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

This article synthesizes foundational knowledge from multiple scientific disciplines regarding
how humans develop in context. Major constructs that define human development are …

Academic Abstract This article integrates and advances the scope of research on the role of
mental time travel in bolstering the self. We propose that imagining the self in the future …

The preparation of this chapter was supported in part by grants from the John Templeton
Foundation, National 4-H Council, and the Thrive Foundation for Youth. We are also …

For over a century the focus of psychotherapy has been on what ails us, with the therapeutic
process resting upon the assumption that unearthing past traumas, correcting faulty thinking …

Concepts and Theories of Human Development is the most comprehensive and in-depth
overview of the foundational theoretical contributions to understanding human development …

As developmental scientists seek to index the strengths of adolescents and adopt the
positive youth development (PYD) perspective, psychometrically sound measurement tools …

Using the tripartite conception of positive youth development (PYD) suggested by Hamilton
(1999)—as a developmental process, a philosophy or approach to youth programming, and …

Positive youth development is critical for African American youth as they negotiate a social,
political, and historical landscape grounded in systemic inequities and racism. One possible …

Research on adolescence has previously shown that factors like depression and burnout
are influenced by friendship groups. Little research, however, has considered whether …