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Building Developmental Assets to Empower Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh: Evaluation of Project Kishoree Kontha
Author(s) -
Scales Peter C.,
Benson Peter L.,
Dershem Larry,
Fraher Kathleen,
Makonnen Raphael,
Nazneen Shahana,
Syvertsen Amy K.,
Titus Sarah
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00805.x
Subject(s) - psychology , intervention (counseling) , social capital , literacy , developmental psychology , human capital , economic growth , pedagogy , sociology , social science , psychiatry , economics
Kishoree Kontha (“Adolescent Girls' Voices”) was implemented in Bangladeshi villages to build the developmental assets (e.g., support from others, social competencies) of rural girls through peer education in social skills, literacy, and school learning. The Developmental Assets Profile ( DAP ) measured the project's impact on ecological and individual assets. Analysis of two cohorts involving more than 600 intervention and 400 control adolescents ( M age = 13.5) showed a significant increase in project girls' developmental assets, with an average effect size, net of contamination and control group scores, of .80. The results suggest the Project's effectiveness in improving human and social capital for vulnerable adolescent girls living in rural Bangladesh villages, and the utility of the DAP as a cross‐culturally relevant measurement tool.