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Aligning Social Support to Youth's Developmental Needs: The Role of Nonparental Youth-Adult Relationships in Early and Late Adolescence
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Yu, Mark Vincent B.; Deutsch, Nancy L. – Applied Developmental Science, 2021
Through the provision of different types of social support, significant nonparental youth--adult relationships can facilitate youth's positive development across adolescence. However, despite the potential benefits of these relationships, there has been little consideration of how the relational process may vary across different adolescent stages.…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Early Adolescents, Late Adolescents, Developmental Stages
Who Gets More Out of Sport? The Role of Value and Perceived Ability in Flow and Identity-Related Experiences in Adolescent Sport
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Drane, Catherine F.; Barber, Bonnie L. – Applied Developmental Science, 2016
Sport is a context that provides positive developmental benefits to adolescents. However, these benefits are not distributed equally to all participants. This study examined whether the motivational constructs of attainment value and ability self-concept were related to positive developmental experiences in sport, and tested intensity of…
Descriptors: Team Sports, High School Students, Grade 9, Grade 12
Extracurricular Activity Participation and the Acquisition of Developmental Assets: Differences between Involved and Noninvolved Canadian High School Students
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Forneris, Tanya; Camiré, Martin; Williamson, Robert – Applied Developmental Science, 2015
In order to prepare students for adulthood and responsible citizenship, most high schools offer extracurricular activities designed to facilitate the learning of a wide range of competencies. The purpose of this study was to examine how participation in a single or a combination of extracurricular school activities for high school students may…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Extracurricular Activities, Competence
Developmental Antecedents of Young Adult Civic Engagement
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Obradovic, Jelena; Masten, Ann S. – Applied Developmental Science, 2007
Civic engagement was studied in relation to overall development in adolescence, emerging adulthood, and young adulthood to examine how earlier activity involvement and success in prior and concurrent age-salient domains of competence may contribute to 2 forms of civic engagement in adulthood (citizenship and volunteering). Data on 163 youth were…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Citizen Participation, Young Adults, Adolescents
Religion and Positive Youth Development: Identity, Meaning, and Prosocial Concerns
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Furrow, James L.; King, Pamela Ebstyne; White, Krystal – Applied Developmental Science, 2004
The role of religious identity in positive youth development was examined in this study of personal meaning and prosocial concerns in adolescence. A structural equation model was tested on a sample of 801 urban public high school students. Participants responded to questionnaires assessing religious identity, personal meaning, and prosocial…
Descriptors: Personality, Religion, Structural Equation Models, Self Concept
Social Context in the Development of Adolescent Religiosity
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Regnerus, Mark D.; Smith, Christian; Smith, Brad – Applied Developmental Science, 2004
Students of religious development in youth tend to focus on characteristics of the child or adolescent and perhaps those of their parents. Although often reflecting standard disciplinary practices, this approach is also often the result of data limitations. This study used longitudinal data from adolescents, parents, friends, schools, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Social Environment, Religion, Religious Factors