TY - JOUR
T1 - Positive youth development, participation in community youth development programs, and community contributions of fifth-grade adolescents
T2 - Findings from the first wave of the 4-H study of positive youth development
AU - Lerner, Richard M.
AU - Lerner, Jacqueline V.
AU - Almerigi, Jason B.
AU - Theokas, Christina
AU - Phelps, Erin
AU - Gestsdottir, Steinunn
AU - Naudeau, Sophie
AU - Jelicic, Helena
AU - Alberts, Amy
AU - Ma, Lang
AU - Smith, Lisa M.
AU - Bobek, Deborah L.
AU - Richman-Raphael, David
AU - Simpson, Isla
AU - Christiansen, Elise Di Denti
AU - Von Eye, Alexander
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD), a longitudinal investigation of a diverse sample of 1,700 fifth graders and 1,117 of their parents, tests developmental contextual ideas linking PYD, youth contributions, and participation in community youth development ( YD) programs, representing a key ecological asset. Using data from Wave of the study, structural equation modeling procedures provided evidence for five firstorder latent factors representing the "Five Cs" of PYD (competence, confidence, connection, character, and caring) and for their convergence on a second-order PYD latent construct. A theoretical construct, youth contribution, was also created and examined. Both PYD and YD program participation independently related to contribution. The importance of longitudinal analyses for extending the present results is discussed.
AB - The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD), a longitudinal investigation of a diverse sample of 1,700 fifth graders and 1,117 of their parents, tests developmental contextual ideas linking PYD, youth contributions, and participation in community youth development ( YD) programs, representing a key ecological asset. Using data from Wave of the study, structural equation modeling procedures provided evidence for five firstorder latent factors representing the "Five Cs" of PYD (competence, confidence, connection, character, and caring) and for their convergence on a second-order PYD latent construct. A theoretical construct, youth contribution, was also created and examined. Both PYD and YD program participation independently related to contribution. The importance of longitudinal analyses for extending the present results is discussed.
KW - Developmental assets
KW - Plasticity
KW - Positive youth development
KW - Thriving
KW - Youth development programs
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/12944263586
U2 - 10.1177/0272431604272461
DO - 10.1177/0272431604272461
M3 - Review article
SN - 0272-4316
VL - 25
SP - 17
EP - 71
JO - Journal of Early Adolescence
JF - Journal of Early Adolescence
IS - 1
ER -