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Research Question:
What Way Would Mentoring Help Liberian Disadvantaged Youths To
Become Good Citizens And Contribute To Their Community?”
I find addressing an issue very fascinating especially related to social change in
nonprofit management and leadership, so I would like my capstone to be about a
qualitative study in “What Way Mentoring Would Help Liberian Disadvantaged
Youths To Become Good Citizens And Contribute To Their Community?” Besides
undergoing physical, emotional, and cognitive changes, they are confronted with
serious challenges. The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of
disadvantaged youths in Liberian schools. The qualitative phenomenological
method will be used to guide this study. The youths in post-conflict Liberia are
faced with many challenges, a country along the coast of western Africa and is the
only state in Africa never been subjected to colonial rule. Liberia has a lot of
chronological history and is Africa’s oldest republic which was founded by the
American Colonization Society for the freed U.S. slaves in 1821.The capital city is
Monrovia and obtained its independence in 1847. The country enjoyed relative
stability until a rebellion in 1989 escalated into a destructive civil war in the 1990s
that did not fully cease until 2003 Britannica.com (n.d.). Due to the civil crisis,
many adolescents face difficult challenges in Liberia. A few studies have evaluated
the effectiveness of brief educational interventions to increase resiliency among
children in post-conflict settings. A primary analysis of the quantitative data found
that key informants’ perceptions of the mental health needs of young people in
Liberia are consistent with research on the harmful effects of war, violence, and
displacement on child and adolescent populations. Youth were perceived to be
experiencing significant adverse emotional, behavioral, and functional outcomes
related to exposure to war and its aftermath. Appropriate treatment settings to
target these issues were identified (Levey, Borba, et al., 2013). Besides undergoing
physical, emotional, and cognitive 3 changes, “The Liberian Disadvantaged
Youths” are confronted with serious social and academic problems. Applying a
social justice lens to youth mentoring involves careful consideration of the unique
backgrounds and experiences that mentors and proteges bring to the mentoring
relationship (Albright, Hurd, et al., Applying a social justice lens to youth
mentoring: A review of the literature and recommendations for practice 2017). The
basis for expecting positive mentoring relationships can modify youths’
perceptions of other relationships is derived largely from attachment theory, which
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theorizes that children construct cognitive representations of relationships through
their early experiences be fostered by the ability of the youth to enter into a secure,
trusting relationship, as well as a growing capacity to understand the world from
the perspective of others (Raposa, Rhodes, et al., 2019
Capstone Paper Overview”
Use the “APA Course Paper Template (APA 7)” for Graduate Courses from the Walden
University Writing Center to write a 20- to 25-page Capstone paper, excluding the title
page, references page, and appendix, that includes the following:
Title Page
Background and Issue Description (integration of the literature)
o Background; setting the scene
o Introduction of varying perspectives on the topic/issue/problem
Research Question
o Your research question related to a specific public policy or nonprofit
management issue of your choosing
o Keep in mind that a research question should meet these criteria:
o One sentence, written as a question
o Related to interests you and others have in a discipline (e.g., public
administration, nonprofit management and leadership)
o About a topic not already known; something you would like to learn about
that you do not know the answer to now and do not have a strong bias
o Creative and have a unique angle; address a gap in the literature
o Doable and answerable; not too narrow or too broad; data is available
o Specific and precise about what you are examining
(Steely Library NKU, 2014)
Library Search Strategy
o The literature review search strategy
Strategies to Address the Issue (synthesis of the literature)
o Common patterns and themes across the integration of literature
regarding various options/strategies to address the issue/problem related
to your research question
Conclusions (evaluation and application)
o Based on everything learned in the literature about the issue/problem in
your research question, including various options/strategies on how to
address it, how does the literature address your research question?
(evaluation)
o How might this information be used to effect positive social change based
on analysis and critical thinking of options/strategies (application)
References
o Twenty current and scholarly resources identified in the literature review
matrix
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Journals are as follows:
1. Levey, E. J., Oppenheimd, C. E., Langee, B. C. L., Plaskyf, N. S., Harrisg, B. L., G.
Lekpehg, G., Kekulahg, I., Hendersond, D. C. and Borba, C. P. C., (2017). A qualitative
analysis of parental loss and family separation among youth in post-conflict Liberia
2. Levey, E. J., Oppenheimd, C. E., Langee, B. C. L., Plaskyf, N. S., Harrisg, B. L., G.
Lekpehg, G., Kekulahg, I., Hendersond, D. C. and Borba, C. P. C., (2016). A qualitative
analysis of factors impacting resilience among youth in post-conflict Liberia
3. MUNIVE, JAIRO. Young, (2010). The army of ‘unemployed’ young people.
4. Quaynor, Laura, (2015). I do not have the means to speak:’ educating youth for
citizenship in post-conflict Liberia
5. Ukeje, Charles Ugochukwu and Iwilade, Akin, (2012). A Farewell to Innocence?
African Youth and Violence in the Twenty-First Century
6. Albright, J. N., Hurd , N. M. & Hussain, S., (2017). Applying a social justice lens to youth
mentoring: A review of the literature and recommendations for practice
7. Raposa , E. B., Rhodes , J., Stams , G. J. J. M., & Card , N., (2019). The
effects of youth mentoring programs: A meta-analysis of outcome
studies
8. Dikert, K., Paasivaara , M & Lassenius , C., (2016).
Challenges and success factors for large-scale agile transformations: A
systematic literature review
9. Britannica.com (n.d.). retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia
10. Levey, E. J., Borba, C. P. C., Harris, B. L & Carney, J. R., (2013). Assessment of the needs of
vulnerable youth populations in post-conflict Liberia
11. Albright, J. N., Hurd , N. M. & Hussain, S., (2017). Applying a social justice lens to youth
mentoring: A review of the literature and recommendations for practice
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12. Raposa , E. B., Rhodes , J., Stams , G. J. J. M., & Card , N., (2019). The
effects of youth mentoring programs: A meta-analysis of outcome
studies
13. Bryant Crubaugh (2017). Diversity, Poverty, and Resources: The Role of Incentives and
Capacity in the Presence of Highly Resourced Neighborhood Associations
14. Granovetter , M. S., (1973). The strength of weak ties