The CI Study of PYD is a three‐nation, cohort comparative longitudinal study of the use of the R. Lerner and J. Lerner model of Positive Youth Development (PYD) for understanding the bases of PYD ...

Youth sports programmes have emerged as vital platforms for cultivating a broad spectrum of life skills that extend beyond athletic proficiency. Drawing on principles of positive youth development, ...

The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development: Reconnection and Replication, funded by National 4-H Council, was a two-part study that aimed to extend and replicate the original 4-H Study of Positive ...

In recent years, a number of social forces have changed both the landscape of family and community life and the expectations for young people. A combination of factors have weakened the informal ...

A free youth development program serving Black children and teens living in a low-income segregated community demonstrated positive long-term educational and financial outcomes in its alumni, ...

According to the most recent National Survey of Children’s Health Data, nearly 1 in 5 adolescents experienced a major depressive episode in 2024, and 40% of high schoolers report feeling persistently ...

Life is really tough. Life is particularly tough for teenagers who see no future in front of them but death or jail or an endless grind of stress and survival. It is tough for their parents and ...

Frederick Douglass said, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Alternatives, a community-based nonprofit organization in Hampton, has been building young people for 50 ...

There is an Extension office in almost every county in the United States. The Extension system is the outreach link between local communities, the educational base of the land-grant universities, and ...

Social scientists have quantitatively explored the links between psycho-social development among youth and their mental health in Ghana and found that emotional, social, and psychological well-being ...

Adolescence is the pivotal period between childhood and adulthood. It is the time when youth need to acquire the attitudes, competencies, values, and social skills that will carry them forward to ...