Functional Structure and Presentation Model for the Positive Youth Development in Iranian Adolescents
Subject Areas : PsychologyMahmood Ghasemi 1 , Mohammad Taghi Farahani 2 , Mohammad Hossein Abdolahi 3
1 - Faculty of Psychology and Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, I. R. Iran
2 - Faculty of Psychology and Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, I. R. Iran
3 - Faculty of Psychology and Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, I. R. Iran
Keywords: positive youth development, competency, connection, agency, positive thinking,
Abstract :
The purpose of this research was identification of constituents and factor structure of Positive youth development. The research community includes the professors and practitioners of this field, PhD students and high school students. The sample consists of 15 professors and experts who were chosen in a targeted manner and according to specialty. Also 25 PhD students from different universities participated in a accessible form. Finally, a sample of students includes 1200 students (600 girls and 600 boys) were selected through randomized cluster method. Given the nature of the subject and research objectives; in the first step, the contributing factors of "positive youth development" collected and analyzed based on three sources: studies and theoretical texts, practical plans, and measurements; and with emphasis on qualitative method of categorization. Then, measurement and structural models of positive young development extracted using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The final model of research includes four factors; competency factors (11 items), communication (14 items), agency (13 items) and positive thinking (7 items). The presented model has similarities to existing models, but it has its own form of loading.
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