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Promoting positive development among rural, left-behind youth in china: a mixed-methods approach.

Yaqiong Wang , Claremont Graduate University Follow

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assets, Chinese youth, left-behind youth, mixed methods, positive youth development, survey development

The positive youth development (PYD) framework has shifted our attention from a deficit-based approach to a strength-based perspective to studying adolescent development (Lerner, 2005; Lerner & Steinberg, 2009). Integrating both the PYD and resilience science frameworks, this study developed and validated an instrument for assessing the individual strengths and environmental supports that enable a positive developmental trajectory for rural, left-behind youth (LBY) in China, a vulnerable group of youth who are endangered by prolonged parent-child separation. This newly developed instrument contains two scales: the Individual Strengths (IS) Scale and the Environmental Supports (ES) Scale. Utilizing an exploratory sequential design, this study was conducted in three steps: (1) conducting qualitative interviews to inform the creation of survey items, (2) developing an instrument based on qualitative findings and existing literature, and (3) conducting quantitative analyses to validate and revise the survey instrument. During the qualitative investigation, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 teachers and LBY. Thematic analysis revealed five individual strengths (i.e., achievement motivation, self-control, positive coping, academic engagement, and prosocial orientation ) and four categories of environmental support (i.e., social support, caring & belongingness, rules & high expectations, and extracurricular activity participation ) that were critical for the positive development among Chinese LBY. An original item pool was created based on qualitative findings and existing literature, and an iterative process of reviewing and revising items through expert reviews and field tests followed to refine the factor structure and individual items in both the IS and the ES scales. The finalized IS Scale contained 75 items that assessed eight individual strengths: achievement pursuit, self-control, positive coping, internal locus of control, hopeful future expectation, intention to contribute, social competencies, and obedience . The finalized ES Scale contained 91 items that assessed five categories of environmental support: social support, trust & acknowledgement, rules & role models, positive climates, and extracurricular support . Both scales were validated through quantitative analyses. During the quantitative investigation, a series of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were conducted to reduce the number of items used to capture the constructs of individual strengths and environmental supports emerged from the qualitative study. The EFA process resulted in a 65-item scale for individual strengths with seven subscales: goals and future expectation, academic engagement, intention to contribute, prosociality, positive coping toward parental migration, positive coping, and academic motivation . Overall, the scale accounted for 74% of the total variance. The analyses resulted in a 68-item scale for environmental supports with eight subscales: school support, support of migrating parent(s), positive community and societal environment, support of caregiver(s), extracurricular support, family support, peer support, and support of peer relatives . The scale accounted for 70% of the total variance. An independent sample was recruited to validate the factor structures emerged from EFAs through confirmatory factor analysis. The 68-item measure of environmental supports was supported, while the 65-item measure of individual strengths was slightly adjusted to a 63-item scale. The Cronbach’s α of each scale and subscale ranged from 0.88 to 0.98, indicating strong internal consistency reliability. Both individual strengths and environmental supports were positively correlated with the PYD total score, PYD subscale scores, academic achievement, and subjective wellbeing, and were negatively correlated with externalizing problem behaviors. The findings were discussed and the implications of these findings for future PYD research among Chinese LBY were addressed. This research effort has the potential to expand our understanding of PYD as it applies to a new group of young people as well as to yield an important research tool for policy makers, educational practitioners, and youth workers who want to implement practices and policies that promote PYD among rural LBY in China.

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Handbook of Positive Youth Development

Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice in Global Contexts

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• Winner of the 2022 Social Policy Book Publication Award, the Society for Research on Adolescence, SRA
• Explores ways in which assets, when effectively harnessed, empower youth to transition into a productive and resourceful adulthood

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This handbook examines positive youth development (PYD) in youth and emerging adults from an international perspective. It focuses on large and underrepresented cultural groups across six continents within a strengths-based conception of adolescence that considers all youth as having assets. The volume explores the ways in which developmental assets, when effectively harnessed, empower youth to transition into a productive and resourceful adulthood. The book focuses on PYD across vast geographical regions, including Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, North America, and Latin America as well as on strengths and resources for optimal well-being. The handbook addresses the positive development of young people across various cultural contexts to advance research, policy, and practice and inform interventions that foster continued thriving and reduce the chances of compromised youth development. It presents theoretical perspectives and supporting empirical findings to promote a more comprehensive understanding of PYD from an integrated, multidisciplinary, and multinational perspective.

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• Academic achievement, student motivation and PYD
• Adolescent self-regulation and psychosocial capacities
• Adolescent well-being and PYD
• Competence, confidence, character, connection, and caring
• Cultural factors and positive youth development
• Developmental assets and PYD
• Emerging adulthood, family relationships, and PYD
• Emotional regulation and positive youth development
• FRIENDS program and PYD
• Gender equity and PYD
• Gratitude, optimism, happiness and PYD
• Identity and positive youth development
• PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) program
• Positive psychology and PYD
• Positive youth development (PYD) across the globe
• Prosocial values and peer influence
• School and work engagement and well-being
• Socioeconomic factors and PYD
• The Five Cs of positive youth development

Table of contents (37 chapters)

Front matter, positive youth development in global contexts, handbook of positive youth development : advancing the next generation of research, policy and practice in global contexts.

• Radosveta Dimitrova, Nora Wiium

The 7Cs and Developmental Assets Models of Positive Youth Development in India , Indonesia and Pakistan

• Radosveta Dimitrova, Danielle Fernandes, Sadia Malik, Angela Suryani, Pasquale Musso, Nora Wiium

The 7Cs of Positive Youth Development in Colombia and Peru : A Promising Model for Reduction of Risky Behaviors Among Youth and Emerging Adults

• Denisse Lisette Manrique-Millones, Claudia Patricia Pineda-Marin, Rosa Bertha Millones-Rivalles, Radosveta Dimitrova

Promoting Mindfulness Through the 7Cs of Positive Youth Development in Malaysia

• Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir, Rusyda Helma Mohd, Radosveta Dimitrova

The Five Cs Model of Positive Youth Development and the PATHS Project in Mainland China

• Xixi Li, Shasha He, Bin-Bin Chen

Positive Youth Development and Environmental Concerns Among Youth and Emerging Adults in Ghana

• Russell Sarwar Kabir, Nora Wiium

Positive Youth Development and the Big Five Personality Traits in Youth from Belize

• Marcus A. Fagan, Darrell M. Hull, Emma I. Näslund-Hadley, Emily A. Brown, Brett G. Kellerstedt, Ana Isabel Perret-Gentil

Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and the 5Cs of Positive Youth Development in Mexico

• Alejandra del Carmen Domínguez Espinosa, Nora Wiium, Danielle Jackman, Laura Ferrer-Wreder

The Relationship Between Emerging Adults and their Parents as PYD Promotive Factor in Brazil

• Luciana Dutra-Thomé, Edna Lúcia Tinoco Ponciano

Developmental Assets , Academic Achievement and Risky Behaviors Among Albanians in Albania , Kosovo , Macedonia and Serbia

• Fitim Uka, Dashamir Bërxulli, Anisa Hasani, Besnik Peci, Genc Taravari, Nora Wiium

Developmental Assets and Identity Among Emerging Adults in Turkey

• Ayfer Dost-Gözkan, Nora Wiium

Social Support Among Slovene Minority and Italian Majority Youth in Italy : Links with Positive Identity , Social Competence and Academic Achievement

• Marianna Kosic, Nora Wiium, Radosveta Dimitrova

Positive Youth Development and Subjective Happiness : Examining the Mediating Role of Gratitude and Optimism in Spanish Emerging Adults

• Diego Gomez-Baya, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Nora Wiium

Positive Youth Development and Resilience Among Youth in Iceland : The Importance of Social Context and Self-Esteem for Life Satisfaction

• Bryndis Bjork Asgeirsdottir, Inga Dora Sigfusdottir

Parental Support , Peer Support and School Connectedness as Foundations for Student Engagement and Academic Achievement in Australian Youth

• Graham L. Bradley, Samantha Ferguson, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

The 5Cs of Positive Youth Development in New Zealand : Relations with Hopeful Expectations for the Future and Life Satisfaction Among Emerging Adults

• Danielle Fernandes, Velichko Fetvadjev, Nora Wiium, Radosveta Dimitrova

Country and Gender Differences in Developmental Assets Among Youth and Emerging Adults in Ghana and Norway

• Nora Wiium, Ana Kozina

Positive Youth Development in Bulgaria, Italy, Norway and Romania: Testing the Factorial Structure and Measurement Invariance of the 5Cs Model

• Radosveta Dimitrova, Carmen Buzea, Nora Wiium, Marianna Kosic, Delia Stefenel, Bin-Bin Chen

“At the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), we have been monitoring prevention for over 25 years and are promoting evidence-based prevention interventions in Europe and its neighborhood countries. I very much welcome this Handbook as an important step towards a further approximation and field integration between health promotion and prevention. Here, on the one hand, we need a more positive framing for prevention: the classical association of “prevent something bad from happening” is difficult to communicate to the public as a motivational message. On the other hand, we need a more concrete, measurable and operational concept than “health promotion”. Positive Youth Development is a promising term and approach for these conceptual challenges and it is good to see in this handbook that it is applicable across all cultures and contexts.” (Gregor Burkhart, MD, MPH, Principal Scientific Analyst European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Portugal)             

“This is an exciting collection of studies that make a great contribution to the field of child and adolescent development. It surmounts one of the main criticisms of our science: the preponderance of studies conducted with WEIRD populations. It is not only important in increasing our understanding of how to promote positive developmental outcomes in very diverse populations, but it documents the mechanisms in many understudied populations.  I congratulate the editors and contributors on opening our eyes on how developmental science should operate!” (Cynthia García Coll, PhD, Adjunct Professor University of Puerto Rico Medical Science Campus, Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor Emerita, Brown University, USA) 

“The Handbook of Positive Youth Development explores psychosocial, individual and contextual factors associated with Positive Youth Development (PYD) using a broad, global, cultural lens. The contributions are based on diverse samples and are innovative in regard to theory and methodology. The comprehensive Handbook of PYD provides a solid foundation for future research, and has implications for prevention and intervention programs, policy, and clinical practice. It is an essential resource for scholars, educators, health professionals, policy makers, and clinicians devoted to improving the health of youth worldwide!” (Christine McCauley Ohannessian, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, USA) 

“This groundbreaking volume, with 37 chapters including data from 38 countries globally, presents an expanded conceptual model for positive youth development, 7Cs that captures strengths of young people in many different geographic contexts globally, with an emphasis on low and middle income countries. Radosveta Dimitrova, editor of the volume with Nora Wiium, has developed research collaborations with most of the authors presenting data and other authors working in this field with similar concepts. This outstanding volume, with authors and data as well as deep cultural knowledge from all six populated continents, provides an outstanding platform for subsequent research globally.” (Anne C. Petersen, PhD Research Professor (Adjunct) University of Michigan, USA)

“In several respects this Handbook sets a standard for research in an exciting phase of life, young adulthood. Most striking is that the reported research is inclusive, not being limited to affluent countries and groups. Other commendable features include emphasis on positive developmental assets; empirical studies organized around a common framework with attention to methodological and psychometric issues of cross-cultural comparison; and the simultaneous probing of a set of dimensions important for psychosocial functioning everywhere.” (Ype H. Poortinga, Emeritus Professor of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Tilburg University, Netherlands, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) 

“This Handbook focuses upon a critical and timely issue: positive youth development in international context. The editors have carefully crafted a well-written and informative selection of chapters on this theme, sensibly organizing and integrating quality research from diverse perspectives, with representation from many less examined nations in psychology, from Belize and Jamaica, to Albania, Peru and South Africa. In sum, the 37 chapters impressively represent responses from over 22,000 youth and adolescents around the globe, making a significant contribution to psychological knowledge relevant for researchers, educators, policy makers and all interested in the well-being of young people.” (Grant J. Rich, PhD, Senior Contributing Faculty, Walden University, USA) 

 “This volume brings together international scholarship on positive youth development across a variety of disciplines. Chapters explore the structure of positive youth development; its embeddedness within family, peer, and community contexts; and interventions to promote positive youth development within a variety of national and regional contexts. The volume is indispensable for anyone seeking to understand and utilize positive youth development from a global perspective.” (Seth J. Schwartz, PhD, Professor of Public Health Sciences, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, USA) 

“By and large, research on positive youth development has focused on young people from Western, developed nations and, especially from the United States, England, and Australia. This handbook , which gathers research from leading scientists around the world, including those from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America, is a much needed corrective. The volume is an invaluable resource for scholars interested in how to facilitate positive development during this critical developmental period.” (Laurence Steinberg, PhD, Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Temple University, USA) 

“The Handbook of Positive Youth Development not only provides the most comprehensive knowledge of innovative research and practice on optimal youth development across the globe, but it also stimulates us—researchers, practitioners, and policymakers—to further make commitments to young people in respective cultures and societies. This handbook is full of resources for making youth thrive in their social world, and many of these resources developed by scholars in one country can be applicable for scholars in other countries—regardless Western and non-Western cultures.” (Kazumi Sugimura, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Hiroshima University, Japan) 

“This unique volume will substantially advance our understanding of development in a multicultural world. It is the first handbook that presents a truly global perspective on Positive Youth Development with scientific views from all continents. As development always takes place in continuous exchange between the developing individual and the surrounding cultural context, scientists and practitioners have to take these views into consideration when conducting research or planning interventions – for country comparisons, but also within increasinglymulticultural societies.” (Peter F. Titzmann, Professor for Developmental Psychology, Leibniz University Hanover, Germany) 

“This handbook includes multi-disciplinary contributions of Positive Youth Development (PYD) research and practice across the globe. The wide range of international contributors enables constructs and applications to be assessed across diverse cultural contexts. The handbook will provide a firm basis to encourage PYD in the aftermath of the global Covid-19 pandemic.”  (John Toumbourou, PhD, Professor and Chair in Health Psychology, Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Deakin University, Australia) 

“This landmark handbook shatters prevailing assumptions that youth development research is based in risk, pathology, and Western values. By presenting rich data and implications for practice and policy from 38 countries around the world, this volume forms a collective blueprint for how the positive development of youth, grounded in culture and local contexts, can form the foundation of sustainable societies.” (Hirokazu Yoshikawa, PhD, Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education, Co-Director, Global TIES for Children (Transforming Intervention Effectiveness and Scale) Center, New York University, USA)

“The Handbook of Positive Youth Development marks a transformative moment in burgeoning field of positive youth development. Contributions from almost 40 countries around the world, bring a rich and diverse tapestry of theoretical, empirical, policy, and practice insight that both reflect and reinforce the core, guiding principles of PYD while also dramatically expanding and deepening our understanding of youth development and thriving. What started as a small group of practitioner-scholars challenging deficit-focused interventions has grown—as this volume documents—into an international movement that is now foundational to how we understandadolescence in the 21st century. So the deep commitment of the scholars behind this handbook is a tremendous contribution that fills critical gaps, and I certainly hope that this volume unleashes another generation of significant and groundbreaking scholarship and practice that enhances PYD work around the world.” (Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, PhD, Senior Scholar, Search Institute Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)

Editors and Affiliations

Radosveta Dimitrova

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Radosveta Dimitrova holds a PhD in Developmental Psychology (University of Trieste, Italy received the best dissertation award of the Italian Association of Psychology) and a PhD in Cross-Cultural Psychology (Tilburg University, the Netherlands received the best dissertation award of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). She is the recipient of the 2016 Scientist Award of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD) for distinguished theoretical contribution and programmatic research to the study of behavioral development and dissemination of developmental science. Her main research interests regard positive development, acculturation, migration, identity, indigenous and vulnerable ethnic minority communities, and adaptation of measures for use in different cultures. She has research and teaching experience in leading universities in the United States, the Netherlands, Japan, New Zealand, Italy, Norway, Sweden and international collaborations and projects in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, North and South America. She has widely published in developmental science, cross-cultural and international psychology, human development, emerging adulthood, child and family studies and assessment fields by also serving governing councils of major organizations and editorial boards of leading journals in these fields. 

Nora Wiium is an Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway where she obtained her PhD in Health Promotion. Her teaching and research activities regard developmental psychology, health behaviors and youth development. Since 2014 she leads an international project on Positive Youth Development (PYD) representing collaborations from over 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North and South America and expertise from diverse scientific fields including health psychology, developmental psychology, human development, intervention and implementation science. She has co-edited a special issue on PYD across cultures in Child & Youth Care Forum and has served as a reviewer or guest editor for several journals, including Frontiers in Psychology and International Journal of Public Health .

Bibliographic Information

Book Title : Handbook of Positive Youth Development

Book Subtitle : Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice in Global Contexts

Editors : Radosveta Dimitrova, Nora Wiium

Series Title : Springer Series on Child and Family Studies

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70262-5

Publisher : Springer Cham

eBook Packages : Behavioral Science and Psychology , Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

Copyright Information : Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

Hardcover ISBN : 978-3-030-70261-8 Published: 23 October 2021

Softcover ISBN : 978-3-030-70264-9 Published: 24 October 2022

eBook ISBN : 978-3-030-70262-5 Published: 22 October 2021

Series ISSN : 2570-0421

Series E-ISSN : 2570-043X

Edition Number : 1

Number of Pages : XLIV, 659

Number of Illustrations : 33 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

Topics : Developmental Psychology , Child Well-being , Public Health

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