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Youth Developmental Assets in Global Perspective: Results From International Adaptations of the Developmental Assets Profile

Child Indicators Research, 2011
The Developmental Assets Profile (DAP) measures young people’s reported experience of eight categories of developmental assets known to be linked to numerous indicators of well-being, including Support, Empowerment, Boundaries and Expectations, Constructive Use of Time, Commitment to Learning, Positive Values, Social Competencies, and Positive Identity.
Peter C Scales
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Adolescent Tobacco Use: The Protective Effects of Developmental Assets

American Journal of Health Promotion, 2002
Purpose. To examine the effects of 10 youth developmental assets on adolescent tobacco use. Design.
Roy F. Oman   +2 more
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Personality Assets and Developmental Outcomes

2023
Abstract Previous chapters consistently showed that some individuals successfully make the transition to adulthood and achieve their goals, while others fail. Incorporating personality theories, this chapter demonstrates the significant role personality plays in the transition process. Also incorporating the self-determination theory,
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The role of developmental assets in childhood career development

The Career Development Quarterly, 2022
AbstractThis study examined hope as a mediator between school connectedness and childhood career development. Participants included 456 elementary school students in Grades 4 through 6. The results of structural equation modeling supported the hypothesized mediation model, indicating that school connectedness leads to childhood career development both ...
Hyunhee Kim   +3 more
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The role of ecological assets in positive and problematic developmental trajectories☆

Journal of Adolescence, 2011
ABSTRACTTwo theoretical perspectives have been proposed to describe, explain, and intervene in adolescent development – prevention science and positive youth development (PYD). An integrative model bridging these two perspectives posits that it is important to assess the extent to which the same, similar, or complementary mechanisms may be responsible ...
Bowers, Edmond P.   +6 more
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Positive Adaptation, Resilience, and the Developmental Asset Framework

2005
Advances in our understanding of adaptation are rooted in the seminal work of Garmezy, Rutter, Werner, and others who “discovered” a not inconsiderable proportion of children who, thought to be at risk for current and future maladaptation, showed few or no signs of pathology and often exhibited high levels of competence (Garmezy, 1974; Rutter, 1979 ...
Arturo Sesma   +2 more
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Diffusion of a Developmental Asset-Building Initiative in Public Schools

American Journal of Health Behavior, 2003
To identify characteristics that distinguish between school personnel who do and do not adopt asset-building behaviors in the formative stage of a countywide initiative.An anonymous questionnaire, assessing constructs from diffusion of innovation and social cognitive theories, was administered to 467 adult personnel in 3 school districts.Discriminant ...
Carolyn K, Lafferty   +2 more
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Developmental Assets: Profile of Youth in a Juvenile Justice Facility

Journal of School Health, 2010
Possessing high numbers of developmental assets greatly reduces the likelihood of a young person engaging in health-risk behaviors. Since youth in the juvenile justice system seem to exhibit many high-risk behaviors, the purpose of this study was to assess the presence of external, internal, and social context areas of developmental assets in at-risk ...
Weslee, Chew   +4 more
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