Through youth organizing initiatives, young people conduct research into social issues and build power to address these issues. This study examines the developmental interplay between the cognitive components of two of the most influential civic developmental constructs—critical consciousness and psychological empowerment—through analysis of interviews with 19 current and former participants in a youth organizing initiative in San Bernardino, CA, all of whom identify as Latinx. Most participants clearly articulated viewpoints consonant with the cognitive components of critical consciousness and psychological empowerment, but these were much more pronounced among those who had been involved for longer periods of time. Findings provide insights into distinctions and crosscurrents between critical reflection and cognitive empowerment, and into the settings and processes leading to their development. Cycles of action and reflection can support the simultaneous development of critical reflection and cognitive empowerment.

通过青年组织倡议，青年人对社会问题进行研究并建立解决这些问题的力量。本研究通过分析对加利福尼亚州圣贝纳迪诺青年组织倡议的 19 名现任和前任参与者的采访，考察了两种最具影响力的公民发展结构——批判意识和心理赋权——的认知成分之间的发展相互作用。识别为拉丁语。大多数参与者清楚地表达了与批判意识和心理授权的认知成分相一致的观点，但这些在那些参与时间较长的人中更为明显。研究结果为批判性反思和认知赋权之间的区别和交叉流提供了见解，并进入导致其发展的环境和过程。行动和反思的循环可以支持批判性反思和认知赋权的同时发展。