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The Chinese Positive Youth Development Scale is an indigenously developed scale which attempts to assess different dimensions of positive youth development in Chinese adolescents.
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Positive Youth Development
One unique feature of adolescent psychology in the past few decades has been its focus on adolescent problems. As such, there are criticisms that this “pathological” approach has limited our understanding of the potentials of adolescents (Benson, 1997). Alternatively, under the positive youth development approach, there is an emphasis on the importance of strengths, competencies, and thriving of young people which can be strengthened by developmental nutrients, assets or support, and opportunities. Given the positive youth development perspective and asset promotion paradigm, the scope of adolescent development is viewed from a broader perspective and in a more holistic manner than the traditional approach (Benson, Mannes, Pittman, & Ferber, 2004; Damon, 2004;...
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Shek, D.T.L., Sun, R.C.F. (2014). Chinese Positive Youth Development Scale. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3557
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