TY - JOUR
T1 - Diffusion of a developmental asset-building initiative in public schools
AU - Lafferty, Carolyn K.
AU - Mahoney, Colleen A.
AU - Thombs, Dennis L.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Objective: To identify characteristics that distinguish between school personnel who do and do not adopt asset-building behaviors in the formative stage of a countywide initiative. Methods: An anonymous questionnaire, assessing constructs from diffusion of innovation and social cognitive theories, was administered to 467 adult personnel in 3 school districts. Results: Discriminant analysis revealed that implementation of asset building was most closely related to rating the initiative high on trialability, relative advantage, compatibility, and observability and low on complexity. Conclusions: Efforts to implement asset-building initiatives need to assess perceptions of adult personnel and should not assume that positive youth development will be widely supported in schools.
AB - Objective: To identify characteristics that distinguish between school personnel who do and do not adopt asset-building behaviors in the formative stage of a countywide initiative. Methods: An anonymous questionnaire, assessing constructs from diffusion of innovation and social cognitive theories, was administered to 467 adult personnel in 3 school districts. Results: Discriminant analysis revealed that implementation of asset building was most closely related to rating the initiative high on trialability, relative advantage, compatibility, and observability and low on complexity. Conclusions: Efforts to implement asset-building initiatives need to assess perceptions of adult personnel and should not assume that positive youth development will be widely supported in schools.
KW - Diffusion of innovation
KW - Positive youth development
KW - Social cognitive theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0141687234&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5993/ajhb.27.1.s1.4
DO - 10.5993/ajhb.27.1.s1.4
M3 - Article
C2 - 12751645
AN - SCOPUS:0141687234
SN - 1087-3244
VL - 27
SP - S35-S44
JO - American Journal of Health Behavior
JF - American Journal of Health Behavior
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -