title: Intentional self-regulation, ecological assets, and thriving in adolescence: a developmental systems model.
abstract: The positive youth development (PYD) perspective emphasizes that thriving occurs when individual ↔context relations involve the alignment of adolescent strengths with the resources in their contexts. The authors propose that a key component of this relational process is the strength that youth possess in the form of self-regulatory processes; these processes optimize opportunities to obtain ecological resources that enhance the probability of PYD.  They use the selection, optimization, and compensation (SOC) model of intentional self-regulation to discuss the role of self-regulation in the PYD perspective among diverse youth.
authors: School of Education, University of Iceland.
authors: Steinunn
authors: S
authors: Gestsdottir
authors: Jennifer Brown
authors: JB
authors: Urban
authors: Edmond P
authors: EP
authors: Bowers
authors: Jacqueline V
authors: JV
authors: Lerner
authors: Richard M
authors: RM
authors: Lerner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D041923:Adolescent Development; D003071:Cognition; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009043:Motor Activity; D012927:Social Control, Informal