Jonathan M Tirrell, Elizabeth M Dowling, Patience Kibbedi, Emmanuel Namurinda, Guillermo Iraheta, Julia Dennis, Katelyn Malvese, Roya Abbasi-Asl, Kate Williams, Jacqueline V Lerner, Pamela Ebstyne King, Alistair T R Sim, Richard M Lerner
BACKGROUND: Dynamic, relational developmental systems-based models of development emphasize that developmentally-nurturant youth-adult relationships elicit in youth perceptions of being known and loved. Although such perceptions are foundations of positive youth development (PYD), such measures do not exist. OBJECTIVE: We sought to create a theoretically-predicated measure of youth perceptions of being known and loved by capitalizing on data sets in two countries (Rwanda and El Salvador) wherein a multi-national study of PYD was being conducted by Compassion International (CI)...
December 20, 2022: Child & Youth Care Forum