Positive youth development: Current perspectives

DTL Shek, D Dou, X Zhu, W Chai - Adolescent health, medicine …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This review outlines the current perspectives on positive youth development (PYD). Besides
presenting the diverse theoretical roots contributing to PYD approaches, this review also …

A meta-analysis of the impact of social and emotional learning interventions on teachers' burnout symptoms

S Oliveira, MS Roberto, AM Veiga-Simão… - Educational Psychology …, 2021 - Springer
Over the last decades, extensive research has given considerable attention to teachers'
burnout. Owing to its negative personal, organizational, and social impacts (eg, mental ill …

Promoting positive youth development through school‐based social and emotional learning interventions: A meta‐analysis of follow‐up effects

RD Taylor, E Oberle, JA Durlak… - Child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This meta‐analysis reviewed 82 school‐based, universal social and emotional learning
(SEL) interventions involving 97,406 kindergarten to high school students (Mage= 11.09 …

Social and emotional learning in adolescence: Testing the CASEL model in a normative sample

KM Ross, P Tolan - The Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
As Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) expands to focus on adolescent populations, the
broadly accepted theoretical framework put forth by the Collaborative for Academic, Social …

Trends of positive youth development publications (1995–2020): A scientometric review

S Qi, F Hua, Z Zhou, DTL Shek - Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2020 - Springer
In recent decades, the positive youth development approach has gained momentum among
researchers and practitioners who focus on youth potential and adolescent well-being. In …

Understanding development of African American boys and young men: Moving from risks to positive youth development.

NK Gaylord-Harden, O Barbarin, PH Tolan… - American …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
African American boys and young men in the United States face challenges unique to being
a male and an ethnic minority in our society. Despite the marginalization of African American …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of a positive youth development program on junior high school students in mainland China: A pioneer study

X Zhu, DTL Shek - Children and Youth Services Review, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Using a quasi-experimental design, this pioneer study examined the impacts of a
positive youth development (PYD) program (“Tin Ka Ping PATHS Project”) implemented in a …

Impacts of social and emotional learning interventions for teachers on teachers' outcomes: A systematic review with meta-analysis

S Oliveira, MS Roberto, NS Pereira… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Teaching is among the most emotionally demanding jobs, impacting teachers' personal lives
and job performance. Since teaching-specific stressors are mainly socio-emotional related …

The importance of positive youth development attributes to life satisfaction and hopelessness in mainland Chinese adolescents

Z Zhou, DTL Shek, X Zhu - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In contrast to mainstream theories focusing on adolescent developmental deficits, the
positive youth development (PYD) approach highlights adolescent developmental plasticity …

Bullied adolescent's life satisfaction: personal competencies and school climate as protective factors

S Lázaro-Visa, R Palomera, E Briones… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Although adolescence has been defined as a stage of vulnerability, due to the
biopsychosocial changes that happen throughout this developmental stage, it is also one of …