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Flourishing Children

Defining and Testing Indicators of Positive Development

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Authors:
  1. Laura H. Lippman

    1. Child Trends, Bethesda, USA

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  2. Kristin Anderson Moore

    1. Child Trends, Bethesda, USA

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  3. Lina Guzman

    1. Child Trends, Bethesda, USA

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  4. Renee Ryberg

    1. Research Analyst, Child Trends, Bethesda, USA

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  5. Hugh McIntosh

    1. Instructor, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA

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  6. Manica F. Ramos

    1. Research Scientist, Child Trends, Bethesda, USA

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  7. Salma Caal

    1. Research Scienist, Child Trends, Bethesda, USA

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  8. Adam Carle

    1. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, USA

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  9. Megan Kuhfeld

    1. University of California, Graduate School of Education & Informati, Los Angeles, USA

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  • Presents psychometrically sound measures of important aspects of adolescent flourishing
  • Highlights important methodological findings and measurement considerations
  • Reports on the psychometric properties of the items on each scale
  • Examines the relation to key outcomes in the areas of physical and psychological health, social behavior, and academic achievement
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research (BRIEFSWELLBEING)

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Studying Aspects of Flourishing Among Adolescents

    • Laura H. Lippman, Kristin Anderson Moore, Lina Guzman, Renee Ryberg, Hugh McIntosh, Manica F. Ramos et al.
    Pages 1-23

  3. Cognitive Interviews: Designing Survey Questions for Adolescents

    • Laura H. Lippman, Kristin Anderson Moore, Lina Guzman, Renee Ryberg, Hugh McIntosh, Manica F. Ramos et al.
    Pages 25-43

  4. Pilot Study and Psychometric Analyses

    • Laura H. Lippman, Kristin Anderson Moore, Lina Guzman, Renee Ryberg, Hugh McIntosh, Manica F. Ramos et al.
    Pages 45-105
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This volume presents the results of the Flourishing Children Project. The study addressed gaps in the research on indicators of positive development of adolescents. Such indicators are essential for the balanced and scientifically sound study of adolescents. Yet measures of many aspects of flourishing are not available, and when they do exist, they are rarely measured in a developmentally appropriate manner for adolescents. In addition, they are often too long for program evaluations and surveys, have not been tested on diverse populations, nor carefully validated as predictors of positive outcomes. The Flourishing Children Project undertook the development of scales for adolescents ages 12-17 for 19 aspects of flourishing covering six domains: flourishing in school and work, personal flourishing, flourishing in relationships, relationship skills, helping others to flourish, and environmental stewardship. This volume describes the four-stage process of developing the scales, including: Reviewing the literature for extant measures for items to test and synthesizing the existing research into consensus definitions for each construct; conducting cognitive testing of items with adolescents and their parents; pilot testing the items; and conducting psychometric analyses.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Child Trends, Bethesda, USA

    Laura H. Lippman, Kristin Anderson Moore, Lina Guzman

  • Research Analyst, Child Trends, Bethesda, USA

    Renee Ryberg

  • Instructor, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA

    Hugh McIntosh

  • Research Scientist, Child Trends, Bethesda, USA

    Manica F. Ramos

  • Research Scienist, Child Trends, Bethesda, USA

    Salma Caal

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, USA

    Adam Carle

  • University of California, Graduate School of Education & Informati, Los Angeles, USA

    Megan Kuhfeld

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