Positive Youth Development in Global Contexts of Social and Economic Change

Hamilton, Stephen F.; Hamilton, Mary Agnes; DuBois, David L.; Martínez, M. Loreto; Cumsille, Patricio; Brady, Bernadine; Dolan, Pat; Rodriguez, Susana Núñez; Sellers, Deborah E.

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“…This special section on “Positive Youth Development and Global Context” is one good example. Another is an edited volume, “Positive Youth Development in Global Contexts of Social and Economic Change” (Petersen et al., ). The fact that there were four papers with international samples is excellent for Child Development , giving some hope that there will be many more in the future not only in special sections like this but also in regular journal submissions.…”

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“…The global context of economic and social changes has impacted the lives of youth and the world perspectives on PYD (Abubakar et al., ; Dimitrova et al., ). This view is widely expressed in Petersen, Koller, Motti‐Stefanidi, and Verma (), which features the global PYD perspectives in different countries and cultures around the globe and its impact in actions and interventions supporting youth in the face of social change. There are also differences between PYD approaches in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, meaning developed and developing countries, respectively (Hamilton et al., ).…”

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Commentary on Cross‐Cultural Perspectives on Positive Youth Development With Implications for Intervention Research

Koller

Verma

2017

Child Development

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There is a growing focus on youth positive development issues among researchers and practitioners around the world. In this special issue of Child Development, each of the international authors provides new perspectives and understanding about youth developmental assets in different cultural settings. The present commentary (a) examines some of the cross-cultural themes that emerge from the four articles by international authors in this issue with implications for positive youth development (PYD) and (b) how intervention science can benefit by incorporating a PYD approach. As evident, youth involved in contexts that provide positive resources from significant others not only were less likely to exhibit negative outcomes, but also were more likely to show evidence of positive development.

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Commentary on Cross‐Cultural Perspectives on Positive Youth Development With Implications for Intervention Research

Koller

Verma

2017

Child Development

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“…As a recent review observed: “The health of adolescents is strongly affected by social factors at personal, family, community, and national levels” (Viner et al., , p. 1641). But health is not the only or necessarily the most important outcome from puberty; rather, others such as ability to achieve personal and socially desirable goals, or a sense of meaning and value, may be significant (Petersen, Koller, Motti‐Stefanidi, & Verma, ; Worthman, ).…”

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Puberty and the Evolution of Developmental Science

Worthman

Dockray

Marceau

2019

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In recent decades, theoretical and methodological advances have operated synergistically to advance understanding of puberty and prompt increasingly comprehensive models that engage with the temporal, psychosocial, and biological dimensions of this maturational milepost. This integrative overview discusses these theoretical and methodological advances and their implications for research and intervention to promote human development in the context of changing maturational schedules and massive ongoing social transformations.Funding: AA022919-01, HD073033, MH083964-01 (CMW); K01 DA039288 (KM).Author contributions: Worthman deploys a biocultural approach in comparative interdisciplinary research on human development and pathways to differential mental and physical health. She has conducted comparative biosocial research in thirteen countries, as well as in rural, urban, and semi-urban areas of the United States. Dockray's research focuses on psychobiological mechanisms to understand how experiences and emotions affect adolescent health and behavior. Her work concentrates on how the experiences of everyday life relate to psychoneuroendocrine processes and health-related behaviors during adolescence. Marceau conducts developmental research incorporating the integrated roles of genetics, prenatal risk, neuroendocrine development, and the family environment to examine the role of biobehavioral developmental pathways and interactions in adolescent behavior problems and substance use across the lifespan.Requests for reprints should be sent to Carol M. Worthman,

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“…Additionally, PYD asserts a strength-based view of youth as "resources to be developed" (Roth & Brooks-Gunn, 2003a, 2003b, as well as active participants who can influence their own development (Petersen et al, 2017). This is a perspective which is a counterpoint to the traditional or historical Western perspectives and theories of youth development, in which youth are seen as a deficit to be managed or a problem to be solved, diminishing their social value and even perhaps verging on dehumanizing them (Furlong, 2012;Kehily, 2007;Lee & Zhou, 2004;Nakkula & Toshalis, 2006).…”

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“…This positive perspective has affected not only theories and the approach to empirical research, but also the programing and interventional practices of community-based youth outreach efforts, as well as social policy perspectives (Benson et al, 2006;Lerner et al, 2013;Lerner et al, 2009;Lerner, 2004b;Lerner et al, 2011;Petersen et al, 2017).…”

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Leadership Development Among Youth in Latino Congregations: The Relationship of Religious Participation to Social Service Involvement and Engagement in Leadership Tasks

Mendez¹

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Personal observations and anecdotal accounts attest that some of the young people in U.S. Latino churches are developing as leaders within their congregations. This seems to come as a result of the organic or less-formalized leadership development dynamics and practices present within Latino congregations, where leaders often develop by being actively involved in leadership actions without necessarily first following a curriculum of study, completing a training program, or fulfilling a set of theological education requirements. In this way, many are acquiring roles and responsibilities by which they actively contribute towards local congregational and community life, and by which they develop as leaders through hands-on experiences. This less formalized leadership development dynamic in Latino congregations has yet to be empirically studied, as a means to further understand and learn from this unique characteristic that can be helpful to the church at large in our search for how to develop the next generation of leaders. Thus, there is a need to identify, describe, and empirically analyze some of the specific phenomena involved in these observed dynamics within Latino congregations that seem to be contributing towards youths' leadership development. Method Therefore, this descriptive and explanatory ex post facto study examined key congregational practices within Latino churches and the level of participation young people have in these as a means of analyzing the association of both with leadership development. The study drew on existing data collected through the Chicago Latino Congregational Study-Youth Survey (CLCS-YS) of 63 randomly sampled Latino congregations in different Christian denominations: Catholic, Evangelical, Mainline, and Pentecostal. The sample population consisted of 307 Latino youth ages 13 to 19. After examining the 104 questionnaire items of the CLCS-YS for applicability, 23 were selected to analyze youth's religious participation, social service involvement, and engagement in leadership tasks, while controlling for demographic characteristics. Aspects of Positive Youth Development (PYD) theory pertaining to youth leadership development provided a means to select and create the variables studied, which were derived from socioreligious descriptions of Latino congregations that are linked to the aforementioned organic leadership dynamics. v Socioreligious Description of Latino Congregations .

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Positive Youth Development in Global Contexts of Social and Economic Change

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Commentary on Cross‐Cultural Perspectives on Positive Youth Development With Implications for Intervention Research

Commentary on Cross‐Cultural Perspectives on Positive Youth Development With Implications for Intervention Research

Puberty and the Evolution of Developmental Science

Leadership Development Among Youth in Latino Congregations: The Relationship of Religious Participation to Social Service Involvement and Engagement in Leadership Tasks

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