What is positive youth development?
What is positive youth development?
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DOI：
10.1177/0002716203260092
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发表时间：
2004-01-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Damon, W
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作者：
Damon, W
这篇文章探讨了最近的青年研究和实践的方法，被称为积极的青年发展。作者认为，这种方法源于对一种主流观点的不满，这种观点认为，通过关注年轻人的缺陷而不是他们的发展潜力，低估了年轻人的真正能力。文章考察了三个研究领域，这些研究领域已经被积极的青年方法所改变：儿童的性质；儿童与社区的互动；道德成长。它的结论是，积极的青少年发展并不仅仅意味着对任何似乎对年轻人有益的事情进行检查。相反，如果我们要准确地捕捉所有年轻人在他们所生活的不同环境中学习和发展的全部潜力，那么这种方法就需要明确哪些是重要的。
This article explores the recent approach to youth research and practice that has been called positive youth development. The author makes the case that the approach grew out of dissatisfaction with a predominant view that underestimated the true capacities of young people by focusing on their deficits rather than their developmental potentials. The article examines three areas of research that have been transformed by the positive youth approach: the nature of the child; the interaction between the child and the community; and moral growth. It concludes with the point that positive youth development does not simply mean an examination of anything that appears to be beneficial for young people. Rather, it is an approach with strong defining assumptions about what is important to look at if we are to accurately capture the full potential of all young people to learn and thrive in the diverse settings where they live.