Date of Award

2025

Degree Name

Leadership Studies

College

College of Education and Professional Development

Type of Degree

Ed.D.

Document Type

Dissertation

First Advisor

Dr. Eugenia Lambert

Second Advisor

Dr. Feon Smith

Third Advisor

Dr. Jacon Messer

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the impact that youth leadership programs have on WV youth resilience skills, as measured by the Wagnild Resilience Scale (RS). This research adds to the current body of knowledge by focusing on a specific set of resilience skills as measured by The Resilience Scale (RS): purpose, perseverance, equanimity, self-reliance, and existential aloneness. To determine the impact of youth leadership programs and/or organizations on resilience skills, WV youth ages 13-18 were given the Resilience Scale Assessment. This research is a non-experimental, comparative study looking at the differences in Resilience Scale scores between WV youth that participate in youth leadership programs/organizations and those that do not. Additionally, the study looked at different variables among those youth that do participate in youth leadership programs/organizations to see if those attributes have an impact on Resilience Scale scores. The findings of this research do not align with existing research and does not support the idea that youth leadership programs and/or organizations have a significant impact on WV youth Resilience Scale scores.

Subject(s)

Youth development.

Education.

Educational leadership.

Youth -- Mental health.

Youth -- Services for.

Youth -- West Virginia.

West Virginia.

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