Positive Youth Development A View of the Issues

By R. Lerner, Jason B. Almerigi, Christina Theokas, J. Lerner. 2005

907 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education, Safety Research

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In Clinical Psychology

1. D. Lavallee
2. E. Aardal
3. J. Geldhof
4. Jenn M. Jacobs
5. T. Larsen
6. Martin Camiré
7. L. Oades
8. P. Tolan

In Education

1. K. Moore
2. Hugh McIntosh
3. E. Aardal
4. J. Geldhof
5. Jenn M. Jacobs
6. T. Larsen
7. Martin Camiré
8. L. Oades

In Safety Research

1. Martin Camiré
2. C. Bean
3. T. Forneris
4. Jenn M. Jacobs
5. Paul M. Wright
6. S. Vella
7. P. Trudel
8. L. Oades

Citations in the corpus

• Personal and social development in physical education and sports: A review study (2019, background): “reducing antisocial behaviour such as bullying) (Benson et al., 2006; Holt, 2016; Lerner et al., 2005).”
• Positive Indicators of Child Well-Being: A Conceptual Framework, Measures, and Methodological Issues (2011, background): “Prosocial values Caring, empathy for others (B. Barber, 2005; Lerner et al., 2005; Lerner et al., 2008; Matthews et al., 2006)”
• Exploring the life skills needs of British adolescent athletes (2009, background): “The results from the current sample provide a unique contribution to the literature because existing lists of positive youth development outcomes (e.g., Benson, 1997; Lerner et al., 2005) have not been developed for adolescents who participate in sporting activities.”
• The five Cs of positive youth development in Norway (2017, methodology): “Although we present a brief description of our measures below, a more complete discussion of the present measure is presented by Geldhof and colleagues (2013; see also Bowers et al., 2010; Lerner et al., 2005).”
• Reimagining positive youth development and life skills in sport through a social justice lens (2021, background): “Historically, youth were viewed as social ills to be managed through a problem-focused approach, but the PYD framework brought forth a strengths-based conception of development, holding that youth have the potential for successful, healthy development (Lerner et al., 2005).”
• Examining how model youth sport coaches learn to facilitate positive youth development (2014, background): “Research in a variety of fields (e.g. comparative psychology, evolutionary biology) has demonstrated the possibility of optimising the relationship between individuals and their ecologies by focusing on developing strengths and building competencies (Lerner et al. 2005).”
• The relationship between coach leadership, the coach–athlete relationship, team success, and the positive developmental experiences of adolescent soccer players (2013, positive): “It is argued that the plasticity of adolescent development combined with a strengths-based approach to development leads to key developmental gains (Lerner et al. 2005).”
• ‘More than a game’: impact of The First Tee life skills programme on positive youth development: project introduction and Year 1 findings (2013, background): “A positive youth development theoretical framework has increased in popularity because of its focus on promoting competencies in youth that are transferable to multiple domains (e.g. Larson 2000, Damon 2004, Lerner et al. 2005, Benson 2006).”
• Transfer of Life Skills in Sport-Based Youth Development Programs: A Conceptual Framework Bridging Learning to Application (2018, methodology): “The SBYD field draws from several frameworks, including positive youth development (Larson, 2006), social and emotional learning (Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor, & Schellinger, 2011), and the 5 C’s model (i.e., competence, confidence, connection, character, and caring; Lerner et al., 2005).”
• Summer Camp Experiences (2007, background): “Roth and Brooks-Gunn (2003) and Lerner et al. (2005) discussed the “Five Cs” of positive youth development that seemed to emerge in studies about youth: competence, confidence, character, connection, and caring.”