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JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 5, Pages 571-584Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2009.06.003
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Positive Youth Development; Competence; Confidence; Character; Caring; Connection
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Using data from Grades 5 to 7 of the longitudinal 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD), this research assessed the structure and development of PYD. Building on Grade 5 findings, that Five Cs (Competence, Confidence, Connection. Character, and Caring) could be empirically defined as latent constructs converging on a second-order construct, labeled PYD, we used structural models to assess the fit of this original model for Grades 5. 6, and 7. Results indicated that PYD continued to be a robust construct that can be defined comparably for Grades 6 and 7. as it was in Grade 5. We discuss implications for future research and for applications of the finding that, across the three years of early adolescence that we assessed (about ages 10 to 12), there is continuity in the structure of PYD. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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