Tufts University.
Child Dev. 2017 Jul;88(4):1183-1185. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12875. Epub 2017 Jun 13.
Interest in promoting positive development among children and adolescents has always been a focus of developmental science. Historically, many researchers framed this interest using a deficit model that sought to optimize positive development by reducing problems. In the context of the articles in this special section, the author discuss a different conception of positive youth development that has emerged across the past 25 years, one that capitalizes on human plasticity and tests a strength-based model (instead of a deficit one). This model seeks to identify the process that could enhance the attributes of young people that are valued by them and others (e.g., parents, peers, teachers, mentors, coaches, and faith leaders), as compared to processes that reduce or prevent undesirable characteristics.
促进儿童和青少年积极发展的兴趣一直是发展科学的关注重点。从历史上看，许多研究人员使用缺陷模型来构建这种兴趣，该模型试图通过减少问题来优化积极发展。在本特刊中的文章背景下，作者讨论了过去 25 年来出现的一种不同的青少年积极发展概念，该概念利用了人类的可塑性，并检验了一种基于优势的模型（而不是基于缺陷的模型）。该模型试图确定能够增强年轻人自身和他人（例如父母、同龄人、老师、导师、教练和信仰领袖）所重视的属性的过程，而不是那些减少或防止不良特征的过程。
