The Belonging Challenge:

• Ballard Brief: https://ballardbrief.byu.edu/issue-briefs/isolation-among-generation-z-in-the-united-states 

• Rite of Passage: https://riteofpassage.com/the-ripple-effects-of-the-pandemic/ 

• Education Library: https://educationlibrary.org/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-in-education/ 

• Self-Determination Theory: https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/theory

• Educational and Child Psychology: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336945040_School_belonging_in_adolescents_Exploring_the_associations_with_school_achievement_and_internalising_and_externalising_problems

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Why Me Must Come Before We:

• Administrative Science Quarterly:  https://web.mit.edu/curhan/www/docs/Articles/15341_Readings/Group_Performance/Edmondson%20Psychological%20safety.pdf

• Frontiers in Psychology: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7393970/

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Dance-Specific Challenges:

• Body Image:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1740144522001589

• PsyPost: https://www.psypost.org/dance-challenge-videos-on-tiktok-can-influence-womens-body-image-perceptions-study-shows/#google_vignette 

• British Educational Research Journal: https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/berj.4000

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Why Journaling Works:

• XPand Health and Performance: The act of journaling requires transforming abstract thoughts and feelings into coherent written language.

• Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.679191/full 

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Self-Appreciation:

• Steps for Youth: https://developingadolescent.semel.ucla.edu/steps-for-youth/item/adolescents-need-supportive-environments-where-they-can-develop-values-goals-and-a-positive-sense-of-identity

• Europe's Journal of Psychology:  https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/3707

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Individual as Contributor:

• Loya, L. (2019). The WE gear: How good teammates shift from me to we. Cager Haus Publishing.

• American Psychologist:  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325352426_Foundations_of_teamwork_and_collaboration

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Authentic Team Growth:

• Dweck, C. S. (2016). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House.

• International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity:  https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1479-5868-10-98

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Age-Appropriate Adaptations:

• Frontiers in Education:  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2018.00038/full

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK545476/

• Consciousness and Cognition:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810013000068?via%3Dihub

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Common Initial Responses:

• Europe's Journal of Psychology:  https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/3707

• Frontiers in Psychology:  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.925955/full