Friendship Quality and Ethnocultural Boys: An Exploratory Evaluation of the Wiseguyz Program

Autor/inn/en	Exner-Cortens, Deinera; Claussen, Caroline; Lewis, Stefan; Orukpe, Abimbola M.; Coupland, Kerry
Titel	Friendship Quality and Ethnocultural Boys: An Exploratory Evaluation of the Wiseguyz Program
Quelle	In: Psychology in the Schools, 59 (2022) 10, S.2106-2121 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Exner-Cortens, Deinera) ORCID (Claussen, Caroline)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-3085
DOI	10.1002/pits.22566
Schlagwörter	Friendship; Peer Relationship; Program Evaluation; Middle School Students; Interpersonal Competence; Mental Health; Minority Group Students; Foreign Countries; Males; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freundschaft; Peer-Beziehungen; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Psychohygiene; Ausland; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Kanada
Abstract	Tier 1 school mental health programs for middle school youth often focus on healthy relationships promotion. However, the vast majority of these programs take a gender- and race-neutral approach (i.e., content that does not focus on the way that gender, race, and ethnicity intersect to shape relationships and mental health). Embedding these intersections into Tier 1 programs is critical to equitably advancing mental health for middle school youth. This article specifically explores associations between participation in a Tier 1 gender-transformative healthy relationships program and friendship quality for Ethnocultural boys. Data were drawn from 278 White and Ethnocultural boys who participated in the program in 2016-2017 or 2017-2018 in a Western Canadian province. Data were analyzed using three-level multilevel models. In these data, we found that Ethnocultural boys who participated in WiseGuyz reported improved friendship quality with their closest same-sex friend following the end of the program. We also found that Ethnocultural boys who reported a positive change in male role norms related to emotional restriction reported significant improvements to friendship quality from pre- to post-test. Findings suggest the importance of embedding equity into Tier 1 school mental health programming through a specific focus on intersections between gender, race, and ethnicity. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01