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K. Eichas, A. Meca, Marilyn J. Montgomery, W. Kurtines
The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development, Oxford University Press, 2015
The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development, Oxford University Press, 2015
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Eichas, K., Meca, A., Montgomery, M. J., & Kurtines, W. (2015). Identity and Positive Youth Development: Advances in Developmental Intervention Science. In The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development. Oxford University Press.
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Eichas, K., A. Meca, Marilyn J. Montgomery, and W. Kurtines. “Identity and Positive Youth Development: Advances in Developmental Intervention Science.” In The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development. Oxford University Press, 2015.
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Eichas, K., et al. “Identity and Positive Youth Development: Advances in Developmental Intervention Science.” The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development, Oxford University Press, 2015.
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@inbook{k2015a,
title = {Identity and Positive Youth Development: Advances in Developmental Intervention Science},
year = {2015},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
author = {Eichas, K. and Meca, A. and Montgomery, Marilyn J. and Kurtines, W.},
booktitle = {The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development}
}
Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of advances in developmental intervention science that have contributed to an emerging literature on identity-focused positive youth development interventions. Rooted in the tradition of applied developmental science, developmental intervention science aims to advance the evolution of sustainable developmental intervention strategies targeting positive developmental outcomes. These developmental intervention strategies are intended to complement the wide array of well-established treatment and prevention intervention strategies targeting risky and problem behaviors. Within this framework, positive identity interventions seek to create empowering intervention contexts that promote the development of an increasingly integrated—and therefore an increasingly complex, coherent, and cohesive—self-constructed self-structure. By linking applied developmental science with treatment and prevention intervention science, developmental intervention science appears to have significant potential for facilitating the evolution of evidence-based positive development strategies for promoting positive life course change.