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Jacqueline V. Lerner

Researcher at Boston College

Publications -  132
Citations -  8388

Jacqueline V. Lerner is an academic researcher from Boston College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Positive Youth Development & Thriving. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 128 publications receiving 7653 citations. Previous affiliations of Jacqueline V. Lerner include Michigan State University & Tufts University.

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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

TL;DR: The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD) as mentioned in this paper, 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.
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Positive Youth Development A View of the Issues

TL;DR: The positive youth development (PYD) perspective is a strength-based conception of adolescence as discussed by the authors, which is derived from developmental systems theory and stressed that PYD emerges when the potential plasticity of human development is aligned with developmental assets.
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Positive Youth Development

TL;DR: In this article, the development of intentional self-regulation in adolescence is described, explaining, and optimizing its link to positive youth development and the role of hope in adolescents' constructions of their futures.
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The Five Cs Model of Positive Youth Development: A Longitudinal Analysis of Confirmatory Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance

TL;DR: Evidence was found for strict measurement invariance across three measurement occasions, including equivalence of first-order and second-order factor loadings, equality of intercepts of observed variables, and equality of item uniqueness and disturbances of the first- order factors.
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Positive Youth Development and Relational-Developmental-Systems

TL;DR: The concept of positive youth development (PYD) was discussed in at least three interrelated but nevertheless different ways: as a developmental process, as a philosophy or approach to youth programming, and as instances of youth programs and organizations focused on fostering the healthy or positive development of youth as mentioned in this paper.