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01-07-2010 | Empirical Research

Trajectories of Positive and Negative Behaviors from Early- to Middle-Adolescence

Auteurs: Selva Lewin-Bizan, Alicia Doyle Lynch, Kristen Fay, Kristina Schmid, Caitlin McPherran, Jacqueline V. Lerner, Richard M. Lerner

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 7/2010

Abstract

Although the positive youth development (PYD) model initially assumed inverse links between indicators of PYD and of risk/problem behaviors, empirical work in adolescence has suggested that more complex associations exist between trajectories of the two domains of functioning. To clarify the PYD model, this study assessed intraindividual change in positive and problematic indicators across Grades 5–10, and the links between these trajectories of development, among 2,516 participants from the 4-H Study of PYD (58.1% females; 64.9% European American, 7.0% African American, 12.3% Latino/a American, 2.6% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1.8% Native American, 3.0% multiethnic-racial, and 8.4% with inconsistent race/ethnicity across waves). Results from person-centered analyses indicated that most youth clustered in the high trajectories of positive indicators and in the low trajectories of the negative ones. Consistent with past research, overlap between trajectories of positive and negative behaviors was found. These results suggest that theory and application need to accommodate to variation in the links between positive and problematic developmental trajectories.

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Titel: Trajectories of Positive and Negative Behaviors from Early- to Middle-Adolescence
Auteurs: Selva Lewin-Bizan
Alicia Doyle Lynch
Kristen Fay
Kristina Schmid
Caitlin McPherran
Jacqueline V. Lerner
Richard M. Lerner
Publicatiedatum: 01-07-2010
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 7/2010
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-010-9532-7

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