Publications

In J. E. Lansford & P. Banati (Eds.), Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Authors: P. C. Scales

Digging into family relationships: What really matters?

Blog for the National Center for Families Learning

Authors: E. C. Roehlkepartain

2018

Remember the relationships: The missing link that makes measures of students’ social and emotional learning more understandable and actionable

Blog for the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

Authors: P. C. Scales, K. Pekel

2017

The Recipe of Youth Success

[Stanford Social Innovation Review] Stanford University, and Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society.

Authors: K. Pekel

2017

Getting relationships right: 55 leaders discuss what it will take to create schools and youth programs where developmental relationships thrive

Minneapolis, MN: Search Institute

Authors: K. Pekel

2017

Beyond the family: How Itasca Area adults can–and do–create caring, strong connections with youth

Minneapolis, MN: Search Institute, and Grand Rapids, MN: SPARK—Stronger Futures for All

Authors: E. C. Roehlkepartain

2017

Relationships first: Creating connections that help young people thrive

Minneapolis, MN: Search Institute. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.34486.09282

Authors: E. C. Roehlkepartain, K. Pekel, A. K. Syvertsen, J. Sethi, T. K. Sullivan, P. C. Scales

2017

A snapshot of developmental relationships between parents and youth

Minneapolis, MN: Search Institute.

Authors: E. C. Roehlkepartain, A. K. Syvertsen, C.-W. Yu

2017

High-quality OST activities and programs: Using the RISE approach (Relationships, interests and sparks, and empowerment) to promote thriving in youth and their settings

In H. J. Malone & T. Donahue (Eds.), The Growing Out-of-School Time Field: Past, Present, and Future. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing

Authors: P. C. Scales

2016

Thriving in school: The role of sixth-grade adolescent–parent–school relationships in predicting eighth-grade academic outcomes

Youth & Society, 48(6), 739-762. doi: 10.1177/0044118X13512858

Authors: D. F. Perkins, A. K. Syvertsen, C. Mincemoyer, S. M. Chilenski, J. R. Olson, E. Berrena, R. Spoth

2016

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

Applied Developmental Science, 20 (3), 150-174. doi:10.1080/10888691.2015.1082429

Authors: P. C. Scales, P. L. Benson, S. Oesterle, K. Hill, J. D. Hawkins, T. J. Pashak

2016

Aligning youth development theory, measurement, and practice across cultures and contexts: Lessons from use of the Developmental Assets Profile

Child Indicators Research, 10(4),

Authors: P. C. Scales, E. C. Roehlkepartain, M. Shramko

2016

Developmental assets and sexual and reproductive health among 10-to 14-year-olds in Northern Uganda

International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 7(1), 45-64. doi:10.18357/ijcyfs.71201615416

Authors: P. C. Scales, M. Shramko, K. Ashburn

2016

The crucial coaching relationship

Phi Delta Kappan. 97(8)

Authors: P. C. Scales

2016

The power of peer relationships: A study of peer programs in the United States (summary)

Minneapolis, MN: Search Institute

Authors: T. K. Sullivan, J. Sethi, E. C. Roehlkepartain

2014

Community developmental assets and positive youth development: The role of natural mentors

Special issue on Familial and Non-Familial Relationships as Ecological Sources of Health and Positive Development Across the Life Span—A View of the Issues

Authors: S. S. O. Schwartz, C. S. Chan, J. E. Rhodes, P. C. Scales

2014

The interest-driven pursuits of 15-year-olds: “Sparks” and their association with caring relationships and developmental outcomes

Applied Developmental Science

Authors: A. Ben-Eliyahu, J. E. Rhodes, P. Scales