Measuring Character Strengths and Promoting Positive Youth Development in Zambia: Initial Findings from the GROW Hopes for Life Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Global Resilience Oral Workshops (GROW) Free and Strong programs take a strengths-based, positive youth development (PYD) approach to promoting thriving. Through both prevention (GROW Strong) and intervention (GROW Free) exercises, these programs aim to build character and emotional resilience while also lowering unhealthy alcohol use.

Objective

To meaningfully assess the impact of the GROW programs on health and PYD, ecologically and psychometrically valid measures of character strengths were needed, with a focus on the strengths of hope, forgiveness, spirituality, prudence, and self-control (self-regulation) promoted by GROW.

Method

We tested a series of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of these five key constructs using two samples: a sch

SUBMITTER: Tirrell JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11920339 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature