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Young People Are Resources to Be Developed: Promoting Positive Youth Development through Adult-Youth Relations and Community Assets

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  1. Applied Developmental Science, Tufts University, USA

    Richard M. Lerner (Bergstrom Chair)

  2. Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, USA

    Amy E. Alberts (doctoral student) & Helena Jelicic (Jacobs Foundation Fellow and a doctoral student)

  3. National Center for Family Literacy, Louisville, Kentucky

    Lisa M. Smith (research specialist)

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Lerner, R.M., Alberts, A.E., Jelicic, H., Smith, L.M. (2006). Young People Are Resources to Be Developed: Promoting Positive Youth Development through Adult-Youth Relations and Community Assets. In: Gil Clary, E., Rhodes, J.E. (eds) Mobilizing Adults for Positive Youth Development. The Search Institute Series on Developmentally Attentive Community and Society, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29340-X_2

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