fsQCA for discovering social emotional pathways to adult STEM engagement

IF 2.1 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101767

Deborah L. Wasserman , Jason Torres Altman , Christine Klein , Priya Mohabir , Carey Tisdal

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The Roads Taken Project utilized fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to examine necessary and sufficient conditions for achieving STEM involvement of alumnae(i) of six intensive STEM-based youth programs 15 to 25 years after participation. Outcomes included overall STEM involvement (including STEM academics and careers, personal STEM involvement, community STEM involvement, and long-term STEM identity), and post-program and program contribution to social-emotional learning and development. We identified conditions contributing to pathways to these outcomes. Results revealed that, although differing for the varied participant groups, social-emotional learning and development played a role in all the pathways but was particularly prominent in pathways to community STEM involvement. High program dose accompanied by a sense of competence, relatedness, and autonomy in programs with highly varied strategies led to social-emotional learning and varied by participant groups. Along with presenting findings, this study highlights fsQCA as a method for revealing the complex relationship of social-emotional development to STEM outcomes and the multiple pathways for achieving them.

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fsQCA发现成人参与STEM的社会情感途径

“已走的路”项目利用模糊集定性比较分析（fsQCA）来考察六个基于STEM的密集青年项目的校友(i)在参与15至25年后实现STEM参与的必要和充分条件。结果包括总体STEM参与（包括STEM学术和职业，个人STEM参与，社区STEM参与和长期STEM身份），以及项目后和项目对社会情感学习和发展的贡献。我们确定了导致这些结果的途径的条件。结果显示，尽管不同的参与者群体有所不同，但社会情感学习和发展在所有途径中都发挥了作用，但在社区STEM参与的途径中尤为突出。在具有高度多样化策略的项目中，高项目剂量伴随着能力感、亲和感和自主性导致了社交情绪学习，并因参与者群体而异。除了提出的研究结果外，本研究还强调了fsQCA作为一种揭示社会情感发展与STEM结果之间复杂关系的方法，以及实现这些关系的多种途径。

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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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5.10

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.