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Exploring Pathways to Purpose in Scouts
Rush, Alexandra Brown Urban, Jennifer Davis, William J. Linver, Miriam R.
Rush, Alexandra
Brown Urban, Jennifer
Davis, William J.
Linver, Miriam R.
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Journal of Adolescent Research
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2022-05-05
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Youth purpose was investigated using a two-phase embedded design with
youth participating in Scouts BSA (N=3,943), ages 9–20 (M=14.0, SD=1.9).
Participating Scouts were mostly White (91%) and male (98%). In Phase 1,
we conducted a two-step cluster analysis on Scouts’ survey responses to
three purpose dimensions (personal meaning, goal-directedness, beyondthe-self orientation). Four clusters emerged: Purposeful, Explorers, Dreamers,
Nonpurposeful. In Phase 2, we explored qualities of purpose within each
cluster and programmatic features and relationships within the scouting
context fostering youth purpose with a Scout subsample (N=30) who
completed semi-structured interviews. Results demonstrated that adults
supporting scouting, inspiration from older peers, and opportunities to help
others and explore new activities supported youth purpose.
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Rush, A., Brown Urban, J., Davis, W. J., & Linver, M. R. (2022). Exploring Pathways to Purpose in Scouts. Journal of Adolescent Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584221091488