Promoting Diverse Youth's Career Development through Informal Science Learning: The Role of Inclusivity and Belonging.

ABSTRACT: Little research has examined the associations between perceived inclusivity within informal science learning sites, youth program belonging and perceptions of program career preparation. This study explored relations between these factors at three timepoints (T1 = start of program, T2 = 3 months and T3 = 12 months after start). Participants were a diverse sample of 209 adolescents participating in STEM youth programs within informal science learning sites situated in the United States and United Kingdom (70% females: M _age = 15.27, SD _age = 1.60), with 53.1% British and 64.1% non-White. Path analysis revealed that only perceptions of inclusivity for own social identity group (i.e., gender, ethnicity) at T1 were associated with T2 STEM youth program belonging. There wa

SUBMITTER: Zhao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9842558 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature