Positive youth development: A longitudinal quasi-experiment in Jamaica

Hull, Darrell M.; Powell, Marvin G.; Fagan, Marcus A.; Hobbs, Cynthia; Williams, Lincoln O.

doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2020.101118

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“…In this context, a novel theoretical approach, namely: Positive Youth Development (PYD), was born, which, although it has been interpreted and developed differently across researchers (e.g., J. V. Lerner et al, 2009;Silbereisen & Lerner, 2007), it is characterized by recognizing the strengths of Youth and the plasticity of development itself (Tolan et al, 2016), emphasizing that young people´s re-sources when nurtured properly, school success rates rise, promote the development of prosocial behaviours, enhance self-care and provide with additional of tools to overcome adversity. In other words, they increase the chances of achieving optimal development (Catalano et al, 2004;Damon, 2004;Hull et al, 2020;Zhu & Shek, 2020). This new approach reveals that although preventing risky behaviours is necessary, promoting adolescents' positive skills and values is essential to accomplish an adequate transition from childhood to adulthood (Gálvez-Nieto et al, 2018;Oliva et al, 2008;Pertegal et al, 2010;Yang & McGinley, 2021).…”

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A Positive-Psychology-based Multiple Regression model predicting Wellbeing in Chilean Youth

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2022

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Positive Youth Development (PYD) addresses young people from their potential, strengths, and assets, in contrast to the deficit view that focuses on their weaknesses. The PYD model promotes constructive behaviours in youth by underscoring positive attributes usually found during the transition from childhood to adulthood in order to foster healthy development. In a nutshell, PYD comprises five key competence (5C), forty developmental assets, and the flourishing model. In the present study, 261 participants were approached by an online survey (nWomen= 189, nMen = 72, MeanAge= 22 years old), as part of the Cross-national project on PYD (CN-PYD), which included several measures, among which those included in the research were: The Developmental assets Scale, the Short-form of the Five Cs, and the Mental Health Continuum Short-Form (MHC-SF). Emotional, Social, Psychological and General Wellbeing scores were tested on the premise that females would score significantly lower than male participants (H1). In addition, two multiple regression models were tested with the first wave of the Chilean PYD project on the premise that Positive Identity, Confidence, Character, and Connection would predict the variance of General Wellbeing (H2), and Psychological Wellbeing (H3). The findings provided total support for H1 and H2, and partial support for H3. Overall, the research complements previous investigations conducted with Latin American and Chilean Youth, stressing the importance of researching Latin-American adolescents’ developmental assets, PYD competence, and the varieties of subjective wellbeing.

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A Positive-Psychology-based Multiple Regression model predicting Wellbeing in Chilean Youth

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2022

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Triarchic Model of Grit Dimensions as Predictors of Career Outcomes

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2020

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Recent studies have emphasized the importance of applying positive psychological theories in the context of career development (Hull et al., 2020; Vela et al., 2015, 2019). However, limited research has been carried out on how specific positive personality traits might contribute to optimal career functioning. We addressed this gap by exploring the link of a triarchic model of grit dimensions (i.e., perseverance of effort, consistency of interests, and adaptability to situations) to career maturity, career decision‐making self‐efficacy, and career goal setting among Hong Kong Chinese secondary school students. Perseverance of effort positively predicted career goal setting and career decision‐making self‐efficacy. Consistency positively predicted career goal setting and career maturity. Adaptability to situations positively predicted career maturity, career decision‐making self‐efficacy, and career goal setting. Results point to the importance of designing school‐based grit interventions to facilitate optimal career‐related functioning.

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Handbook of Positive Youth Development: Advancing the Next Generation of Research, Policy and Practice in Global Contexts

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2021

Springer Series on Child and Family Studies

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Positive youth development: A longitudinal quasi-experiment in Jamaica

Cited by 11 publications

References 35 publications

A Positive-Psychology-based Multiple Regression model predicting Wellbeing in Chilean Youth

A Positive-Psychology-based Multiple Regression model predicting Wellbeing in Chilean Youth

Triarchic Model of Grit Dimensions as Predictors of Career Outcomes

Handbook of Positive Youth Development: Advancing the Next Generation of Research, Policy and Practice in Global Contexts

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