Developmental Assets : A Synthesis of the Scientific Research on Adolescent Development

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• how the scientific literature defines the category of assets; • updated research findings on the impact of the assets on young people’s behaviors, including variations in findings among different populations of youth; • in-depth information on how each asset works; • more recent data on young people’s experiences of the assets from Search Institute surveys of more than 200,000 6th- to 12th-grade youth; • what the literature says about how the assets can be built in young people’s lives. This second edition of Developmental Assets provides critical information for scholars and leaders who seek to understand the rich traditions of scientific research that undergird the asset model. And by highlighting what research has learned about how the assets are built for and with different populations of youth, it also serves as an invaluable reference for people who seek to build assets for youth in their organizations and communities.

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and Nancy Leffert

Developmental Assets A Synthesis of

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“Scholars of youth development owe Peter Scales, Nancy Leffert, and their colleagues at Search Institute a great debt for providing an exemplar of applied developmental science. . . . In building a compelling case for a focus on the assets requisite for healthy youth development, the work of Search Institute is making a singular and sustainable contribution to the future of civil society in America.” Richard M. Lerner, from the Foreword

Peter C. Scales

Foreword by Richard M. Lerner

Developmental Assets

n the first edition of Developmental Assets: A Synthesis of the Scientific Research on Adolescent Development, Peter C. Scales and Nancy Leffert reviewed more than 800 scientific articles and reports that relate to Search Institute’s conceptual framework of developmental assets—positive relationships, opportunities, skills, values, and selfperceptions that all young people need to be healthy, caring, and productive. This volume retains that fundamental literature review and incorporates lessons learned from five years of subsequent research. A chapter is dedicated to each category of developmental assets (support, empowerment, boundaries and expectations, constructive use of time, commitment to learning, positive values, social competencies, and positive identity). Each chapter in this new edition shows:

Scales / Leffert

An Updated Resource on the Research Foundations of Developmental Assets

the Scientific Research on Adolescent Development

SECOND EDITION


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