Individual and ecological assets and positive developmental trajectories among gang and community-based organization youth.

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The Search Institute framework for conceptualizing developmental assets was used in a longitudinal study of African American male youth involved in gangs or in community-based organizations (CBOs) serving youth. Analyses of intraindividual change indicated that individual and ecological assets are linked to positive developmental trajectories among these youth.

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Author/s: Taylor, Carl S (CS); Lerner, Richard M (RM); von Eye, Alexander (A); Balsano, Aida Bilalbegovic (AB); Dowling, Elizabeth M (EM); Anderson, Pamela M (PM); Bobek, Deborah L (DL); Bjelobrk, Dragana (D);

Affiliation: Department of Family and Child Ecology, Michigan State University, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: New directions for youth development (New Dir Youth Dev), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-; vol (issue 95) : pp 57-72

Dates: Created 2002/11/22; Completed 2003/01/07; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12448286, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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