RT Journal Article
T1 Developmental Assets and Positive Youth Development: An Examination of Gender Differences in Spain
A1 Gómez Baya, Diego
A1 Santos, Teresa
A1 Gaspar de Matos, Margarida
AB Positive Youth Development (PYD) model is a strength-based perspective of transitionto adulthood derived from developmental systems theory (Lerner, Lerner, Bowers, &Geldhof, 2015). Developmental Assets (DAs) framework describes the individual andcontextual resources that may promote PYD (Benson, Scales, & Syvertsen, 2011). Thiswork aims to analyze the associations between internal and external DAs and PYD, aswell as examining gender differences, in Spanish youth. Data of students enrolled in 10high schools and universities, collected in the PYD Cross-National Project in Spainthrough a self-report instrument, were used. Structural equation modeling showed thatDAs were positively related to PYD. Some gender differences were observed in PYD,such that male students presented higher scores in confidence and competence, andfemale students showed more connection, caring, and character. Results of partialmediation modeling indicated that these gender differences in PYD may be partlyexplained by gender differences in DAs.
PB Routledge
SN 1088-8691
YR 2021
FD 2021-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19857
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19857
LA eng
NO Gómez Baya, D., Santos, T., & Gaspar de Matos, M. (2021). Developmental assets and positive youth development: an examination of gender differences in Spain. Applied Developmental Science, 1–23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2021.1906676
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026