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Below is a list of recent publications and presentations from the current research projects in the Institute. Publications that are more than a year old or from projects that are no longer funded may be found in the Archive.

4-H Study of Positive Youth Development

Publications

• 4-H Study Annual Report 2008: The Positive Development of Youth. Report of the Findings from the First Four Years of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development
   
• 4-H Study Annual Report 2008 Detailed Report
   
• Lerner, R. M. (2005, September). Promoting Positive Youth Development: Theoretical and Empirical Bases. White paper prepared for the Workshop on the Science of Adolescent Health and Development, National Research Council/Institute of Medicine. Washington, D.C.: National Academies of Science.
   
• Lerner, R. M., Lerner, J. V., Almerigi, J., Theokas, C., Phelps, E., Naudeau, S., Gestsdottir, S., Ma, L., Jelicic, H., Alberts, A., Smith, L., Simpson, I., Christiansen, E., Warren, D., von Eye, A. (2006). Toward a new vision and vocabulary about adolescence: Theoretical and empirical bases of a "positive youth development" perspective. In L. Balter, & C. S. Tamis-LeMonda (Eds.). Child Psychology: A handbook of contemporary issues (pp. 445-469). New York: Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis.
   
• Theokas, C., Lerner, J. V., Lerner, R.M. & Phelps, E. (2006). Cacophony and change in youth after school activities: Implications for development and practice from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development. Journal of Youth Development: Bridging Research and Practice, 1(1).
   
• Theokas, C., & Lerner, R.M. (2006). Observed Ecological Assets in Families, Schools, and Neighborhoods: Conceptualization, Measurement and Relations with Positive and Negative Developmental Outcomes. Applied Developmental Science, 10(2), 61-74.
   
• Alberts, A., Christiansen, E. D., Chase, P., Naudeau, S., Phelps, E., & Lerner, R. M. (In press). Qualitative and quantitative assessments of thriving and contribution in early adolescence: Findings from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development. Journal of Youth Development.
   
• Jelicic, H., Theokas, C., Phelps, E., & Lerner, R. M. (In press). Modeling ecological and contextual effects in longitudinal studies of human development: A view of the issues. In T. D. Little, J. A. Bovaird, & N. A. Card. Modeling ecological and contextual effects in longitudinal studies of human development. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
   
• Lerner, R. M., Phelps, E., Alberts, A., Forman, Y., & Christiansen, E. (In press). The many faces of urban girls: Features of positive development in early adolescence. In B. Leadbeater, & N. Way (Eds.). Urban Girls Revisited: Building Strengths, Volume 2. New York: New York University Press.

Presentations/Posters

• Li, Y., Ma, L., Phelps., E., Gianinno, L., Lerner, R. M., & Lerner, J. V. (2006, July). School Engagement and Academic Competence: A Developmental-Contextual Analysis of the Influences of School and Family. Poster presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development Biennial Meeting. Melbourne, Australia.
   
• Ma., L., Li, Y., Phelps, E., Lerner, J. V., & Lerner, R. M. (2006, July). Lost in Bullying? Pathways to Caring Development for Adolescents Challenged by Bullying. Paper symposium presented in the paper symposium entitled "School Context Through The Looking Glass: Who Bullies; Who Witnesses; Who Copes; Who Cares; Who's Gay?" at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development Biennial Meeting. Melbourne, Australia.
   
• Balsano, A. B., Theokas, C., Phelps, E., Lerner, J. V., & Lerner, R. M. (2006, May). Cacophony and Change in Early Adolescent After-School Activities: Implications for Positive Youth Development. Paper presented at the European Association for Research on Adolescence Conference. Antalya, Turkey.
   
• Balsano, A.B., Jelicic, H., Fay, K., Phelps, E., Lerner, R.M., & Lerner, J.V.(2006, May). Changes in positive youth development across early adolescence among youth growing up in bilingual and English-only speaking households. Poster presented at the European Association for Research on Adolescence Conference. Antalya, Turkey.
   
• Li, Y., Ma, L., Lerner, R. M., & Chau, C. (2006, March). School Engagement and Academic and Social Competence among Adolescents from Different Ethnic Groups: Findings from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development. Poster presented at 2006 Biennial Conference of Society for Research on Adolescence. San Francisco, CA.
   
• Phelps, E., Forman, Y., Alberts, A. E., Jelicic, H., Lerner, R. M., Christiansen, E. D., & Lerner, J. V. (2006, March). Positive Youth Development: Looking at Urban Youth. Poster presented at 2006 Biennial Conference of Society for Research on Adolescence. San Francisco, CA.
   
• Zimmerman, S. M. (2006, March). Individual and Ecological Moderators of the Relation between Organismic and Intentional Self-Regulation in Early Adolescence. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference of Society for Research on Adolescence. San Francisco, CA.
   
• Zimmerman, S. M., Jelicic, H., Bobek, D., Alberts, A., Anderson, P., Gestsdottir, S., Li, Y., Ma, L., Miller, D., Naudeau, S., Theokas, C., Phelps, E., Lerner, R. M., Christiansen, E., Lerner, J. V., Chase, P., Peltz, J., & Fay, K., (2006, March). Changes in Positive Youth Development (PYD) Across Early Adolescence: Initial Findings of the First Three Waves of the 4-H Study. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference of Society for Research on Adolescence. San Francisco, CA.
   
• Perkins, D. F., Borden, L., Griffin, A., & Ma, L. (2006, March). Participation in Sports Programs, Healthy Life Styles, and the Five Cs of Positive Youth Development. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference of Society for Research on Adolescence. San Francisco, CA..
   
• Lerner, R. M., Lerner, J. V., Phelps, E., Balsano, A. (2006, January). The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development: Current findings, future directions, and national and internationals impacts on policy and practice. Paper presented at the Semiannual Meeting of the Health Rocks! Collaboration. Chevy Chase, MD: National 4-H Council.
   
• Alberts, A. E., Christiansen, E. D., Chase, P., Naudeau, S., & Phelps, E. (2005, October). The nature of thriving and contribution in adolescence: Insights from qualitative data. Poster presentation at the Fourth Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD), Pacific Grove, CA.
   
• Anderson, P. M. (2005, October). Is obesity in early adolescence related to self-perceptions of psychosocial and physical competencies?: Findings from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development. Poster session presented at Fourth Biennial meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development, Pacific Grove, CA.
   
• Jelicic, H., Bobek, D., Phelps, E., Lerner, R.M., & Lerner, J.V. (2005, October). Using positive youth development (PYD) to predict positive and negative outcomes in adolescence: Findings from the 4-H Study of PYD. Poster presentation at the Fourth Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD), Pacific Grove, CA.

Spirituality and Human Development

Presentations/Posters

• The Modem and the Mango Tree: Assessing Adolescents' Cultural Identity Development in India
• On the Relation Between Adolescents' Emerging Cultural Identities and Anticipated Life Choices
• A Return to the Varieties of Religious Experience: Research notes from India and America
• Exploring the Varieties of Moral and Spiritual Education in India: Implications for Adolescents' spiritual development

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