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| Executive Summary | |
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| Setting the Stage | |
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| Growing Support for Programs | |
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| Adolescent Development | |
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| Committee Charge | |
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| Youth in the United States: A Mixed Picture | |
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| Scope of the Study | |
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| Guide to the Report | |
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| Promoting Adolescent Development | |
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| Adolescent Development | |
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| Developmental Challenges, Opportunities, and Risks | |
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| Summary | |
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| Personal and Social Assets That Promote Well-Being | |
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| How to Measure Well-Being | |
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| Theoretical Perspectives | |
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| Practical Wisdom | |
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| Empirical Research | |
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| Personal and Social Assets | |
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| Summary | |
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| Features of Positive Developmental Settings | |
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| Features That Maximize Positive Development | |
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| Essential Ingredients of Good Programs | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Role of Community Programs for Youth | |
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| The Landscape of Community Programs for Youth | |
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| Insights from Nonexperimental Studies | |
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| A Wide Range of Programs | |
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| Features of Community Programs for Youth | |
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| Summary | |
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| Lessons from Experimental Evaluations | |
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| Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Evaluations | |
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| Three Model Program Evaluations | |
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| Conclusions About Program Features | |
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| Summary | |
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| Evaluation and Social Indicator Data | |
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| Generating New Information | |
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| Evaluating Community Programs for Youth | |
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| Questions Asked in Comprehensive Evaluation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Data and Technical Assistance Resources | |
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| Uses of Social Indicator Data | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| Assessing Program Implementation and Operation | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Intersection of Practice, Policy, and Research | |
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| Funding and Support for Programs | |
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| Funding | |
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| Functional Supports | |
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| Summary | |
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| Conclusions and Recommendations | |
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| Policy and Practice | |
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| Research, Evaluation, and Data Collection | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Fundamental Principles of Human Development | |
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| Theoretical Frameworks for Conceptualizing Positive Developmental Processes | |
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| Biographical Sketches | |
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| Related Reports from the National Academies | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |