The Path to Purpose: How Young People Find Their Calling in Life

By W. Damon. 2008

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Claremont Purpose Scale: A Measure that Assesses the Three Dimensions of Purpose among Adolescents (2018, methodology): “…task of adolescence—identity formation—researchers are particularly interested in understanding how purpose contributes to healthy development during the second and third decades of life (Damon, 2008), and yet measures designed to adequately assess purpose during this stage do not exist.”
Student engagement as a function of environmental complexity in high school classrooms (2016, background): “Often this relevance is set within the context of students' life circumstances, real world issues, or service to their communities, as with experiential or problem-based learning (Damon, 2008).”
The Study of Character Development: Towards Tests of a Relational Developmental Systems Model (2015, background): “However, for about the past 20 years, there has been a renaissance of studies of specific attributes of character [e.g., Damon, 2008; McGrath, 2012; Peterson & Seligman, 2004] and of educational models designed to promote character among children and youth [e.g., Berkowitz, 2012; Lapsley & Narvaez,…”
Adolescent Purpose Development: Exploring Empathy, Discovering Roles, Shifting Priorities, and Creating Pathways (2014, background): “DEFINING YOUTH PURPOSE Purpose is a central life aim that organizes and guides planning, behaviors, and short-term goal pursuit (Damon, 2008; Emmons, 1989; Kashdan & McKnight, 2009).”
Why High School Grades Are Better Predictors of On-Time College Graduation Than Are Admissions Test Scores: The Roles of Self-Regulation and Cognitive Ability (2019, background): “…2018) and the unintended neglect of other aspects of healthy development, including civic and moral character (Berkowitz, 2012; Brooks, 2015), prosocial purpose (Damon, 2008), happiness (Harker & Keltner, 2001), and intellectual curiosity about subjects not taught in school (Ackerman, 1994).”
Civic Purpose: An Integrated Construct for Understanding Civic Development in Adolescence (2015, background): “that have the capacity to organize large sectors of a young person’s life [Damon, 2008].”
Middle School Transition from the Strengths Perspective: Young Adolescents’ Character Strengths, Subjective Well-Being, and School Adjustment (2013, background): “Purpose in life has been represented in the literature as a powerful source of long term motivation, which acts like a compass, guiding young people to find positive direction and to achieve their life goals (Damon 2008).”
Psychological Imprisonment or Intellectual Freedom? A Longitudinal Study of Contrasting School Mathematics Approaches and Their Impact on Adults' Lives (2017, background): “Marcos’s representation of significance is important because it speaks to the meaning that students may develop, or not develop, when learning school subjects (Damon, 2008).”