Marco Polo Jongerenteam: In hoeverre ervaren de jongeren verandering?
Summary
In this article the experienced effect of Traject Jongerenteams Utrecht is examined. The participants of this study were twenty adolescents of the ‘Marco Polo Team’ in Kanaleneiland. This study wanted to clarify the experienced effects of the intervention, to investigate the degree of satisfaction of the intervention and to examine the psychopathology of the participants. With a retrospective survey twenty participants of the ‘Marco Polo Team’ were asked to give information about several habitats during three moments in their life, namely before they got involved in the team, directly after they got out and the current moment. They were also asked about their satisfaction of the intervention. With the SDQ the psychopathology of the participants was measured. The results showed significant changes in the habitats of culture, friends, spare time and work and in the total score of the habitats. Additionally, the participants seemed to be satisfied with the intervention, and it appeared that the participants showed more psychopathology than the general population. For future research it is important that psychopathology is measured with several instruments to clarify these results.