Report Submitted to The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, December 2004
Part of a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation effort to identify key points of intervention to promote positive human development throughout the life span.
By Peter L. Benson and Peter C. Scales, Search Institute (SI), and J. David Hawkins, Sabrina Desterle, and Karl G. Hill, Social Development Research Group (SDRG), University of Washington
Promoting the healthy development of children and adolescents requires a clear vision of successful adult development. We have identified about 50 theoretical and empirical explorations of successful young adult development. This work provided the intellectual and scientific base for this document, complemented by ongoing research initiatives on indicators of successful development currently underway at SDRG at the University of Washington in Seattle and Search Institute in Minneapolis.
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