The relationship between selected developmental assets and health‐promoting behaviours of adolescents in Southern Taiwan

Abstract

Strengthening developmental assets can potentially improve the health-promoting behaviours of adolescents. Individual and sociopolitical domains should be incorporated into programmes for enhancement of developmental assets. School nurses can cooperate with family and community and provide environments improving adolescents' developmental assets. Nurses should actively engage in developmental asset programmes for adolescents. The tools for measuring developmental assets modified and developed in this study were valid and reliable. They can be used for further examination of the developmental assets for adolescents in various subset populations.

From surviving to thriving: characterizing positive youth development among youth in Ethiopia

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The association between social capital and mental health and behavioural problems in children and adolescents: an integrative systematic review

“…Thirty-one studies explored the role and impact of social capital on internalising behaviours (see Additional file 2 : Table S1). The specific outcomes in these studies include: depressive symptoms, anxiety and social anxiety, moods, emotions and composite scores on assessments that measure a range of these behaviours (referred to by some authors as ‘over-controlled behaviours’) (Abbotts et al 2004 ; Aneshensel and Sucoff 1996 ; Beiser et al 2011 ; Bosacki et al 2007 ; Caughy et al 2003 ; Caughy et al 2006 ; Caughy et al 2008 ; Ciairano et al 2007 ; Delsing et al 2005 ; Drukker et al 2003 ; Drukker et al 2006 ; DuBois et al 2002 ; El-Dardiry et al 2012 ; Fitzpatrick et al 2005 ; Fulkerson et al 2006 ; Glendinning and West 2007 ; Jager 2011 ; Kliewer et al 2004 ; Landstedt et al 2009 ; Meltzer et al 2007 ; Rasic et al 2011 ; Rotenberg et al 2004 ; Rotenberg et al 2005 ; Springer et al 2006 ; Stevenson 1998 ; Wang et al 2011 ; Windle 1994 ; Xue et al 2005 ; Ying and Han 2008 ; Young et al 2011 ). We also included studies that reported on suicide/suicidal ideation and self-harm.…”

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“…In terms of prosocial behaviors, Syvertsen et al [69] found that rates of community service for youth with college aspirations increased considerably more than the rates of community service for those with other post-high school plans. Wang et al [68] argued that adolescents who have higher levels of aspirations would be more likely to be prosocially involved in the community.…”