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Developmental Assets and Positive Youth Development: An Examination of Gender Differences in Spain
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Gomez-Baya, Diego; Santos, Teresa; Gaspar de Matos, Margarida – Applied Developmental Science, 2022
Positive Youth Development (PYD) model is a strength-based perspective of transition to adulthood derived from developmental systems theory. Developmental assets (DAs) framework describes the individual and contextual resources that may promote PYD. This work aims to analyze the associations between internal and external DAs and PYD, as well as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Adolescent Development, High School Students
Factors Predicting the Stratified Academic Achievement Trajectories of Foreign-Born Canadian Adolescents: A Population-Based Study
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Gagné, Monique H.; Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly; Costigan, Catherine; Guhn, Martin; Shapka, Jennifer D. – Applied Developmental Science, 2019
The study looked at the stratified math and language arts trajectories of foreign-born adolescents (aged 14-19) in British Columbia (BC), Canada, and identified social position factors that predicted this variation. Leveraging data from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the study looked…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Adolescents, Academic Achievement
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
Trajectories of Participation in Athletics and Positive Youth Development: The Influence of Sport Type
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Agans, Jennifer P.; Geldhof, G. John – Applied Developmental Science, 2012
In order to examine youth experiences in athletic activities with different characteristics, the present study explored the developmental outcomes associated with participation in three different types of sport (individual sports, team sports, and dance-type sports) as well as across six identified patterns of participation (no participation,…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Grade 10, Athletes, Youth Programs
Self-Defining Activities, Expressive Identity, and Adolescent Wellness
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Coatsworth, J. Douglas; Palen, Lori-Ann; Sharp, Erin Hiley; Ferrer-Wreder, Laura – Applied Developmental Science, 2006
This study examined the relations among activity participation, expressive identity, and wellness in a sample of 115 high school students. Results indicated that most adolescents identify several activities as self-defining. Within-person variation in identity scores across self-selected activities was substantially greater than between-person…
Descriptors: Wellness, High School Students, Adolescents, Self Concept
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
Components of School Engagement among African American Adolescents
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Sirin, Selcuk R.; Rogers-Sirin, Lauren – Applied Developmental Science, 2005
This study examined how various components of school engagement contribute to the academic performance of African American adolescents. The sample consisted of 499 African American adolescents in Grades 9 to 11. We investigated how adolescents' gender, grade, cognitive functioning, and parental education affect their school engagement and whether…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Identification, Adolescents, Factor Analysis