PMID- 20387107 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101029 LR - 20211020 IS - 1573-6601 (Electronic) IS - 0047-2891 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 7 DP - 2010 Jul TI - Trajectories of positive and negative behaviors from early- to middle-adolescence. PG - 751-63 LID - 10.1007/s10964-010-9532-7 [doi] AB - Although the positive youth development (PYD) model initially assumed inverse links between indicators of PYD and of risk/problem behaviors, empirical work in adolescence has suggested that more complex associations exist between trajectories of the two domains of functioning. To clarify the PYD model, this study assessed intraindividual change in positive and problematic indicators across Grades 5-10, and the links between these trajectories of development, among 2,516 participants from the 4-H Study of PYD (58.1% females; 64.9% European American, 7.0% African American, 12.3% Latino/a American, 2.6% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1.8% Native American, 3.0% multiethnic-racial, and 8.4% with inconsistent race/ethnicity across waves). Results from person-centered analyses indicated that most youth clustered in the high trajectories of positive indicators and in the low trajectories of the negative ones. Consistent with past research, overlap between trajectories of positive and negative behaviors was found. These results suggest that theory and application need to accommodate to variation in the links between positive and problematic developmental trajectories. FAU - Lewin-Bizan, Selva AU - Lewin-Bizan S AD - Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University, 301 Lincoln-Filene, Medford, MA 02155, USA. lewinbiz@gmail.com FAU - Lynch, Alicia Doyle AU - Lynch AD FAU - Fay, Kristen AU - Fay K FAU - Schmid, Kristina AU - Schmid K FAU - McPherran, Caitlin AU - McPherran C FAU - Lerner, Jacqueline V AU - Lerner JV FAU - Lerner, Richard M AU - Lerner RM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20100413 PL - United States TA - J Youth Adolesc JT - Journal of youth and adolescence JID - 0333507 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - *Affect MH - Child MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - *Social Behavior EDAT- 2010/04/14 06:00 MHDA- 2010/10/30 06:00 CRDT- 2010/04/14 06:00 PHST- 2009/12/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/03/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/04/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/04/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/10/30 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s10964-010-9532-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Youth Adolesc. 2010 Jul;39(7):751-63. doi: 10.1007/s10964-010-9532-7. Epub 2010 Apr 13.