Accelerating Progress: A New Era of Research on Character Development

Adolescent character development is a high priority for educators, policymakers, and front-line youth workers. To meet this growing demand, and as exemplified in the five articles in this special section, character development scholars are drawing from a range of academic disciplines to push beyond...

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Published in:Journal of youth and adolescence 2017-06, Vol.46 (6), p.1240-1245
Main Authors: Clement, Sarah, Bollinger, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic disciplines
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescent Development
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Character
Child and School Psychology
Child development
Clinical Psychology
Editorial
Health Psychology
History of Psychology
Humans
Law and Psychology
Methodological approaches
Moral Development
Peer Group
Personality Development
Personality traits
Psychology
Social Behavior
Social Environment
Social workers
Teachers
Teenagers
Youth
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Summary:Adolescent character development is a high priority for educators, policymakers, and front-line youth workers. To meet this growing demand, and as exemplified in the five articles in this special section, character development scholars are drawing from a range of academic disciplines to push beyond the traditional boundaries of the science of character development. These articles highlight important trends in character research, including the co-development of a subset of character strengths, the articulation of developmental trajectories of character, the use of advanced methodological approaches, and the implications for education. Studies such as these are critically important for establishing the research base that will be used to design the character development programs of tomorrow.
ISSN:0047-2891
1573-6601
DOI:10.1007/s10964-017-0681-9