TitleSpecial Section Introduction: Thriving in Context: Findings from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsGeldhof, GJ, Bowers, EP, Lerner, RM
JournalJournal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume42
Issue1
Pagination1 - 5
Date Published11/2012
Abstract

The positive youth development perspective, a strength-based relational developmental systems model that focuses on mutually influential relationships between individuals and contexts, has been used to study thriving across the second decade of life. However, more attention has been paid empirically to identifying the features of the individual (e.g., intentional self regulation, hope, or purpose) or to enumerating the role of context-general ecological assets than to the nature of individual-context relationships linked to thriving within specific contexts. The goal of this special section is to provide initial research reports about context-specific instances of the thriving process. The research focuses on two contexts where many youth spend a considerable amount, and often the majority, of their time—school and out-of-school time sports activities.

DOI10.1007/s10964-012-9855-7