TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Generativity as a positive mental health outcome: The long-term impacts of Better Beginnings, Better Futures on youth at ages 18-19
JO  - Canadian journal of community mental health
A1  - Love, Norah
A1  - Nelson, Geoffrey
A1  - Pancer, S. Mark
A1  - Loomis, Colleen
A1  - Hasford, Julian
SP  - 155
EP  - 169
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 0713-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2013-012
ID  - ref1
ER  -