Introduction to the Special Section: Positive Developmental Strategies for Engaging Emerging Adults and Improving Outcomes

Walker, Janet; Seibel, Celeste L.; Jackson, Sharice; Ossowski, John D.

doi:10.1007/s11414-016-9524-9

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“…Developmentally, these students are classified as emerging adults and are in the process of forming and solidifying their personal identities ( Arnett, 2015 ). Considering strength-based development clearly coincides with identity growth ( Walker et al, 2016 ; Palmer et al, 2023 ), emerging adults appear to be a well-suited group to benefit from strength assessment interventions.…”

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Increasing character strength knowledge, interest, and skill: preliminary evidence for a collaborative and multimethod assessment procedure

et al. 2023

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IntroductionThe study’s objective was to evaluate whether a qualitative, collaborative, and multimethod assessment protocol increased reports of character strength interest, knowledge, and perceived skills.MethodsThirty-two participants completed three phases of data collection. Participants were first screened for well-being, which was used as an auxiliary covariate to order participants into experimental conditions. Selected participants were randomly assigned to a control or collaborative and multimethod assessment (card sort × qualitative interview) condition. Participants completed pre- and post-measures of strength interest, knowledge, and perceived skill. In the final phase, second phase participants were invited to report on strength-related outcomes 24 h post-administration using an online survey.ResultsA series of 2 (Assessment Condition) × 3 (Time) mixed ANOVAs were analyzed. Results revealed a significant assessment condition by time interaction for strength knowledge and perceived skill. Participants in the collaborative and multimethod assessment condition reported higher strength knowledge and perceived skills compared to control participants. These effects were maintained for 24 h.ConclusionThe findings offer preliminary yet sizable support for using collaborative and multimethod assessment procedures to increase strength knowledge and perceived skill. Because of the qualitative, collaborative, and individualized nature of our assessment protocol, the findings offer a low-cost and contextually bound pathway to increase strength-based outcomes.

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“…development clearly coincides with identity growth (Walker et al, 2016;Palmer et al, 2023), emerging adults appear to be a well-suited group to benefit from strength assessment interventions.…”

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confidence: 99%