@article{ref1,
title="Positive youth development, participation in community youth development programs, and community contributions of fifth-grade adolescents: Findings from the first wave of the 4-H study of positive youth development",
journal="Journal of early adolescence",
year="2005",
author="Lerner, Richard M. and Lerner, Jacqueline V. and Almerigi, Jason B. and Theokas, Christina and Phelps, Erin and Gestsdottir, Steinunn and Naudeau, Sophie and Jelicic, Helena and Alberts, Amy and Ma, Lang and Smith, Lisa M. and Bobek, Deborah L. and Richman-Raphael, David and Simpson, Isla and Christiansen, Elise DiDenti and von Eye, Alexander",
volume="25",
number="1",
pages="17-71",
abstract="The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD), a longitudinal investigation of a diverse sample of 1,700 fifth graders and 1,117 of their parents, tests developmental contextual ideas linking PYD, youth contributions, and participation in community youth development (YD) programs, representing a key ecological asset. Using data from Wave 1 of the study, structural equation modeling procedures provided evidence for five firstorder latent factors representing the &quot;Five Cs&quot; of PYD (competence, confidence, connection, character, and caring) and for their convergence on a second-order PYD latent construct. A theoretical construct, youth contribution, was also created and examined. Both PYD and YD program participation independently related to contribution. The importance of longitudinal analyses for extending the present results is discussed. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Early Adolescence, 2005. Copyright © 2005 by SAGE Publications)Child DevelopmentYouth DevelopmentSocial Skills DevelopmentProsocial SkillsGrade 5Elementary School StudentLate ChildhoodLongitudinal StudiesCharacter DevelopmentPrevention ProgramProgram EffectivenessProgram Evaluation06-07<p />",
language="",
issn="0272-4316",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}