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  1. The Role of Organized Activities in Supporting Youth Social Capital Development: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis

    Article • Adolescent Research Review, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Peter Scales

  2. Promoting character through developmental experiences in conservation service youth programs

    Article • The Journal of Positive Psychology, June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  3. Effects of developmental relationships on the well‐being of youth in high‐stress families

    Article • Family Relations, January 2023, Wiley

    Peter Scales

  4. “Compete-Learn-Honor”: A Psychological and Sports Science Evidence-Based Approach to Coaching and Player Development

    Article • ITF Coaching & Sport Science Review, December 2022, International Tennis Federation

    Peter Scales

  5. The Compete-Learn-Honor Approach to Coaching and Player Development: Promoting Performance Growth While Enhancing Well-Being

    Article • Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  6. The role of social capital in promoting work readiness among opportunity youth

    Article • Children and Youth Services Review, December 2021, Elsevier

    Peter Scales

  7. Relational social capital and educational equity among middle-school students: a person-centered analysis

    Article • Applied Developmental Science, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  8. Someone who ‘gets’ me: adolescents’ perceptions of positive regard from natural mentors

    Article • Mentoring & Tutoring Partnership in Learning, May 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  9. Developmental relationships and school success: How teachers, parents, and friends affect educational outcomes and what actions students say matter most

    Article • Contemporary Educational Psychology, October 2020, Elsevier

    Peter Scales

  10. Competing discourses of power in teachers’ stories of challenging relationships with students

    Article • Power and Education, June 2020, SAGE Publications

    Peter Scales

  11. Effects of developmental relationships with teachers on middle‐school students’ motivation and performance

    Article • Psychology in the Schools, February 2020, Wiley

    Peter Scales

  12. Positive Development on Campus: Investigating the Psychometric Properties of the College Assets Measurement Profile for Undergraduate Students

    Article • Journal of College Student Development, January 2020, Project Muse

    Peter Scales

  13. Academic Year Changes in Student-Teacher Developmental Relationships and Their Linkage to Middle and High School Students’ Motivation: A Mixed Methods Study

    Article • The Journal of Early Adolescence, July 2019, SAGE Publications

    Peter Scales

  14. Developmental Assets framework revisited: Confirmatory analysis and invariance testing to create a new generation of assets measures for applied research

    Article • Applied Developmental Science, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Russell Toomey, Peter Scales

  15. Finding the fluoride: Examining how and why developmental relationships are the active ingredient in interventions that work.

    Article • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, January 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Peter Scales

  16. A Developmental Assets Approach in East Africa: Can Swahili Measures Capture Adolescent Strengths and Supports?

    Article • Child & Youth Care Forum, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Peter Scales

  17. Seeking and Finding Positive Youth Development Among Zulu Youth in South African Townships

    Article • Child Development, June 2017, Wiley

    Peter Scales

  18. Protective Factors for the College Years: Establishing the Appropriateness of the Developmental Assets Model for Emerging Adults

    Article • Current Psychology, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Peter Scales

  19. Aligning Youth Development Theory, Measurement, and Practice Across Cultures and Contexts: Lessons from Use of the Developmental Assets Profile

    Article • Child Indicators Research, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Peter Scales

  20. DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS AND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AMONG 10- TO 14-YEAR-OLDS IN NORTHERN UGANDA

    Article • International Journal of Child Youth and Family Studies, January 2016, University of Victoria Libraries

    Peter Scales

  21. The dimensions of successful young adult development: A conceptual and measurement framework

    Article • Applied Developmental Science, December 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  22. Brief report: Assessing youth well‐being in global emergency settings: Early results from the Emergency Developmental Assets Profile

    Article • Journal of Adolescence, September 2015, Wiley

    Peter Scales

  23. The Interest-Driven Pursuits of 15 Year Olds: “Sparks” and Their Association With Caring Relationships and Developmental Outcomes

    Article • Applied Developmental Science, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  24. Intervening with Practitioners to Improve the Quality of Prevention: One-Year Findings from a Randomized Trial of Assets-Getting To Outcomes

    Article • The Journal of Primary Prevention, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Peter Scales

  25. Community Developmental Assets and Positive Youth Development: The Role of Natural Mentors

    Article • Research in Human Development, April 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  26. Building Developmental Assets to Empower Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh: Evaluation of Project Kishoree Kontha

    Article • Journal of Research on Adolescence, February 2013, Wiley

    Peter Scales

  27. Is youth spiritual development a universal developmental process? An international exploration

    Article • The Journal of Positive Psychology, November 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  28. Peter Lorimer Benson (1946–2011).

    Article • American Psychologist, May 2012, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Peter Scales

  29. Establishing and Evaluating the Key Functions of an Interactive Systems Framework Using an Assets‐Getting to Outcomes Intervention

    Article • American Journal of Community Psychology, March 2012, Wiley

    Peter Scales

  30. All Kids Are Our Kids: Remembering Peter L. Benson

    Article • Applied Developmental Science, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  31. Youth Developmental Assets in Global Perspective: Results from International Adaptations of the Developmental Assets Profile

    Article • Child Indicators Research, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Peter Scales

  32. Adolescent Thriving: The Role of Sparks, Relationships, and Empowerment

    Article • Journal of Youth and Adolescence, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Peter Scales

  33. Remembering Sol Gordon (1923–2008): Brilliant, Ground-Breaking, Courageous, Outrageous

    Article • American Journal of Sexuality Education, March 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  34. Positive Youth Development and the Prevention of Youth Aggression and Violence

    Article • International Journal of Developmental Science, January 2009, IOS Press

    Peter Scales

  35. The definition and preliminary measurement of thriving in adolescence

    Article • The Journal of Positive Psychology, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  36. Promoting Equal Developmental Opportunity and Outcomes Among America’s Children and Youth: Results from the National Promises Study

    Article • The Journal of Primary Prevention, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Peter Scales

  37. The contribution to adolescent well‐being made by nonfamily adults: An examination of developmental assets as contexts and processes

    Article • Journal of Community Psychology, May 2006, Wiley

    Peter Scales

  38. Reducing Academic Achievement Gaps: The Role of Community Service and Service-Learning

    Article • Journal of Experiential Education, March 2006, SAGE Publications

    Peter Scales

  39. The role of developmental assets in predicting academic achievement: A longitudinal study

    Article • Journal of Adolescence, November 2005, Wiley

    Peter Scales

  40. School-Business Partnerships, Developmental Assets, and Positive Outcomes among Urban High School Students

    Article • Urban Education, March 2005, SAGE Publications

    Peter Scales

  41. Thriving in Adolescence

    Article • The Journal of Early Adolescence, February 2005, SAGE Publications

    Peter Scales

  42. Conceptualizing and Modeling Individual and Ecological Asset Components of Thriving in Early Adolescence

    Article • The Journal of Early Adolescence, February 2005, SAGE Publications

    Peter Scales

  43. Developmental Assets and the Middle School Counselor

    Article • Professional School Counseling, January 2005, SAGE Publications

    Peter Scales

  44. The Role of Parental Status and Child Age in the Engagement of Children and Youth with Adults Outside their Families

    Article • Journal of Family Issues, September 2004, SAGE Publications

    Peter Scales

  45. The Relation of Community Developmental Attentiveness to Adolescent Health

    Article • American Journal of Health Behavior, May 2003, JCFCorp SG PTE LTD

    Peter Scales

  46. The role of neighborhood and community in building developmental assets for children and youth: A national study of social norms among American adults

    Article • Journal of Community Psychology, October 2001, Wiley

    Peter Scales

  47. The public image of adolescents

    Article • Society, May 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Peter Scales

  48. Caring to Try: How Building Students’ Developmental Assets Can Promote School Engagement and Success

    Article • NASSP Bulletin, November 2000, SAGE Publications

    Peter Scales

  49. Building Students’ Developmental Assets to Promote Health and School Success

    Article • The Clearing House A Journal of Educational Strategies Issues and Ideas, November 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  50. The Effects of Service-Learning on Middle School Students’ Social Responsibility and Academic Success

    Article • The Journal of Early Adolescence, August 2000, SAGE Publications

    Peter Scales

  51. Contribution of Developmental Assets to the Prediction of Thriving Among Adolescents

    Article • Applied Developmental Science, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  52. Building Developmental Assets: Response to Price and Drake

    Article • Journal of School Health, August 1999, Wiley

    Peter Scales

  53. Reducing Risks and Building Developmental Assets: Essential Actions for Promoting Adolescent Health

    Article • Journal of School Health, March 1999, Wiley

    Peter Scales

  54. Developmental Assets: Measurement and Prediction of Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents

    Article • Applied Developmental Science, December 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  55. Beyond the 'Village' Rhetoric: Creating Healthy Communities for Children and Adolescents

    Article • Applied Developmental Science, September 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  56. Extended Family Members and Unrelated Adults in the Lives of Young Adolescents

    Article • The Journal of Early Adolescence, November 1996, SAGE Publications

    Peter Scales

  57. Strengthening Middle Grade Teacher Preparation Programs

    Article • Middle School Journal, November 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  58. The Centrality of Health Education to Developing Young Adolescents' Critical Thinking

    Article • Journal of Health Education, November 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  59. How Teachers and Education Deans Rate the Quality of Teacher Preparation for the Middle Grades

    Article • Journal of Teacher Education, November 1993, SAGE Publications

    Peter Scales

  60. Sexuality Education in Schools: Let's Focus on what Unites Us

    Article • Journal of Health Education, April 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  61. From Risks to Resources: Disadvantaged Learners and Middle Grades Teaching

    Article • Middle School Journal, May 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  62. Developing Capable Young People

    Article • The Journal of Early Adolescence, November 1990, SAGE Publications

    Peter Scales

  63. Overcoming future barriers to sexuality education

    Article • Theory Into Practice, June 1989, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  64. How We Can Prevent Teen Pregnancy (And Why It's Not the Real Problem)

    Article • Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, June 1987, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  65. The Changing Context of Sexuality Education: Paradigms and Challenges for Alternative Futures

    Article • Family Relations, April 1986, JSTOR

    Peter Scales

  66. Promoting Adolescent Health: The Need to Model Positive Skills and Challenge Assumptions

    Article • Health Education, March 1986, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  67. Sex in Politics and Policy

    Article • Marriage & Family Review, December 1983, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  68. Perceived barriers to sex education: A survey of professionals

    Article • The Journal of Sex Research, November 1983, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  69. Sense and Nonsense about Sexuality Education: A Rejoinder to the Shornacks' Critical View

    Article • Family Relations, April 1983, JSTOR

    Peter Scales

  70. Sex Education Update: Community Action That Works

    Article • Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, September 1982, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales

  71. Sex Education in the '70s and '80s: Accomplishments, Obstacles and Emerging Issues

    Article • Family Relations, October 1981, JSTOR

    Peter Scales

  72. An Analysis of State Guidelines for Sex Education Instruction in Public Schools

    Article • Family Relations, April 1981, JSTOR

    Peter Scales

  73. The New Opposition to Sex Education

    Article • Journal of School Health, April 1981, Wiley

    Peter Scales

  74. A Review of Exemplary Sex Education Programs for Teenagers Offered by Nonschool Organizations

    Article • Family Relations, April 1981, JSTOR

    Peter Scales

  75. BARRIERS TO SEX EDUCATION*

    Article • Journal of School Health, August 1980, Wiley

    Peter Scales

  76. Males and Morals: Teenage Contraceptive Behavior amid the Double Standard

    Article • The Family Coordinator, July 1977, JSTOR

    Peter Scales

  77. A Community Sex Education Program for Parents

    Article • The Family Coordinator, January 1977, JSTOR

    Peter Scales

  78. The Myth of the Normal Outlet

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Psychology, January 1977, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Peter Scales

  79. Questions college students ask about sex

    Article • Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, September 1974, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Scales