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Commentary on Cross‐Cultural Perspectives on Positive Youth Development With Implications for Intervention Research
Author(s) -
Koller Silvia H.,
Verma Suman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12873
Subject(s) - positive youth development , intervention (counseling) , psychology , developmental science , adolescent development , developmental psychology , child development , cross cultural , political science , law , psychiatry
There is a growing focus on youth positive development issues among researchers and practitioners around the world. In this special issue of Child Development , each of the international authors provides new perspectives and understanding about youth developmental assets in different cultural settings. The present commentary (a) examines some of the cross‐cultural themes that emerge from the four articles by international authors in this issue with implications for positive youth development (PYD) and (b) how intervention science can benefit by incorporating a PYD approach. As evident, youth involved in contexts that provide positive resources from significant others not only were less likely to exhibit negative outcomes, but also were more likely to show evidence of positive development.