Promoting positive youth development - New directions in developmental theory, methods, and research

    Authors

    W. M. Kurtines; L. Ferrer-Wreder; S. L. Berman; C. C. Lorente; W. K. Silverman;M. J. Montgomery

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Adolesc. Res.

    Keywords

    positive youth development; community-supported interventions; developmental intervention science; applied developmental science; program evaluation research; CHILD; INTERVENTIONS; PERSPECTIVE; ADOLESCENTS; COMPETENCE; ISSUES; HEALTH; Psychology, Developmental

    Abstract

    The articles in this special issue report the efforts of the Miami Youth Development Project (YDP), a community-supported positive youth development program of outreach research that draws on a developmental intervention science (DIS) perspective (i.e., a fusion of the developmental and intervention science literatures). These reports illustrate how the application of DIS outreach research contributes to knowledge of human development at all levels (practical as well as methodological, theoretical, and metatheoretical). Consistent with a DIS outreach research approach, YDP is committed to the use of descriptive and explanatory knowledge about changes within human systems that occur across the life span in the development of evidence-based individual and institutional longitudinal change intervention strategies in promoting long-term developmental change. The evolution of the Miami YDP illustrates the value of DIS outreach research "in action.".

    Journal Title

    Journal of Adolescent Research

    Volume

    23

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2008

    Document Type

    Editorial Material

    Language

    English

    First Page

    233

    Last Page

    244

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000255018000001

    ISSN

    0743-5584

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