Positive Youth Development in 2020: Theory, Research, Programs, and the Promotion of Social Justice. (24th November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lerner, Richard M.; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; Murry, Velma McBride; Smith, Emilie Phillips; Bowers, Edmond P.; Geldhof, G. John; Buckingham, Mary H.
• Is Part Of: Journal of research on adolescence. Volume 31:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 1114
• Page End: 1134
• Publication Date: 2021-11-24
• Subjects: positive youth development -- social justice -- dynamic relational developmental systems models -- diversity -- Specificity Principle -- SEL -- character virtues -- resilience; Adolescence -- Periodicals; 155.5
• DOI: 10.1111/jora.12609
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1050-8392

Abstract

Abstract: We use Hamilton's (1999) tripartite conception of the positive youth development (PYD) literature – that is, PYD as a theoretical construct, PYD as a frame for program design, and PYD as an instance of specific youth development programs – as a framework for reviewing scholarship involved in the PYD field across the second decade of the 21st century. Advances were made in all three domains and, as well, new issues emerged; chief among them was a focus on the promotion of social justice. We discuss ways in which social justice issues are being addressed within each of these domains and we present a vision for enhancing the PYD‐social justice relation in future scholarship involving theory, research, program design, and community‐based PYD programs.