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positive youth development in contexts
3–9-month programme was detected. These earlier findings show that re-
source-building programmes are effective. Political initiatives and priori-
ties aimed at youth in Norway can accordingly ensure that practices and
norms in various youth contexts are nurturing all the resources and oppor-
tunities that young people need to thrive.
In conclusion, our study, like earlier ones, found a significant associ-
ation between several developmental assets and thriving, which reflected
good physical health, leadership, delayed gratification, overcoming adver-
sity, valuing diversity, school success, and helping others. However, since
PYD is a relatively new field of research in Norway it is important to con-
tinue the research on youth’s developmental assets in order to explore their
significant role in the thriving and healthy development of Norwegian
youth. While it was found that youth in Norway have access to several of
the developmental assets being assessed, it is important to explore assets
that are also unique to the Norwegian context. Doing this within a longi-
tudinal framework would provide insight into how the link between devel-
opmental assets and thriving develop over time. Policies and programmes
that will foster developmental assets in various youth contexts are also
called for since youth will not only thrive but will be placed on a healthy
trajectory into adulthood.
Author Note
This research was funded by the Faculty of Psychology, University of
Bergen, Norway. We would like to thank our youth participants in Norway
for engaging in the present study.
References
Adams, B. G., Wiium, N., & Abubakar, A. (2018). Developmental assets and
academic performance of adolescents in Ghana, Kenya, and South
Africa. Child & Youth Care Forum, 48, 207–222. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s10566-018-9480-z
Adamson, P. (2013). Child well-being in rich countries: A comparative over-
view, Innocenti Report Card no. 11. Accessed at https://www.unicef.no/
sites/default/files/child_well-being_in_rich_countries.pdf
Benson, P. L. (2007). Developmental assets: An overview of theory, research,
and practice. In R. K. Silbereisen & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Approaches to
positive youth development (pp. 33-59). SAGE.
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3–9-month programme was detected. These earlier findings show that re-
source-building programmes are effective. Political initiatives and priori-
ties aimed at youth in Norway can accordingly ensure that practices and
norms in various youth contexts are nurturing all the resources and oppor-
tunities that young people need to thrive.
In conclusion, our study, like earlier ones, found a significant associ-
ation between several developmental assets and thriving, which reflected
good physical health, leadership, delayed gratification, overcoming adver-
sity, valuing diversity, school success, and helping others. However, since
PYD is a relatively new field of research in Norway it is important to con-
tinue the research on youth’s developmental assets in order to explore their
significant role in the thriving and healthy development of Norwegian
youth. While it was found that youth in Norway have access to several of
the developmental assets being assessed, it is important to explore assets
that are also unique to the Norwegian context. Doing this within a longi-
tudinal framework would provide insight into how the link between devel-
opmental assets and thriving develop over time. Policies and programmes
that will foster developmental assets in various youth contexts are also
called for since youth will not only thrive but will be placed on a healthy
trajectory into adulthood.
Author Note
This research was funded by the Faculty of Psychology, University of
Bergen, Norway. We would like to thank our youth participants in Norway
for engaging in the present study.
References
Adams, B. G., Wiium, N., & Abubakar, A. (2018). Developmental assets and
academic performance of adolescents in Ghana, Kenya, and South
Africa. Child & Youth Care Forum, 48, 207–222. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s10566-018-9480-z
Adamson, P. (2013). Child well-being in rich countries: A comparative over-
view, Innocenti Report Card no. 11. Accessed at https://www.unicef.no/
sites/default/files/child_well-being_in_rich_countries.pdf
Benson, P. L. (2007). Developmental assets: An overview of theory, research,
and practice. In R. K. Silbereisen & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Approaches to
positive youth development (pp. 33-59). SAGE.
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