The participation in the programs of the youth- care administration at the university andits relationship with the self- management skills and the capability for the future planning

This research aims to study the participation of the youth in the programs of the youth- care administration at the universityand its relationship with  the self- management skills and the capability for the future planning. The study sample consisted of 204 male and female college students from Cairo and Helwan Universities "17-23years old", 88 of 204 students engaged in the activities of these programs, and 116 students did not participate in these programs, all of them were of disparate socioeconomic levels. The study tools included the primary data form for the youth, the questionnaire for the  participation in the programs of the youth- care administration, the self-management skills scale, and the capability for the future planning scale. The results revealed that, there was a positive association between the participation in the programs of the youth- careadministration, the self- management skills and the capability for the future planning, as the association was significant at level 0.001. The highest percentage of the youth involved in the youth- care programs lied in the category of moderate and high levels of the self- management skills, 46.6%, 44.3% respectively, while the highest percentage of the youth non-involved in the youth- care programs lied in the category of low and moderate, 44.8%, 39.7% respectively. The highest percentage of the youth involved in the youth- care programs lied in the category of high levels ofthe capability for the future planning, 69.4%, respectively, while the highest percentage of the youth non-involved in the youth- care programs lied in the category of moderate47.4% respectively. There were also statistically significant differences concerning the self- management skills and the capability for the future planning in the youth involved and non-involved in the youth- care programs for the youth participants at significance level 0.001. There were also statistically significant differences among the youth involved in the youth- care programs in terms of the self- management skills according to (the gender- nature of the study- parents' educational level- family size- family's average income- mother's work- residency) for the male youth, practical study, parents' higher educational level, family's small and medium size, family's low and moderate income, and the working mother at significance level 0.001. But, there were no statistically significant differences regarding the self- management skills according to the residency (urban- rural areas). There were also statistically significant differences in terms of the capability for the future planning according to (the gender- nature of the study- parents' educational level- family size- family's average income- mother's work- residency) for the male youth, practical study, parents' higher educational level, family's small and medium size, and the working mother at significance level 0.001. However, there were no statistically significant differences in terms of the capability for the future planning according to the difference in the residency and the average income.