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Publications Program:
Current Projects of the Institute
Below are descriptions of the current journals and books being produced
in the publications office.
Journals
- Applied Developmental Science journal
The focus of Applied Developmental Science is the synthesis of
research and application to promote positive development across
the life span. Within a multidisciplinary approach, ADS stresses
the variation of individual development across the life
span -- including both individual differences and within-person
change -- and the wide range of familial, cultural, physical,
ecological, and historical settings of human development. The
audience for ADS includes developmental, clinical, school,
counseling, aging, educational, and community psychologists;
life course, family, and demographic sociologists; health
professionals; family and consumer scientists; human evolution
and ecological biologists; and practitioners in child and youth
governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Applied Developmental Science, edited by Richard M. Lerner
(Tufts University), Celia Fisher (Fordham University), and
Lawrence Gianinno (Tufts University), is a quarterly journal
published by Taylor & Francis.
Submissions may be sent to Dr. Richard M. Lerner, Editor,
Applied Developmental Science, Applied Developmental Science
Institute, Lincoln-Filene Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
02155. Please submit one disk copy and one hard copy prepared
according to the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (5th ed.) when submitting a manuscript
for consideration for publication.
- Developmental Psychology
Richard M. Lerner serves as an Associate Editor of the journal
Developmental Psychology, edited by Cynthia Garcia Coll of Brown
University and published by the American Psychological
Association. The Bergstrom Chair handles all submissions to the
journal that are related to the field of adolescence.
For further details about Developmental Psychology, please see
the journal's official
web site.
Books
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Approaches to Positive Youth Development (2007)
Scientific research and science-guided practice based on the
promotion of an individual's strengths constitutes a radical
shift in a new and growing area of study within the field of
human development. Its trademark term is 'positive youth
development'. This approach to human development is based on the
idea that, in addition to preventing problems, science and
practice should promote the development of competencies, skills,
and motivation in order to enhance individuals' developmental
pathways.
Approaches to Positive Youth Development is based on this
concept and brings together authors from across Europe and
America who are leaders in their respective fields. The main
focus of the book, beyond a clarification of the paradigmatic
foundations, concerns the major contexts of adolescents and
young adults, namely, neighborhoods and leisure locales, school
and family, and the major themes of healthy psychosocial
development, namely, competences and knowledge, prosocial
behavior, transcending problems of delinquency, civic
engagement, identity, agency, and spirituality.
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The Good Teen (2007)
For many parents the thought of the teen years holds more dread
than all the sleepless nights of infancy and scraped knees of
childhood combined. After all, teens are obstinate,
inconsiderate, and defiant; they sulk and stress; they are prone
to bad decisions and unreasonable behavior.
Given the option, most parents would happily skip the storms of
adolescence and move right in to the relative calm of young
adulthood if they could. Who can blame them when popular wisdom
tells them that their lovable twelve-year-old will be replaced
by an unpredictable, emotional volcano at the age of thirteen?
Although the word teenager has become synonymous with trouble,
the evidence is clear: Adolescents have a bad rap--and according
to groundbreaking new research, its an undeserved one. In The
Good Teen, Richard Lerner lays bare compelling new data on the
lives of teens today, dismantling old myths and redefining
normal adolescence.
Time and again his work reveals that in spite of the
stereotypes, today's teens are basically good kids who maintain
healthy relationships with their families. Overflowing with
real-life anecdotes and cutting-edge science, The Good Teen
encourages new thinking, new public policies, and new programs
that focus on teens strengths.
Every teen, whatever their ability or background, has the same
potential for healthy and successful development. In The Good
Teen, Lerner presents the five personality characteristics,
called the 5 Cs, that are proven to fuel positive development:
Competence, Confidence, Connection, Character, and Caring. When
the 5 Cs coalesce, a sixth emerges, Contribution: where young
people contribute to their own development in an energetic and
optimistic way. He also prescribes specific ways parents can
foster the 5 Cs at home and in their communities.
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