The relation of community developmental attentiveness to adolescent health.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the relation of student exposure to selected developmental assets with indicators of thriving, using more reliable measures than previously reported.


METHODS
Self-report surveys were completed by a diverse sample of 5136 students in 6th-12th grades. Analyses of variance were used to examine the assets-thriving relation.


RESULTS
A majority of students reported experiencing only 3 of 12 assets. The more assets students reported, the more they reported thriving in physical, psychological, social, and academic domains.


CONCLUSIONS
Adults must become more intentional about building the relationships, opportunities, values, and skills young people need for optimally healthy development.
Scales
Peter C
PC
Search Institute, Minneapolis MN, USA. scalespc@search-institute.org
Leffert
Nancy
N
Vraa
Renee
R
D000293:Adolescent; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires