Welcome to the Journal of Youth Development, an open-source, peer-reviewed, quarterly online publication dedicated to advancing youth development practice and research. JYD serves applied researchers and evaluators as well as practitioners who work in youth-serving organizations or the intermediaries that support them.
JYD is the official journal of two of the largest professional associations for those working with and on behalf of young people, the National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals (NAE4-HYDP) and the National Afterschool Association (NAA).
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Current Issue: Volume 18, Issue 3 (2023)
Front Matter
Program and Practice Articles
Mentoring in Group-Based Adolescent Girl Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Evidence-Informed Approaches
Miriam Temin, Sarah Blake, and Eva Roca
Embracing Virtual Reality Technology with Black Adolescents to Redress Police Encounters
Danielle M. Olson, Tyler Musgrave, Divya Gumudavelly, Chardee Galan, Sarita Schoenebeck, D. Fox Harrell, and Riana E. Anderson
“It Takes a Village!”: Social Capital Building in a Remote Hawai‘i Community
Manca Sustarsic, Sothy Eng, Nancy Ooki, and Heather Greenwood
Research and Evaluation Studies
Developmental Assets and Community-Based Youth Programs in Colombia, Guatemala, and Honduras
Claire M. de Mezerville-López
Supporting Staff Supports Youth Well-being at Summer Camp
Robert P. Lubeznik-Warner and Nila Rosen
Trauma-Informed Youth Sport: Identifying Program Characteristics and Challenges to Advance Practice
Kayla Hussey, Lindsey C. Blom, Zenzi Huysmans, Dana Voelker, Matt Moore, and Thalia M. Mulvihill
Promising Practices for Creating More Diverse, Equitable, Inclusive, and Racially Just Summertime Programs and Camps
Meagan Ricks and Jim Sibthorp
