Fostering and measuring skills: Improving cognitive and non-cognitive skills to promote lifetime success

This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and
noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately …

Fostering and measuring skills: Interventions that improve character and cognition

JJ Heckman, T Kautz - 2013 - nber.org
This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and
noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately …

Promoting positive youth development through school‐based social and emotional learning interventions: A meta‐analysis of follow‐up effects

RD Taylor, E Oberle, JA Durlak… - Child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This meta‐analysis reviewed 82 school‐based, universal social and emotional learning
(SEL) interventions involving 97,406 kindergarten to high school students (Mage= 11.09 …

Non-communicable diseases among adolescents: current status, determinants, interventions and policies

N Akseer, S Mehta, J Wigle, R Chera, ZJ Brickman… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background Addressing non-communicable disease (NCDs) is a global priority in the
Sustainable Development Goals, especially for adolescents. However, existing literature on …

The formation of prosociality: causal evidence on the role of social environment

F Kosse, T Deckers, P **er… - Journal of Political …, 2020 - journals.uchicago.edu
This study presents evidence on the role of social environment for the formation of
prosociality. We show that socioeconomic status (SES) as well as intensity of mother-child …

Resilience processes in development: Four waves of research on positive adaptation in the context of adversity

MOD Wright, AS Masten, AJ Narayan - Handbook of resilience in children, 2012 - Springer
How do children and adolescents “make it” when their development is threatened by
poverty, neglect, maltreatment, war, violence, or exposure to oppression, racism, and …

The impact of enhancing students' social and emotional learning: A meta‐analysis of school‐based universal interventions

JA Durlak, RP Weissberg, AB Dymnicki… - Child …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents findings from a meta‐analysis of 213 school‐based, universal social
and emotional learning (SEL) programs involving 270,034 kindergarten through high school …

Worldwide application of prevention science in adolescent health

RF Catalano, AA Fagan, LE Gavin, MT Greenberg… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
The burden of morbidity and mortality from non-communicable disease has risen worldwide
and is accelerating in low-income and middle-income countries, whereas the burden from …

Positive psychology at school: A school-based intervention to promote adolescents' mental health and well-being

A Shoshani, S Steinmetz - Journal of Happiness Studies, 2014 - Springer
The present study evaluated a positive psychology school-based intervention aimed at
enhancing mental health and empowering the entire educational staff and students at a …

Ordinary magic: Resilience processes in development.

AS Masten - American psychologist, 2001 - psycnet.apa.org
The study of resilience in development has overturned many negative assumptions and
deficit-focused models about children growing up under the threat of disadvantage and …