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Direct linkTirrell, Jonathan M.; Hay, Samuel W.; Gansert, Patricia K.; Le, Trang U.; O'Neil, Bridget C.; Vaughn, Jennifer M.; Bishara, Leanne; Tan, Esther; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; King, Pamela Ebstyne; Dowling, Elizabeth M.; Williams, Kate; Iraheta, Guillermo; Sim, Alistair T. R.; Lerner, Richard M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
Programs effective in promoting positive youth development (PYD) involve curricular features termed the Big Three: Positive and sustained adult-youth relationships; life-skill-building activities; and youth contribution and leadership opportunities. Data from 610 adolescents (50% female; M[subscript age] = 16.39 years, SD = 1.83) enrolled in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Adults, Adolescents
Tirrell, Jonathan M.; Geldhof, G. John; King, Pamela Ebstyne; Dowling, Elizabeth M.; Sim, Alistair T. R.; Williams, Kate; Iraheta, Guillermo; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; Lerner, Richard M. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2019
Background: The more than one billion children living in poverty worldwide are often marginalized from the resources needed for health and well-being, a situation that may create feelings of hopelessness and diminish chances for thriving. Compassion International (CI), a faith-based child-sponsorship organization committed to alleviating child…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Religion, Program Effectiveness
Tirrell, Jonathan M.; Dowling, Elizabeth M.; Gansert, Patricia; Buckingham, Mary; Wong, Caitlin A.; Suzuki, Sara; Naliaka, Catherine; Kibbedi, Patience; Namurinda, Emmanuel; Williams, Kate; Geldhof, G. John; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; King, Pamela Ebstyne; Sim, Alistair T. R.; Lerner, Richard M. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2020
Background: When delivered in a safe space, programs effective in promoting positive youth development (PYD) involve key features termed the Big Three: (1) Positive and sustained adult-youth relationships; (2) Life-skill-building activities; and (3) Opportunities for youth contribution and leadership. However, no measures exist in the literature…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Programs, Skill Development, Program Evaluation
Lerner, Richard M.; Wang, Jun; Chase, Paul A.; Gutierrez, Akira S.; Harris, Elise M.; Rubin, Rachel O.; Yalin, Ceren – New Directions for Youth Development, 2014
In contemporary developmental science, relational development systems models have been used to frame the positive youth development (PYD) perspective, which posits that youth will thrive when there is alignment between their strengths and ecological resources in their context. Evidence from the 4-H Study of PYD indicates that out-of-school-time…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, After School Programs, Student Development, Interpersonal Relationship
Download full textEttekal, Andrea Vest; Konowitz, Lily S.; Agans, Jennifer P.; Syer, Tina; Lerner, Richard M. – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2017
We report data from the first year of a three-year collaboration between a sport-based youth development program, Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), and a university-based research institute. The theory of change of PCA was tested with youth athletes, representing multiple sport types (e.g., individual/team) and seasons (e.g., fall/winter), who…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Youth Programs, College Faculty, Athletes
Phelps, Erin; Zimmerman, Stacy; Warren, A. E. A.; Jelicic, Helena; von Eye, Alexander; Lerner, Richard M. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
Using data from Grades 5 to 7 of the longitudinal 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD), this research assessed the structure and development of PYD. Building on Grade 5 findings, that "Five Cs" (Competence, Confidence, Connection, Character, and Caring) could be empirically defined as latent constructs converging on a second-order…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Grade 6
Lerner, Richard M.; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; Almerigi, Jason B.; Theokas, Christina; Phelps, Erin; Gestsdottir, Steinunn; Naudeau, Sophie; Jelicic, Helena; Alberts, Amy; Ma, Lang; Smith, Lisa M.; Bobek, Deborah L.; Richman-Raphael, David; Christiansen, Elise DiDenti; von Eye, Alexander – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2005
The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD), a longitudinal investigation of a diverse sample of 1,700 fifth graders and 1,117 of their parents, tests developmental contextual ideas linking PYD, youth contributions, and participation in community youth development (YD) programs, representing a key ecological asset. Using data from Wave 1 of…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Youth Programs, Community Programs, Structural Equation Models
