NCJ Number
137396
Date Published
1988
Length
330 pages
Annotation
This report first outlines the problem of facilitating positive youth development in Utah, presents and integrates research summaries that have a bearing on the generation of good conduct and the prevention of misconduct, and builds research findings into a strategy for the prevention of misbehavior by youth.
Abstract
The report documents that increasing numbers (more than 40 percent) of Utah's youth fail to find success in home, school, or the workplace due to a variety of behaviors that impede such success. A review of the research that focuses on the correlates and predictors of youth misbehavior identifies factors in the home, the school, and among peers. The report concludes that the existence of a syndrome cause rather than separate causes for most categories of patterned misbehaviors offers hope for simplifying prevention efforts. The proposed prevention and intervention strategy is designed for the formative years. The home and the school, as the key socializing agencies in the formative years, are the primary targets for the proposed strategy. Research findings have been fashioned into a field approach strategy that supports and integrates the activities of home, school, social agencies, and other community resources. 128 references