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Search Institute has identified the following factors in young people's lives
that make them more likely to grow up healthy, caring, and responsible.
Percent
of Your Youth Reporting Each of 20 EXTERNAL Assets
Support
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1.
Family support |
Family
life provides high levels of love and support. |
64% |
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2.
Positive family communication |
Young
person and his or her parent(s) communicate positively, and young person is willing
to seek parent(s) advice and counsel. |
26% |
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3.
Other adult relationships |
Young
person receives support from three or more non-parent adults. |
41% |
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4.
Caring neighborhood |
Young person
experiences caring neighbors.
|
40% |
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5.
Caring school climate |
School
provides a caring, encouraging environment. |
24% |
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6.
Parent involvement in schooling |
Parent(s)
are actively involved in helping young person succeed in school.
|
29% |
Empowerment
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7.
Community values youth |
Young
person perceives that adults in the community value youth. |
20% |
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8.
Youth as resources |
Young people are
given useful roles in the community.
|
24% |
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9. Service to others |
Young
person serves in the community one hour or more per week. |
50% |
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10.
Safety |
Young
person feels safe at home, school, and in the neighborhood. |
55% |
Boundaries
and Expectations
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11.
Family boundaries |
Family
has clear rules and consequences, and monitors the young person's whereabouts. |
43% |
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12.
School boundaries |
School
provides clear rules and consequences. |
46% |
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13.
Neighborhood boundaries |
Neighbors take responsibility
for monitoring young people's behavior.
|
46% |
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14.
Adult role models |
Parent(s)
and other adults model positive, responsible behavior. |
27% |
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15.
Positive peer influence |
Young person's best
friends model responsible behavior.
|
60% |
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16.
High expectations |
Both
parent(s) and teachers encourage the young person to do well.
|
41% |
Constructive
Use of Time
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17.
Creative activities |
Young
person spends three or more hours per week in lessons or practice in music, theater,
or other arts. |
19% |
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18.
Youth programs |
Young person spends
three or more hours per week in sports, clubs, or organizations at school and/or
in community organizations.
|
59% |
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19.
Religious community |
Young person spends
three or more hours per week in activities in a religious institution.
|
64% |
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20.
Time at home |
Young
person is out with friends "with nothing special to do" two or fewer nights per
week. |
50% |
Percent
of Your Youth Reporting Each of 20 INTERNAL Assets
Commitment
to Learning
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21.
Achievement motivation |
Young person is
motivated to do well in school.
|
63% |
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22.
School engagement |
Young
person is actively engaged in learning. |
64% |
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23.
Homework |
Young
person reports doing at least one hour of homework every school day. |
45% |
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24.
Bonding to school |
Young
person cares about his or her school. |
51% |
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25.
Reading for pleasure |
Young
person reads for pleasure three or more hours per week. |
24% |
Positive
Values
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26.
Caring |
Young
person places high value on helping other people. |
43% |
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27.
Equality and social justice |
Young person places
high value on promoting equality and reducing hunger and poverty.
|
45% |
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28.
Integrity |
Young
person acts on convictions and stands up for his or her beliefs. |
63% |
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29.
Honesty |
Young
person tells the truth even when it is not easy. |
63% |
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30.
Responsibility |
Young
person accepts and takes personal responsibility. |
60% |
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31.
Restraint |
Young
person believes it is important not to be sexually active or to use alcohol or
other drugs. |
42% |
Social
Competencies
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32.
Planning and decision making |
Young person knows
how to plan ahead and make choices.
|
29% |
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33.
Interpersonal competence |
Young
person has empathy, sensitivity, and friendship skills. |
43% |
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34.
Cultural competence |
Young
person has knowledge of and comfort with people of different cultural/racial/ethnic
backgrounds. |
35% |
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35.
Resistance skills |
Young
person can resist negative peer pressure and dangerous situations. |
37% |
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36.
Peaceful conflict resolution |
Young
person seeks to resolve conflict non-violently. |
44% |
Positive
Identity
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37.
Personal power |
Young person feels
he or she has control over "things that happen to me."
|
45% |
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38.
Self-esteem |
Young
person reports having a high self-esteem |
47% |
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39.
Sense of purpose |
Young
person reports that "my life has a purpose." |
55% |
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40.
Positive view of personal future |
Young
person is optimistic about his or her personal future. |
70% |
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