Strengths-based Approaches in Co-Curricular and Curricular Leadership: Opportunities to Magnify Students’ Thriving

Krista M. Soria, Linnette Werner, Christine VeLure Roholt, Anna Capeder

Journal of Leadership Education

ISSN: 1552-9045

Open Access. Article publication date: 15 January 2019

Issue publication date: 15 January 2019

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Abstract

Thepurposeofthisarticle wastoexaminethe effectsofstrengths-basedapproaches in co-curricularandcurricularleadershiponfirst-yearstudents’holisticthriving,academicthriving, social thriving, and psychological thriving. We used propensity score matching and regression analyses with survey data from the Thriving Quotient, which was administered to first-year students at a large, public research university(n = 548). The results suggest students’ enrollment in a strengths-based leadership minor course was associated with higher levels of thriving in social, academic, and psychological domains. Students’ participation in strengths-based student organizationswasassociatedwithhigherthrivinginsocialdomains,whileconcurrentenrollment in the strengths-based leadership class and participation in strengths-based student organizations was associated with significantly higher holistic thriving, social thriving, and psychological thriving.

Citation

Soria, K.M., Werner, L., Roholt, C.V. and Capeder, A. (2019), "Strengths-based Approaches in Co-Curricular and Curricular Leadership: Opportunities to Magnify Students’ Thriving", Journal of Leadership Education, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 116-132. https://doi.org/10.12806/V18/I1/R8

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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