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positive youth development in contexts
Unstandardised Standardised 95% CI of B
Coefficient Coefficient
Model t Sig.
Constructive B S.E. β 3.67 .00 Lower Upper
use of time Bound Bound
.26 .07 .17
.12 .39
Note. S.E. – Standard Error; CI – Confidence interval.
Discussion
General Findings
Based on the theoretical framework and previous PYD research, the cur-
rent paper explored the extent to which young people in Norway report
developmental assets and examined the hypothesis that youth who expe-
rience more developmental assets would also report more thriving indica-
tors. The results show that Norwegian youth reported more than 50% of
the assets in each of the eight asset categories, except for constructive use
of time. Moreover, all eight asset categories were positively related to the
thriving variable in the correlation analysis, while in the regression anal-
ysis only four asset categories (commitment to learning, and positive val-
ues as internal assets, and empowerment and constructive use of time as ex-
ternal assets) maintained their significant association with thriving. Thus,
our hypothesis on the developmental assets’ cumulative effect on thriv-
ing or positive development was confirmed, although not for all of the as-
set categories. Nevertheless, due to the positive correlations that were ob-
served among the asset categories, the influence of those categories that
were no longer significant in the regression analysis may have been indirect
through the asset categories that remained significant. For the demograph-
ic variables, age and father’s education were significantly associated (albeit
marginally) with thriving, where young participants relative to older coun-
terparts, and participants who reported that their father had a high educa-
tion compared to those who reported a low educational level for their father
were more likely to report the thriving indicators.
Developmental Assets, Demographics and Thriving
Earlier studies in the USA (Scales et al., 2000), Africa (Adams et al., 2018),
Europe (Soares et al., 2019) and Latin America (Manrique-Millones et al.,
2021) examined and established the facilitating role played by developmental
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Unstandardised Standardised 95% CI of B
Coefficient Coefficient
Model t Sig.
Constructive B S.E. β 3.67 .00 Lower Upper
use of time Bound Bound
.26 .07 .17
.12 .39
Note. S.E. – Standard Error; CI – Confidence interval.
Discussion
General Findings
Based on the theoretical framework and previous PYD research, the cur-
rent paper explored the extent to which young people in Norway report
developmental assets and examined the hypothesis that youth who expe-
rience more developmental assets would also report more thriving indica-
tors. The results show that Norwegian youth reported more than 50% of
the assets in each of the eight asset categories, except for constructive use
of time. Moreover, all eight asset categories were positively related to the
thriving variable in the correlation analysis, while in the regression anal-
ysis only four asset categories (commitment to learning, and positive val-
ues as internal assets, and empowerment and constructive use of time as ex-
ternal assets) maintained their significant association with thriving. Thus,
our hypothesis on the developmental assets’ cumulative effect on thriv-
ing or positive development was confirmed, although not for all of the as-
set categories. Nevertheless, due to the positive correlations that were ob-
served among the asset categories, the influence of those categories that
were no longer significant in the regression analysis may have been indirect
through the asset categories that remained significant. For the demograph-
ic variables, age and father’s education were significantly associated (albeit
marginally) with thriving, where young participants relative to older coun-
terparts, and participants who reported that their father had a high educa-
tion compared to those who reported a low educational level for their father
were more likely to report the thriving indicators.
Developmental Assets, Demographics and Thriving
Earlier studies in the USA (Scales et al., 2000), Africa (Adams et al., 2018),
Europe (Soares et al., 2019) and Latin America (Manrique-Millones et al.,
2021) examined and established the facilitating role played by developmental
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