Michelle B Weiner
Biographic Data
| ID | 6035778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle B Weiner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle B |
| FAMILY NAME | Weiner |
| SIGNATURE | WEINER M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tufts University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5700-8869 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From Taylor Swift to MLK
Famous people can positively influence young people by serving as examples of how to be a good person, but very little is known about which famous people youth look up to and why they do so. We coded and analyzed open-response data from 596 adolescents (Mage = 14.09 years; 58.5% girls, 57.5% White) in the northeastern United States to understand the types of famous people youth look up to and why they reported nominating them. Youth identified a …
Profiles of adolescent character attributes
Using data from 552 adolescents from the Northeastern United States (Mage = 14.11 years, 60% girls, 56% identified as White), we identified five latent profiles including the character attributes honesty, humility, persistence, future orientation, and purpose (beyond-the-self life goals). Three profiles were characterized by Low, Middle, and High levels of all attributes, respectively, the fourth profile by low levels of future orientation and pe…
Modeling Pathways of Character Development across the First Three Decades of Life
Positive Development among Diverse Youth
The positive youth development (PYD) perspective is based on the notion that all young people possess strengths and the capacity for healthy growth. The key hypothesis within the PYD perspective is that thriving occurs when the strengths of youth are aligned across adolescence with ecological resources (or “assets”) that promote positive, healthy development (e.g., assets such as high‐quality parenting, mentoring, teaching, or coaching; effective…
Fostering Youth Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship offers a viable and proven pathway to economic growth and personal fulfillment. However, the number of individuals engaged in entrepreneurial behaviors remains low. This discrepancy between entrepreneurial attitudes and action underscores the need for programs that foster the development of entrepreneurship in today's youth. We argue that a relational developmental systems approach can help researchers understand and facilitate t…
Understanding Entrepreneurial Intent in Late Adolescence
Modeling Pathways of Character Development across the First Three Decades of Life
Fostering Youth Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship offers a viable and proven pathway to economic growth and personal fulfillment. However, the number of individuals engaged in entrepreneurial behaviors remains low. This discrepancy between entrepreneurial attitudes and action underscores the need for programs that foster the development of entrepreneurship in today's youth. We argue that a relational developmental systems approach can help researchers understand and facilitate t…
Understanding Entrepreneurial Intent in Late Adolescence
Fostering Youth Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship offers a viable and proven pathway to economic growth and personal fulfillment. However, the number of individuals engaged in entrepreneurial behaviors remains low. This discrepancy between entrepreneurial attitudes and action underscores the need for programs that foster the development of entrepreneurship in today's youth. We argue that a relational developmental systems approach can help researchers understand and facilitate t…
Understanding Entrepreneurial Intent in Late Adolescence
Positive Development among Diverse Youth
The positive youth development (PYD) perspective is based on the notion that all young people possess strengths and the capacity for healthy growth. The key hypothesis within the PYD perspective is that thriving occurs when the strengths of youth are aligned across adolescence with ecological resources (or “assets”) that promote positive, healthy development (e.g., assets such as high‐quality parenting, mentoring, teaching, or coaching; effective…
Modeling Pathways of Character Development across the First Three Decades of Life
Profiles of adolescent character attributes
Using data from 552 adolescents from the Northeastern United States (Mage = 14.11 years, 60% girls, 56% identified as White), we identified five latent profiles including the character attributes honesty, humility, persistence, future orientation, and purpose (beyond-the-self life goals). Three profiles were characterized by Low, Middle, and High levels of all attributes, respectively, the fourth profile by low levels of future orientation and pe…
From Taylor Swift to MLK
Famous people can positively influence young people by serving as examples of how to be a good person, but very little is known about which famous people youth look up to and why they do so. We coded and analyzed open-response data from 596 adolescents (Mage = 14.09 years; 58.5% girls, 57.5% White) in the northeastern United States to understand the types of famous people youth look up to and why they reported nominating them. Youth identified a …
Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Youth Development and Social Support (4 works) · Character development (2 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works) · Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Action (physics (1 work)