Adolescent Resilience: Promotive Factors That Inform Prevention

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• Alternative Title:
  Child Dev Perspect
• Personal Author:
  Zimmerman, Marc A. ; Stoddard, Sarah A. ; Eisman, Andria B. ; Caldwell, Cleopatra H. ; Aiyer, Sophie M. ; Miller, Alison
• Description:
  Resilience theory provides a framework for studying and understanding how some youths overcome risk exposure and guides the development of interventions for prevention using a strengths-based approach. In this article, we describe basic concepts of the theory, such as promotive factors, and distinguish assets and resources that help youths overcome the negative effects of risk exposure. We also present three models of resilience theory-compensatory, protective, and challenge-and review empirical research on three promotive factors-ethnic identity, social support, and prosocial involvement-that include individual, family, and community levels of analysis and have modifiable qualities for informing interventions. Finally, we present examples of how research findings from the three promotive factors can be translated into interventions to enhance youth development.
• Subjects:
  Article
• Source:
  Child Dev Perspect. 7(4).
• Pubmed ID:
  24288578
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3839856
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 DA007484/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; U01 CE001957/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States ; UL1 TR000433/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d83aa14be80204583871aae26f8579601972e1fb1390c4d0e048df57a856a26d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41927/cdc_41927_DS1.pdf
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