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Search Institute Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors

The survey Search Institute Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors (A&B) was developed in 1989, with major revisions made in 1996.  The 156-item survey provides an aggregate portrait of the 40 Developmental Assets as experienced by your 6th-12th grade youth. 

In addition to measuring Developmental Assets, the survey also measures eight thriving indicators, five developmental deficits, and 24 risk-taking behaviors. 
Download the A&B survey brochure (PDF)
Download the A&B Survey Services order form (PDF)

View the Information Booklet (html / PDF)
View the Administration Manual (html / PDF)
Review our policies and procedures (html / PDF) related to the A&B survey and its report Developmental Assets: A Profile of Your Youth

View sample pages of the A&B survey (PDF)
View a sample version of the report, Developmental Assets: A Profile of Your Youth (PDF). Note: data included in this survey report are for illustrative purposes only.
If you wish to speak with one of Search Institute's Survey Services Coordinators, please call 1-800-888-7828 and ask to be transferred to the survey information line or click here to send an e-mail message.

Of Interest

Research on the 40 Developmental Assets
Other surveys for youth and communities

Additional Resources

After administering the Attitudes and Behaviors survey, The Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union in Hardwick, Vermont facilitated a student retreat to analyze their report data and promote discussion of the presence and advancement of the 40 Developmental Assets in their schools and communities. From this, A Guide for Student Analysis of the Search Institute Data: Organization of a Day Retreat for 6th through 12th Graders was developed. Its purpose is to assist schools and communities in engaging their students to think about and make decisions to foster the 40 Developmental Assets in their own lives. View the Student Retreat Manual.