The promise of leveraging social identities in interventions to enhance the well ‐being and lives of adolescents

We present a theoretically driven rationale for why social identities should be considered assets that provide opportunities for intervention to improve youth's lives. We also describe two interventions that efficaciously targeted social identity development and demonstrated positive effects on adjustment. We close with directions for research and implementation and a call to invest in this important work.

Source: Child Development Perspectives - October 2, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Adam J. Hoffman, Adriana J. Uma ña‐Taylor Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research