The Role of Religion/Spirituality in Fostering Resilience Among At-Risk Youth in the Halifax Metropolitan Region
| dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Lucan K. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-16T15:07:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-16T15:07:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-03-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The current research investigated ‘The Role of Religion/Spirituality in Fostering Resilience Among At-Risk Youth in the Halifax Metropolitan Region.’ Five (5) female youth (4 African-Nova Scotian and 1 Filipino-Nova Scotian) between the ages of 19 and 25 participated in this study. They were recruited using purposive and snowball sampling methods. Participants were from two low-income areas in the HRM, and attended, or were attending university and/or gainfully employed. A phenomenological approach was used as a framework for conducting this research. Bronfenbrenner’s Social Ecological model was utilized as a theoretical framework for analyzing the results. Thematic analysis and in vivo coding were used for analyzing the data. The results have indicated that religion/spirituality plays a significant role in helping at-risk youth to rise above their difficulties. The findings also showed that resilience in these youth was not simply a product of individual qualities or traits, but also the result of supportive relationships from others such as peers, friends, parents, close family members, religious leaders, and other church members. | en_US |
| dc.format.availability | Full-text | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10587/2199 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Mount Saint Vincent University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Religion, spirituality, resilience, youth | en_US |
| dc.title | The Role of Religion/Spirituality in Fostering Resilience Among At-Risk Youth in the Halifax Metropolitan Region | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |