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