Science-Based Prevention Strategies: Developmental Assets
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Building Developmental Assets: A New Strategy for Preventing High-Risk Behavior
Developmental assets refer to a wide range of positive experiences, resources,competencies and supports which help to inoculate youth from engaging in risk taking behavior.
Research on the 40 developmental assets conducted by Search Institute in
hundreds of urban, suburban and rural communities across the United States
repeatedly documents four important findings.This short paper by Peter
Benson, president of the Search Institute, summarizes these findings. For the full version of this paper, download the PDF file.
