NALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE 4 Volume 591 January 2004 IN THIS ISSUE: Positive Development: Realizing the Potential of Youth Special Editor: CHRISTOPHER PETERSON Preface Christopher Peterson What Is Positive Youth Development? ............. William Damon The Role of Subjective Well-Being in Positive Youth Development .................. Nansook Park Character Strengths and Positive Youth Development.....................1 Nansook Park Youth as People: The Protective Aspects of Youth Development in After-School Settings............... Heather Johnston Nicholson, Christopher Collins, and Heidi Holmer Research-Based Character Education .........! Marvin W. Berkowitz and Melinda C. Bier What Works in School-Based Social and Emotional Learning Programs for Positive Youth Development Roger P. Weissberg and Mary Utne O’Brien Positive Youth Development in the United States: Research Findings on Evaluations of Positive Youth Development Programs... . 0.2.6. -6sseeess Richard F. Catalano, M. Lisa Berglund, Jean A. M. Ryan, Heather S. Lonczak, and] .D avid Hawkins NALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE 4 Volume 591 January 2004 IN THIS ISSUE: Positive Development: Realizing the Potential of Youth Special Editor: CHRISTOPHER PETERSON Preface Christopher Peterson What Is Positive Youth Development? ............. William Damon The Role of Subjective Well-Being in Positive Youth Development .................. Nansook Park Character Strengths and Positive Youth Development.....................1 Nansook Park Youth as People: The Protective Aspects of Youth Development in After-School Settings............... Heather Johnston Nicholson, Christopher Collins, and Heidi Holmer Research-Based Character Education .........! Marvin W. Berkowitz and Melinda C. Bier What Works in School-Based Social and Emotional Learning Programs for Positive Youth Development Roger P. Weissberg and Mary Utne O’Brien Positive Youth Development in the United States: Research Findings on Evaluations of Positive Youth Development Programs... . 0.2.6. -6sseeess Richard F. Catalano, M. Lisa Berglund, Jean A. M. Ryan, Heather S. Lonczak, and] .D avid Hawkins Indicators of Child Well-Being: The Promise for Positive Youth Development Kristin Anderson Moore, Laura Lippman, and Brett Brown Cultivating Optimism in Childhood and Adolescence . Jane Gillham and Karen Reivich Robert J. Sternberg Positive Stigma: Examining Resilience and Empowerment in Overcoming Stigma . Margaret Shih Book Review Essav: Positive Social Science ................0.. Christopher Peterson Quick Read Synopsis Positive Development: Realizing the Potential of Youth FORTHCOMING Hope, Power, and Governance Special Editor: VALERIE BRAITHWAITI Volume 592, March 2004 To Better Serve and Protect: Improving Police Practices Special Editor: WESLEY G. SKOGAN Volume 593, May 2004 Being Here and Being There: Fieldwork Encounters and Ethnographic Discoveries Special Editors: ELI[AH ANDERSON, SCOTT BROOKS, RAYMOND GUNN, and NIKKI JONES Volume 594, July 2004