Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2014 Jun;43(6):1004-7. doi: 10.1007/s10964-014-0122-y. Epub 2014 Apr 26.
This commentary uses the contributions of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development as a chance to reflect on the progress of the past two decades and suggest important tasks for the future. Meaningful advances in theory now set the stage for needed work on measurement, evaluation, and understanding of contextual processes. The commentary ends with a plea for an integration of the research and programmatic approaches of promotion and prevention in order to study youth development and implement youth programs.
本评论以“4-H 积极青年发展研究”的贡献为契机，反思过去二十年的进展，并为未来提出重要任务。现在，理论上的有意义进展为测量、评估和理解背景过程方面的工作奠定了基础。评论最后呼吁将促进和预防的研究和方案方法相结合，以便研究青年发展和实施青年方案。
