Promoting Positive Youth Development: Lessons from the 4-H Study

1.Applying Research about Adolescence in Real-World Settings: The Sample Case.- Part I The Strengths of Youth: Self-Regulatory Capacities.- 2.Intentional Self Regulation in Youth: Applying Research Findings to Practice and Programs.- 3.The Regulation of Emotion in Adolescence.- 4.School Engagement, Academic Achievement, and Positive Youth Development.- 5.Building Hope for Positive Youth Development: Research, Practice, and Policy.- Part II The Contexts of Youth: Developmental Assets.- 6.Youth-Adult Relationships and Positive Youth Development.- 7.Peer Relationships and Positive Youth Development.- 8.Promoting Healthy Lifestyles through Youth Activity Participation: Lessons from Research.- Part III Positive Youth Development: Indexing Adaptive Developmental Regulations.- 9.The Five Cs Model of Positive Youth Development.- 10.Identity Development in Adolescence: Implications for Youth Policy and Practice.- Part IV Outcomes of PYD: The Impact of Adaptive Developmental Regulations.- 11.Promoting Contribution among Youth: Implications from Positive Youth Development Research for Youth Development Programs.- 12.Promoting Adolescent Sexual Health in Youth Programming: Implications of a Positive Youth Development Perspective.- 13.A Positive Youth Development Approach to Bullying: Promoting Thriving and Reducing Problem Behaviors.- 14.Afterword: On the Contributions of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development.