External Developmental Assets and Positive Identity Among Emerging Adults in Norway, Romania, Slovenia, and Turkey
The present study adopts The Developmental Assets and Positive Youth Development (PYD) perspectives which (in contrast to the deficit-based approaches which highlight risks and deficit in youth development) claim that young people have potencies to achieve optimal development if supported by their s...
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| description | The present study adopts The Developmental Assets and Positive Youth Development (PYD) perspectives which (in contrast to the deficit-based approaches which highlight risks and deficit in youth development) claim that young people have potencies to achieve optimal development if supported by their social environment. Extant research indicates that developmental assets are linked with a variety of thriving indicators. The present research aimed to contribute to the PYD research by examining the external developmental assets (support, empowerment, and boundaries and expectations) emerging adults (N = 2055; age range = 18–28) perceived in their social environment and the level of their positive identity in four countries (Norway, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey), which have different rankings in economic, human, and youth development indices. The present study also tested a path model, which examines the links between external development assets and positive identity. Findings indicated that although there are differences in the reports of external developmental assets and positive identity, external assets and positive identity are similarly and positively linked across the four countries. The findings build on the existing literature by showing that developmental assets are conducive to positive outcomes cross-nationally despite country-level differences in the experience of external assets. Policy implications of the findings were discussed from the perspective of ecological theory as well as Developmental Assets and Positive Youth Development Frameworks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9fec0c0008f49ca8ab2157cdfa51a462022-12-21T22:36:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-07-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.656972656972External Developmental Assets and Positive Identity Among Emerging Adults in Norway, Romania, Slovenia, and TurkeyAyfer Dost-Gözkan0Ana Kozina1Delia Stefenel2Nora Wiium3Department of Psychology, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, TurkeyEducational Research Institute, Ljubljana, SloveniaFaculty of Social and Human Sciences, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Sibiu, RomaniaDepartment of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayThe present study adopts The Developmental Assets and Positive Youth Development (PYD) perspectives which (in contrast to the deficit-based approaches which highlight risks and deficit in youth development) claim that young people have potencies to achieve optimal development if supported by their social environment. Extant research indicates that developmental assets are linked with a variety of thriving indicators. The present research aimed to contribute to the PYD research by examining the external developmental assets (support, empowerment, and boundaries and expectations) emerging adults (N = 2055; age range = 18–28) perceived in their social environment and the level of their positive identity in four countries (Norway, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey), which have different rankings in economic, human, and youth development indices. The present study also tested a path model, which examines the links between external development assets and positive identity. Findings indicated that although there are differences in the reports of external developmental assets and positive identity, external assets and positive identity are similarly and positively linked across the four countries. The findings build on the existing literature by showing that developmental assets are conducive to positive outcomes cross-nationally despite country-level differences in the experience of external assets. Policy implications of the findings were discussed from the perspective of ecological theory as well as Developmental Assets and Positive Youth Development Frameworks.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.656972/fulldevelopmental assetspositive youth developmentemerging adulthoodpositive identitythrivingyouth policies |
| spellingShingle | Ayfer Dost-Gözkan Ana Kozina Delia Stefenel Nora Wiium External Developmental Assets and Positive Identity Among Emerging Adults in Norway, Romania, Slovenia, and Turkey Frontiers in Psychology developmental assets positive youth development emerging adulthood positive identity thriving youth policies |
| title | External Developmental Assets and Positive Identity Among Emerging Adults in Norway, Romania, Slovenia, and Turkey |
| title_full | External Developmental Assets and Positive Identity Among Emerging Adults in Norway, Romania, Slovenia, and Turkey |
| title_fullStr | External Developmental Assets and Positive Identity Among Emerging Adults in Norway, Romania, Slovenia, and Turkey |
| title_full_unstemmed | External Developmental Assets and Positive Identity Among Emerging Adults in Norway, Romania, Slovenia, and Turkey |
| title_short | External Developmental Assets and Positive Identity Among Emerging Adults in Norway, Romania, Slovenia, and Turkey |
| title_sort | external developmental assets and positive identity among emerging adults in norway romania slovenia and turkey |
| topic | developmental assets positive youth development emerging adulthood positive identity thriving youth policies |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.656972/full |
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