Positive youth development and adolescent depression: A longitudinal study based on mainland Chinese high school students

Z Zhou, DTL Shek, X Zhu, D Dou - International journal of environmental …, 2020 - mdpi.com
There are several limitations of the scientific literature on the linkage between positive youth
development (PYD) attributes and adolescent psychological morbidity. First, longitudinal …

Depressive symptoms among junior high school students in southern China: prevalence, changes, and psychosocial correlates

X Chi, X Liu, Q Huang, L Huang, P Zhang… - Journal of affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Depression is one of the most common mental health problems in adolescents.
A careful assessment of the prevalence and risk of depressive symptoms, as well as those …

The importance of positive youth development attributes to life satisfaction and hopelessness in mainland Chinese adolescents

Z Zhou, DTL Shek, X Zhu - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In contrast to mainstream theories focusing on adolescent developmental deficits, the
positive youth development (PYD) approach highlights adolescent developmental plasticity …

The Chinese positive youth development scale: A validation study

DTL Shek, AMH Siu, TY Lee - Research on social work …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This article describes the development and initial validation of the 90-item
Chinese Positive Youth Development Scale (CPYDS), which contains items related to 15 …

The impact of positive youth development attributes and life satisfaction on academic well-being: A longitudinal mediation study

DTL Shek, W Chai - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
While research studies revealed that positive youth development (PYD) attributes have
beneficial impact on adolescent developmental outcomes, whether and how PYD qualities …

Dimensionality of the Chinese positive youth development scale: confirmatory factor analyses

DTL Shek, CMS Ma - Social Indicators Research, 2010 - Springer
This paper examines the dimensionality and factorial invariance of the Chinese Positive
Youth Development Scale (CPYDS) using multigroup confirmatory factor analyses (MCFA) …

Positive youth development, life satisfaction and problem behaviour among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong: A replication

RCF Sun, DTL Shek - Social indicators research, 2012 - Springer
The purpose of this replication study was to examine the relationships among life
satisfaction, positive youth development and problem behaviour. The respondents were …

The five Cs of positive youth development in Norway: Assessment and associations with positive and negative outcomes

I Holsen, J Geldhof, T Larsen… - International Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
As the field of positive youth development (PYD) emerges internationally, models of PYD
designed for use in the US must be extended to diverse contexts. For instance, a robust …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of a positive youth development program on junior high school students in mainland China: A pioneer study

X Zhu, DTL Shek - Children and Youth Services Review, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Using a quasi-experimental design, this pioneer study examined the impacts of a
positive youth development (PYD) program (“Tin Ka Ping PATHS Project”) implemented in a …

Longitudinal influences of positive youth development and life satisfaction on problem behaviour among adolescents in Hong Kong

RCF Sun, DTL Shek - Social indicators research, 2013 - Springer
The cross-sectional and longitudinal influences of positive youth development and life
satisfaction on adolescent problem behaviour were examined in this study. The respondents …