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Promoting Positive Youth Development: Relational Data Analysis (RDA)
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Kurtines, William M.; Montgomery, Marilyn J.; Arango, Lisa Lewis; Kortsch, Gabrielle; Albrecht, Richard; Garcia, Arlene; Ritchie, Rachel; Eichas, Kyle – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
This article provides an overview of the origins and use of relational data analysis (RDA). RDA is a multidimensional, multiphasic framework for unifying data analytic strategies across dimensions (quantitative/qualitative, causal/structural, observation/interpretation, etc.) and phases of analyses (conceptual, theoretical, and research analyses).…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Data Analysis, Youth Programs, Individual Development
Promoting Positive Youth Development: The Miami Youth Development Project (YDP)
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Kurtines, William M.; Ferrer-Wreder, Laura; Berman, Steven L.; Lorente, Carolyn Cass; Briones, Ervin; Montgomery, Marilyn J.; Albrecht, Richard; Garcia, Arlen J.; Arrufat, Ondina – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
The Miami Youth Development Project (YDP) had its beginnings in the early 1990s as a grassroots response to the needs of troubled (multiproblem) young people in the community (Arnett, Kurtines, & Montgomery, 2008, this issue). YDP is an important outcome of efforts to create positive youth development interventions that draw on the strengths of…
Descriptors: Youth Problems, Community Needs, Intervention, Young Adults
A Multistage Longitudinal Comparative (MLC) Design Stage II: Evaluation of the Changing Lives Program (CLP)--The Possible Selves Questionnaire-Qualitative Extensions (PSQ-QE)
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Kortsch, Gabrielle; Kurtines, William M.; Montgomery, Marilyn J. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
The study reported in this paper, a Multistage Longitudinal Comparative (MLC) Design Stage II evaluation conducted as a planned preliminary efficacy evaluation (psychometric evaluation of measures, short-term controlled outcome studies, etc.) of the Changing Lives Program (CLP), provided evidence for the reliability and validity of qualitative…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Research Methodology, Validity
Promoting Positive Youth Development: Implications for Future Directions in Developmental Theory, Methods, and Research
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Kurtines, William M.; Montgomery, Marilyn J.; Ferrer-Wreder, Laura; Berman, Steven L.; Lorente, Carolyn Cass; Silverman, Wendy K. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
The efforts of the Miami Youth Development Project reported in this special issue illustrate how Developmental Intervention Science (DIS; a fusion of the developmental and intervention science) extended to include outreach research contributes to the development of community-supported positive youth development programs. In the process, the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Intervention, Youth Programs, Program Descriptions
A Multi-Stage Longitudinal Comparative Design Stage II Evaluation of the Changing Lives Program: The Life Course Interview (RDA-LCI)
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Arango, Lisa Lewis; Kurtines, William M.; Montgomery, Marilyn J.; Ritchie, Rachel – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
The study reported in this article, a Multi-Stage Longitudinal Comparative Design Stage II evaluation conducted as a planned preliminary efficacy evaluation (psychometric evaluation of measures, short-term controlled outcome studies, etc.) of the Changing Lives Program (CLP), provided evidence for the reliability and validity of the qualitative…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Research Methodology, Validity
A Developmental Intervention Science (DIS) Outreach Research Approach to Promoting Youth Development: Theoretical, Methodological, and Meta-Theoretical Challenges
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Montgomery, Marilyn J.; Kurtines, William M.; Ferrer-Wreder, Laura; Berman, Steven L.; Lorente, Carolyn Cass; Briones, Ervin; Silverman, Wendy; Ritchie, Rachel; Eichas, Kyle – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
This paper describes work directed toward creating community-supported positive youth development interventions that draw on a developmental intervention science outreach research approach. With respect to developmental interventions, this approach focuses on creating evidence-based longitudinal change intervention strategies for promoting…
Descriptors: Youth Problems, Intervention, Outreach Programs, Youth Programs
A Comparison of Two Approaches for Facilitating Identity Exploration Processes in Emerging Adults: An Exploratory Study
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Schwartz, Seth J.; Kurtines, William M.; Montgomery, Marilyn J. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2005
This article, using a controlled design, reports the results of an exploratory study to investigate the impact of two types of intervention strategies (cognitively vs. emotionally focused) on two types of identity processes (self-construction and self-discovery) in a culturally diverse sample of 90 emerging adult university students. A…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Young Adults, Self Concept, Ethnicity