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Cross-National Positive Youth Development Network (CN-PYD)

Principal investigator: 

Nora Wiium
University of Bergen
Email: Nora.Wiium@uib.no
Visitor adress: Christiesgt. 12
Phone: +47 55 58 28 49

Postal adress:
Postboks 7807
5020 BERGEN
N - Norway

Cross-National Positive Youth Development Network (CN-PYD) seeks to examine the extent to which developmental assets are available and accessible to adolescents and emerging adults in different national contexts, and how these assets in turn relate to thriving and positive outcomes such as the “5Cs” of PYD (i.e., Confidence, Competence, Character, Caring and Connection), and subsequently, to young people’s contribution to the development of self and society (contribution as the 6th C). Other topics that are taken up in the network include creativity as the 7th C, risk and health behaviours, emotional difficulties, "job crafting" in the school context, young people’s attitudes and values towards climate change and environmental sustainability, psychological well-being and their associations with developmental assets and positive outcomes. The ultimate goal of the project is to influence patrons, programmes and policies to stimulate the developmental assets needed to facilitate thriving and contribution among young people in the participating countries and beyond.

The cross-national project was initiated in 2014 and currently involves researcher partners from over 40 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North and South America as well as Australia and New Zealand, and represents expertise in a diverse range of scientific fields, such as health psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, cross-cultural psychology, public health, environmental science, sociology, health promotion, speech-language pathology, family studies, intervention and implementation science.

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Cultural context influences youth development

Differing access to resources and opportunity between youth in ltaly, Norway, and Turkey.

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Norwegian girls report more resources and opportunities than boys

What does it mean for academic achievement?

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Ghanaian youth - are males thriving better than females?

Young males in Ghana score higher on competence, while their female peers score higher on caring. These findings tend to reflect cultural norms and gender roles and may have implications for Ghana's effort towards SDGs.