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Direct linkKagitcibasi, Cigdem; Baydar, Nazli; Cemalcilar, Zeynep – Applied Developmental Science, 2020
We present a youth development intervention program and its evaluation. Deriving from the theories of agentic self and positive youth development, we adopted a holistic perspective that focused on social agency with growth mindset and self-efficacy conceptualized as its motivators. The intervention consisted of 14 weekly sessions with 508 sixth…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Self Efficacy, Social Development, Grade 6
Rucinski, Christina L.; Sutton, Essie; Carlton, Richmond; Downer, Jason; Brown, Joshua L. – Applied Developmental Science, 2021
Research has shown that racial/ethnic diversity in elementary schools and classrooms benefits children's academic achievement and feelings of safety and belonging. The current study aimed to expand on existing research by examining associations between classroom racial/ethnic composition and upper elementary children's social-emotional development…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Elementary School Students, Social Development, Emotional Development
Medina, Michael A.; Rivas-Drake, Deborah; Jagers, Robert J.; Rowley, Stephanie J. – Applied Developmental Science, 2020
The current study investigated the role of ethnic-racial identity (ERI) on early adolescents' school adjustment, as moderated by their school friends' aggregate ERI. The study drew data from a longitudinal socioemotional project in a Midwestern U.S. middle school. Surveys were administered twice over a 6-month interval with a sample of 161 African…
Descriptors: Friendship, Peer Groups, Ethnicity, Racial Identification
Goble, Priscilla; Pianta, Robert C.; Sabol, Terri J. – Applied Developmental Science, 2019
A person-oriented approach examined the extent to which patterns of school readiness across social and cognitive domains in 944 typically-developing 54-month-old children forecast academic achievement, social-emotional development, risk taking, and executive functioning at age 15. Prior work identified six distinct profiles of school readiness at…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Young Children, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
Kendra M. Lewis; Samuel Vuchinich; Peter Ji; David L. DuBois; Alan Acock; Niloofar Bavarian; Joseph Day; Naida Silverthorn; Brian R. Flay – Applied Developmental Science, 2016
This study evaluated effects of "Positive Action," a school-based social-emotional and character development intervention, on indicators of positive youth development (PYD) among a sample of low-income, ethnic minority youth attending 14 urban schools. The study used a matched-pair, cluster-randomized controlled design at the school…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Individual Development, Program Effectiveness, Values Education
Hilliard, Lacey J.; Buckingham, Mary H.; Geldhof, G. John; Gansert, Patricia; Stack, Caroline; Gelgoot, Erin S.; Bers, Marina U.; Lerner, Richard M. – Applied Developmental Science, 2018
Video games have the potential to be contexts for moral learning. We investigated whether "Quandary," a video game designed to promote ethical thinking and moral considerations for decision-making, would help promote positive skills such as perspective taking and empathy in adolescents. We examined the effect of playing…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Decision Making, Educational Games, Video Games
