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Positive Youth Development Among Chinese Migrant Youth: The Protective Roles of Future Orientation and Social Support

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Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults across Cultures

Part of the book series: Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology ((CAPP,volume 12))

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The current chapter applies the Five Cs model of Positive Youth Development (PYD) to investigate if and how future orientation (individual strength) and social support (contextual asset) are related to PYD among migrant youth in China. Participants were 672 migrant youth who completed measures of the 5Cs of confidence, character, competence, caring, and connection, future orientation, and social support. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) showed that the Five Cs structure fit the data well. Linear regression models showed that after controlling for key demographics and characteristics of migration, (1) control over the future was positively associated with all the 5Cs; future expectation predicted confidence and character; hopefulness about future was positively associated with character; (2) social support predicted confidence, character, caring, and connection. Implications of these findings for PYD and optimal well-being and functioning among migrant youth in China are discussed.

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This study is funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China (Major projects) 15ZDB138.

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  1. Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA

    Shaobing Su

  2. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

    Haiying Guo & Danhua Lin

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Su, S., Guo, H., Lin, D. (2017). Positive Youth Development Among Chinese Migrant Youth: The Protective Roles of Future Orientation and Social Support. In: Dimitrova, R. (eds) Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults across Cultures . Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68363-8_14

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