@article{ref1,
title="Generativity as a positive mental health outcome: The long-term impacts of Better Beginnings, Better Futures on youth at ages 18-19",
journal="Canadian journal of community mental health",
year="2013",
author="Love, Norah and Nelson, Geoffrey and Pancer, S. Mark and Loomis, Colleen and Hasford, Julian",
volume="32",
number="1",
pages="155-169",
abstract="This study examined the long-term impacts of the Better Beginnings, Better Futures project, a universal, community-based prevention program. Generativity was studied as an indicator of positive mental health, using a narrative analysis of youths' stories about turning points in their lives. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare youths aged 18-19 who participated in Better Beginnings when they were 4-8 (n = 62) and with youths from comparison communities who did not participate in Better Beginnings (n = 34). Significant differences between the 2 groups were found on 2 measures of generativity. The findings suggest the utility of adopting a narrative approach to evaluate the long-term outcomes of prevention programs for children and youth.  KEYWORDS: prevention, early childhood development programs, long-term outcomes, generativity, positive mental health<p />",
language="en",
issn="0713-3936",
doi="10.7870/cjcmh-2013-012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2013-012"
}