{"id":56,"date":"2016-01-24T18:14:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T01:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/goalsetting\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2016-01-24T21:42:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T04:42:42","slug":"extra-curricular-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/goalsetting\/goal-alignment\/extra-curricular-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra Curricular Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting involved in structured extra curricular activities can be a very positive means for at-risk youth\u00a0to\u00a0develop resiliency. <a title=\"Carroll, A., Durkin, K., Hattie, J., &amp; Houghton, S. (1997). Goal setting among adolescents: A comparison of delinquent, at-risk, and not-at-risk youth. Journal of Educational Psychology, 89(3), 441\u2013450.\">A study performed in 1997<\/a>\u00a0showed that at-risk youth are more concerned with goals based on attaining a social image\u00a0than non-at-risk students; however, they are also more concerned with freedom-autonomy based goals than their peers. While they want to maintain a positive social image, they also want to set their own rules. By becoming a part of\u00a0a team with a shared goal, an at-risk student can build connections with their peers, thus improving their social image. In many cases, the feeling of belonging that comes from being part of a team may neutralize their autonomy-freedom based goals. \u00a0<a title=\"Carroll, A., Durkin, K., Hattie, J., &amp; Houghton, S. (1997). Goal setting among adolescents: A comparison of delinquent, at-risk, and not-at-risk youth. Journal of Educational Psychology, 89(3), 441\u2013450.\">The aforementioned study<\/a> also showed that teenagers with behavioural problems can be very\u00a0interested in sporting activities. These students&#8217; athletic goals provide\u00a0opportunities for them\u00a0to realign their goals with those of their peers.<\/p>\n<p>It will be impossible to convince many at-risk youth to join a team or a club, but the sense of belonging that may develop from doing so could have extremely positive effects. Not every club will be beneficial of course, and structure is a crucial\u00a0factor of this approach&#8217;s effectiveness. If the activity is structured carefully, opportunities for the students to become disinterested will be minimized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting involved in structured extra curricular activities can be a very positive means for at-risk youth\u00a0to\u00a0develop resiliency. A study performed in 1997\u00a0showed that at-risk youth are more concerned with goals based on attaining a social image\u00a0than non-at-risk students; however, they are also more concerned with freedom-autonomy based goals than their peers. While they want to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35100,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/goalsetting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/goalsetting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/goalsetting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/goalsetting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/goalsetting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/goalsetting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/goalsetting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/95"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/goalsetting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/goalsetting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}