4-H Study of PYD articles

The July 2010 issue of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence included several studies using data from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, for which California has contributed data. These articles include:

* Overview on the measurement of thriving (Lerner, von Eye, Lerner, Lewan-Bizan, & Bowers)

* Confirmatory factor analysis of the 5 C's model (Bowers, Li, Kiely, Brittian & Lerner)

* Active and engaged citizenship (Zaff, Boyd, Li, Lerner & Lerner)

* Trajectories of positive and negative behaviors (Lewan-Bizan, Lynch, Fay, Schmid, & McPherran)

* Self regulation in middle adolescence (Gestsdottir, Bowers, von Eye, Napolitano & Lerner)

* Neighborhood assets & self regulation (Urban, Lewan-Bizan & Lerner)

* Assets and academic competence (Li, Lerner & Lerner)

* Missing data methods (Jelicic, Phelps & Lerner)

* Invited commentaries (Floyd and Porter)

* Book review of The Good Teen by Richard Lerner

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