A shift occurred in research about adolescents in the general population. Research is
moving away from deficits toward a resilience paradigm and understanding trajectories of …

In this article, we explore how researchers can more fully consider and conceptualize the
role of race and ethnicity in studies of youth development programs, with an emphasis on …

This chapter describes positive youth development (PYD) as an emerging arena of applied
developmental science. We show how PYD is both rooted in the theoretical traditions of …

The measure of a society's health is how well it takes care of the youngest generation. By
this standard, we fail. But All Kids Are Our Kids offers an approach to unleash the …

African American boys and young men in the United States face challenges unique to being
a male and an ethnic minority in our society. Despite the marginalization of African American …

A sample of 370 students in the 7th–9th grades in 1998 was followed for 3 years through the
10th–12th grades in order to investigate the relation of “developmental assets”—positive …

Three large and diverse data sets were used to study the relations among 6th–12th grade
students' community service and service-learning experiences, academic success, and …

Advances in our understanding of adaptation are rooted in the seminal work of Garmezy,
Rutter, Werner, and others who “discovered” a not inconsiderable proportion of children …

A focus on youth development is the strongest means of prevention of problems faced by
Latino youths. Latino youths are the fastest growing segment of the US population and have …

Emerging literature on school-family-community partnerships suggests positive educational
and social outcomes for students (Koonce & Harper, 2005; Mitchell & Bryan, 2007). This …