title: Assessing the effects of a work-based antipoverty program for parents on youth's future orientation and employment experiences.
abstract: The impacts of New Hope, a 3-year work-based antipoverty program to increase parent employment and reduce poverty, on youth ages 9-19 (N = 866) were assessed 5 years after parents left the program. New Hope had positive effects on the future orientation and employment experiences of boys, especially African American boys. Compared to boys in control group families, boys in program group families were less cynical about work, less pessimistic about their employment prospects, and more involved in employment and career preparation. They also worked for longer periods during the school year than did control group boys. Comparable effects were not found for girls. The developmental significance of the findings, possible processes that led to the impacts, and the policy implications of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043, USA. vcmcloyd@umich.edu
authors.forename: Vonnie C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: McLoyd
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Kelly M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Purtell
authors.forename: Aletha C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Huston
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D001240:Aspirations, Psychological; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology; D002321:Career Choice; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011203:Poverty / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D011632:Public Assistance; D011640:Public Policy; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance / Q000523:psychology