Multidisciplinary research has supported a relationship between adolescent future
orientation (the ability to set future goals and plans) and positive adolescent health and …

Resilience and positive youth development have substantial overlap and offer
complementary perspectives on fostering healthy youth development. However, these two …

Drawing on the best scholarship and their own years of professional experience, Stephen F.
Duncan and H. Wallace Goddard provide a practical, how-to guide to developing …

Background While many Ghanaian adolescents encounter sexual and reproductive health
problems, their usage of services remains low. A social learning intervention, incorporating …

The present study was designed to examine the association of positive youth development
with the likelihood of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, hard drug, and sex initiation between 5th …

Research clearly documents the serious challenges and poor outcomes experienced by
many young people exiting foster care, as well as compounded disparities for the high …

Purpose This paper describes the origins and application of a theory, the social
development model (SDM), that seeks to explain causal processes that lead to the …

Abstract Although Hong Kong is considered to be a relatively westernized Chinese society,
sex remains to be a subject that is rarely discussed openly. This article provided a brief …

PURPOSE:: To examine the associations between three key developmental assets and an
aspect of sexual health, sexual enjoyment, which has rarely been studied in young adults …

Objective: Broadening the concept of stress generation beyond acute life events, the current
study explores predictors of the creation of stressful environments—specifically, selection …