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Scales, Peter C. – Journal of School Health, 1999
Discusses research which suggested that building specific developmental assets among adolescents related to lowered risk-behavior patterns and increased patterns of thriving behavior among an aggregate sample of nearly 100,000 secondary school students in 213 U.S. communities. The paper discusses issues related to the scientific foundations,…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Health Promotion, Individual Development, Secondary Education
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Fredkove, Windy M.; Gower, Amy L.; Sieving, Renee E. – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: Adolescents are in a unique developmental stage, ideal for initiating healthy behaviors and benefiting from health promotion interventions. In this study, we used positive youth development and resilience frameworks, to investigate the role of internal assets as a protective factor for bullying and emotional distress among early…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Youth Programs