Science-Based Prevention Stategies: Mobilizing Communities
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Mobilizing Communities to Promote Developmental Assets: A Promising Strategy for the Prevention of High Risk Behaviors (Adobe Acrobat File)
www.ccapt.org/devassets.pdf
This 26-page paper, available in a PDF format, gives detail about Search Institute's ongoing study of 12-to 18 year olds' attitudes and behaviors. Written by Peter Benson, president of Search Institute, this data represents one of the largest efforts ever undertaken to measure the life experience of America's youth. For a brief summary, read Building Developmental Assets:A New Strategy for Preventing High-Risk Behavior.
