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Thriving in Adolescence

The Voices of Youth-Serving Practitioners, Parents, and Early and Late Adolescents

Pamela Ebstyne King

Fuller Theological Seminary

Elizabeth M. Dowling

Imagine Nations Group

Ross A. Mueller

Krystal White

William Schultz

Fuller Theological Seminary

Peter Osborn

Everett Dickerson

Deborah L. Bobek

Richard M. Lerner

Tufts University

Peter L. Benson

Peter C. Scales

Search Institute

This study assesses if correspondence existed between concepts scholars use to discuss positive youth development (PYD) and terms used by practitioners, parents, and youth to discuss exemplary PYD, or thriving. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of 173 interviews about the meaning of thriving found no significant commonality between the terms used in the scholarly literature and the specific words or phrases used by the adult and youth participants. However, the terms generated by the adults and youthwere able to be grouped into categories that reflect the general concepts used in the PYD literature (e.g., the five Cs ofcompetence, confidence, connection, character, caring, and the sixth C, contribution). Applications to public education youth programs are discussed.

Key Words: thriving • positive youth development • youth development programs • the five Cs

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 25, No. 1, 94-112 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431604272459
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