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Positive youth development and psychological outcomes: Longitudinal associations with curiosity, creativity, and well-being.

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Τίτλος: Positive youth development and psychological outcomes: Longitudinal associations with curiosity, creativity, and well-being.
Συγγραφείς: Chen S; Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA., Zhang X; School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China., Tang X; School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.; Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.; School of Educational Sciences, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia.
Πηγή: Applied psychology. Health and well-being [Appl Psychol Health Well Being] 2026 Oct; Vol. 18 (5), pp. e70228.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Blackwell Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101502957 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1758-0854 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17580854 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Appl Psychol Health Well Being Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Original Publication: Oxford : Blackwell
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Adolescent Development*/physiology , Exploratory Behavior*/physiology , Adolescent Behavior*/psychology , Creativity* , Psychological Well-Being*, Humans ; Adolescent ; Longitudinal Studies ; Female ; Male ; Aspirations, Psychological ; China
Περίληψη: This study examined the longitudinal associations between positive youth development (PYD) and three key psychological outcomes in adolescence: curiosity, creativity, and well-being. Using two-wave survey data from 699 Chinese middle school students, we investigated whether four PYD dimensions, including love, aspiration, faith, and grit, predicted changes in these outcomes over time. Longitudinal measurement invariance was first established for curiosity and well-being, with partial support for creativity, allowing for meaningful interpretation of structural relations. Structural equation modeling results revealed a differentiated pattern of associations. Aspiration was the only PYD dimension that consistently predicted both interest-type and deprivation-type curiosity, suggesting that future-oriented motivation may play a central role in adolescents' exploratory tendencies. In contrast, faith emerged as the only significant predictor of both creativity and well-being, indicating that meaning-related and self-regulatory processes may be more closely tied to these domains. Other PYD dimensions, including love and grit, were not significantly associated with changes in the outcomes after controlling for their prior levels. Overall, the findings suggest that PYD does not operate as a uniform construct in predicting adolescent development. Instead, specific dimensions of PYD appear to be differentially linked to distinct psychological processes. These results highlight the importance of considering the multidimensional nature of PYD and suggest that targeted interventions focusing on particular developmental assets may be more effective than broad-based approaches.
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Grant Information: BBA250055 National Fund of Philosophy and Social Science of China for Educational Science
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: adolescents; creativity; curiosity; positive youth development; well‐being
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20261005 Date Completed: 20261005 Latest Revision: 20261006
Update Code: 20261007
DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70228
PMID: 42830654
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
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