The contribution of the developmental assets framework to positive youth development theory and practice

PL Benson, PC Scales, AK Syvertsen - Advances in child development and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The framework of developmental assets posits a theoretically-based and research-grounded
set of opportunities, experiences, and supports that are related to promoting school success …

Contemporary developmental theory and adolescence: Developmental systems and applied developmental science

RM Lerner, DR Castellino - Journal of adolescent health, 2002 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To discuss developmental systems models of human development and explain
how they offer a productive frame for research, policies, and programs aimed at …

The relationships between school belonging and students' motivational, social-emotional, behavioural, and academic outcomes in secondary education: A meta …

H Korpershoek, ET Canrinus… - Research papers in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This meta-analytic review examines the relationships between students' sense of school
belonging and students' motivational, social-emotional, behavioural, and academic …

Positive youth development and relational‐developmental‐systems

RM Lerner, JV Lerner, E P. Bowers… - Handbook of child …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Interests in the strengths of youth, the plasticity of human development, and the concept of
resilience coalesced in the 1990s to foster the development of the concept of positive youth …

Developmental relationships and school success: How teachers, parents, and friends affect educational outcomes and what actions students say matter most

J Sethi, PC Scales - Contemporary educational psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
The current paper explores how students' relationships with their teachers, parents, and
friends might differentially impact their academic experience and success, by presenting and …

Trajectories of school engagement during adolescence: implications for grades, depression, delinquency, and substance use.

Y Li, RM Lerner - Developmental psychology, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Using longitudinal data from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, the authors
assessed 1,977 adolescents across Grades 5 to 8 to determine if there were distinctive …

Positive youth development, participation in community youth development programs, and community contributions of fifth-grade adolescents: Findings from the first …

RM Lerner, JV Lerner, JB Almerigi… - The journal of early …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD), a longitudinal investigation of a
diverse sample of 1,700 fifth graders and 1,117 of their parents, tests developmental …

Positive youth development a view of the issues

RM Lerner, JB Almerigi, C Theokas… - The journal of early …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
The positive youth development (PYD) perspective is a strength-based conception of
adolescence. Derived from developmental systems theory, the perspective stressed that …

Youth sport programs: An avenue to foster positive youth development

JL Fraser-Thomas, J Côté, J Deakin - Physical education & sport …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Concern about the growth in adolescent problem behaviours (eg delinquency, drug use)
has led to increased interest in positive youth development, and a surge in funding for 'after …

Positive youth development: Theory, research, and applications

PL Benson, PC Scales, SF Hamilton… - Handbook of child …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter describes positive youth development (PYD) as an emerging arena of applied
developmental science. We show how PYD is both rooted in the theoretical traditions of …