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Measuring Youth Perceptions of Being Known and Loved and Positive Youth Development: Cross-National Findings from Rwanda and El Salvador
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Tirrell, Jonathan M.; Dowling, Elizabeth M.; Kibbedi, Patience; Namurinda, Emmanuel; Iraheta, Guillermo; Dennis, Julia; Malvese, Katelyn; Abbasi-Asl, Roya; Williams, Kate; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; King, Pamela Ebstyne; Sim, Alistair T. R.; Lerner, Richard M. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: Dynamic, relational developmental systems-based models of development emphasize that developmentally-nurturant youth-adult relationships elicit in youth perceptions of being known and loved. Although such perceptions are foundations of positive youth development (PYD), such measures do not exist. Objective: We sought to create a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Interpersonal Relationship, Child Development
Exploring the Role of the "Big Three" Features of Effective Youth Development Programs in El Salvador: The Sample Case of Programs of Compassion International
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Tirrell, Jonathan M.; Hay, Samuel W.; Gansert, Patricia K.; Le, Trang U.; O'Neil, Bridget C.; Vaughn, Jennifer M.; Bishara, Leanne; Tan, Esther; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; King, Pamela Ebstyne; Dowling, Elizabeth M.; Williams, Kate; Iraheta, Guillermo; Sim, Alistair T. R.; Lerner, Richard M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
Programs effective in promoting positive youth development (PYD) involve curricular features termed the Big Three: Positive and sustained adult-youth relationships; life-skill-building activities; and youth contribution and leadership opportunities. Data from 610 adolescents (50% female; M[subscript age] = 16.39 years, SD = 1.83) enrolled in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Adults, Adolescents
Measuring Spirituality, Hope, and Thriving among Salvadoran Youth: Initial Findings from the Compassion International Study of Positive Youth Development
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Tirrell, Jonathan M.; Geldhof, G. John; King, Pamela Ebstyne; Dowling, Elizabeth M.; Sim, Alistair T. R.; Williams, Kate; Iraheta, Guillermo; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; Lerner, Richard M. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2019
Background: The more than one billion children living in poverty worldwide are often marginalized from the resources needed for health and well-being, a situation that may create feelings of hopelessness and diminish chances for thriving. Compassion International (CI), a faith-based child-sponsorship organization committed to alleviating child…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Religion, Program Effectiveness
Toward a Measure for Assessing Features of Effective Youth Development Programs: Contextual Safety and the "Big Three" Components of Positive Youth Development Programs in Rwanda
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Tirrell, Jonathan M.; Dowling, Elizabeth M.; Gansert, Patricia; Buckingham, Mary; Wong, Caitlin A.; Suzuki, Sara; Naliaka, Catherine; Kibbedi, Patience; Namurinda, Emmanuel; Williams, Kate; Geldhof, G. John; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; King, Pamela Ebstyne; Sim, Alistair T. R.; Lerner, Richard M. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2020
Background: When delivered in a safe space, programs effective in promoting positive youth development (PYD) involve key features termed the Big Three: (1) Positive and sustained adult-youth relationships; (2) Life-skill-building activities; and (3) Opportunities for youth contribution and leadership. However, no measures exist in the literature…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Programs, Skill Development, Program Evaluation
What Drives Positive Youth Development? Assessing Intentional Self-Regulation as a Central Adolescent Asset
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Gestsdottir, Steinunn; Geldhof, G. John; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; Lerner, Richard M. – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2017
The "5 Cs of PYD Model" is an influential theory involving the role of Intentional Self-Regulation (ISR) in positive youth development (PYD). The model, which was developed with U.S. populations, has recently been used in other cultural contexts and, as such, the measurement invariance of the ISR-PYD model across cultural contexts must…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Self Control, Models, Foreign Countries
Weighing in on the Issue: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Influence of Selected Individual Factors and the Sports Context on the Developmental Trajectories of Eating Pathology among Adolescents
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Fay, Kristen; Lerner, Richard M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
Eating disorders, and related issues (e.g., body dissatisfaction, weight control behaviors), represent pressing and prevalent health problems that affect American adolescents with alarming frequency and potentially chronic consequences. However, more longitudinal research is needed to elucidate the developmental processes that increase or maintain…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Eating Habits, Adolescents, Pathology