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

By Peter C. Scales, N. Leffert. 2004

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• An Evaluation of Personal and Contextual Factors in Competitive Youth Sport (2009, background): “…asset possession in youth found that the more developmental assets an adolescent possessed, the greater his or her likelihood of developing in a positive and healthy manner (Benson, Leffert, Scales, & Blyth, 1998; Leffert, Benson, Scales, Sharma, Drake, & Blyth, 1998; Scales & Leffert, 1999).”
• The definition and preliminary measurement of thriving in adolescence (2009, background): “…assets were identified through extensive searches of the research in risk and protective factors, resilience, and competence in adolescence (Scales & Leffert, 2004), and studied in further original research with large and diverse samples of 6th–12th grade US youth (described in the…”
• Principles for Youth Development (2004, background): “The Search Institute has produced a volume substantiating its 40 assets with research, as well (Scales & Leffert, 1999).”
• Youth sport programs: an avenue to foster positive youth development (2005, background): “Benson and colleagues (Benson, 1997; Benson, Leffert, Scales, & Blyth, 1998; Leffert et al., 1998; Scales & Leffert, 1999; Scales et al., 2000) have also developed a list of developmental outcomes based on scientific literature and practitioners’ wisdom.”
• YOUTH SENSE OF COMMUNITY: VOICE AND POWER IN COMMUNITY CONTEXTS (2007, unknown): “…involvement and community service ranging from prosocial development and self-efficacy ~Dryfoos, 1990; Scales, Blyth, Berkas, & Kielsmeier, 2000; Scales & Leffert, 1999; Yates & Youniss, 1996; Youniss, McLellan, Su, & Yates, 1999!, to moral-political awareness, civic identity, and political…”
• The student well-being model: a conceptual framework for the development of student well-being indicators (2014, unknown): “…&Huebner, 2003; Kuh, Kinzie, Buckley, Bridge, & Hayek, 2006; Land, Lamb, Meadows, & Taylor, 2007; Moore, Lippman, & Brown, 2004; Pollard & Lee, 2003; Proctor, Linley, & Maltby, 2009; Ryff & Leffert, 1999; Sirgy et al., 2006; Taillefer, Dupuis, Roberge, & Le May, 2003; Wood, Froh, & Geraghty, 2010).”
• Developmental Assets: An Overview of Theory, Research, and Practice (2007, background): “As described in a series of publications (Benson, 1997, 2002; Benson et al., 1998; Scales & Leffert, 1999, 2004) the asset framework establishes a set of developmental experiences and supports hypothesized to have import for all young people during the second decade of life.”
• Sport participation and positive development in older persons (2010, background): “Similarly, Benson and colleagues [33, 40–43] developed a list of core developmental processes, resources, and experiences for children and adolescents based on scientific literature and practitioner’s wisdom.”