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Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana
Print version ISSN 1794-4724On-line version ISSN 2145-4515
Abstract
BARROS SOARES, Ana Sofia; PAIS-RIBEIRO, José Luís and LOPES SILVA, Isabel Maria. Personal and Contextual Assets Predictors of Positive Affect and Negative Affect in Adolescents. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2020, vol.38, n.1, pp.33-47. Epub Feb 02, 2021. ISSN 1794-4724. https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.7472.
The purpose of this research was to explore the relationship between the experience of personal and ecological Developmental Assets® and positive and negative affect. A convenience sample of 503 Portuguese students was evaluated, mean age of 15.92 years (SD = 1.17), 63 % female gender. Results indicate that adolescents who experience a greater number of assets tend to reveal a superior experience of positive affect and an inferior of negative affect. Data suggest the impact of subsets of Development Assets® on the prediction of positive and negative affect (explaining 30 and 31 %> of the variance, respectively): both internal and external assets contributed to the variance in results, internal ones constitute stronger predictors. Present findings suggest the utility of the Developmental Assets® framework in order to understand the experience of positive and negative affect in adolescence, focusing on promoting a successful development.
Keywords : Positive affect; negative affect; developmental assets; adolescents.