MDPI