Positive youth development: thriving as the basis of personhood and civil society

Richard M Lerner; Cornelia Brentano; Elizabeth M Dowling; Pamela M Anderson

doi:10.1002/yd.14

Positive youth development: thriving as the basis of personhood and civil society

New Dir Youth Dev. 2002 Fall:(95):11-33. doi: 10.1002/yd.14.

Authors

Richard M Lerner¹, Cornelia Brentano, Elizabeth M Dowling, Pamela M Anderson

Affiliation

¹ Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, USA.

PMID: 12448284
DOI: 10.1002/yd.14

Abstract

Positive youth development is conceptualized within a developmental systems theoretical model. The role of thriving processes and civic engagement in positive youth development is discussed.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior*
Health Promotion / organization & administration*
Health Status
Healthy People Programs / organization & administration
Human Development*
Humans
Personhood
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Terminology as Topic