| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立彰化師範大學 === 教育研究所 === 93 === The main purposes of this study were to explore the developmental assets of adolescents and the related factors. First, it examined the differences of developmental assets the students in different background variables. Moreover, this study investigated the relationships among students’ developmental assets, thriving behaviors, and risk behaviors.
Subjects of 983 junior high school students were evaluated by the instruments, including Developmental Assets Scales, thriving behaviors Scales, and risk behaviors Scales. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s Product-moment Correlation, Canonical Correlation, χ2 test, discriminate analysis, and Regression.
The main findings were as follows:
1. There were significant differences in students’ developmental assets concerning grade, gender, family structure, and socioeconomic status level.
2. Significant differences were found in students’ risk behaviors based on grade, gender, and socioeconomic status level.
3. There were no significant differences in thriving behaviors concerning grade, gender, and family structure. Significant differences were found in students’ thriving behaviors based on socioeconomic status level.
4. There were significant canonical correlations between developmental assets and risk behaviors; developmental assets and thriving behaviors.
5. Support, empowerment, boundaries and expectations, constructive use of time, commitment to learning, positive values, social competencies, and positive identity could significantly distinguish different risk behaviors and thriving behaviors.
6. Based on the result of stepwise regression analysis, external assets and internal assets could predict risk behaviors; internal assets could predict thriving behaviors.
Finally, some suggestions for parents, teachers, students and further study were made according to the findings.
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