Positive youth development: research and applications for promoting thriving in adolescence / Richard M. Lerner, Jacqueline V. Lerner, and Janette B. Benson -- The development of intentional self-regulation in adolescence: describing, explaining, and optimizing its link to positive youth development / Christopher M. Napolitano, Edmond P. Bowers, Steinunn Gestsdóttir, and Paul A. Chase -- Youth purpose and positive youth development / Jenni Menon Mariano and Julie Going -- Positive pathways to adulthood: the role of hope in adolescents' constructions of their futures / Kristina L. Schmid and Shane J. Lopez -- Intrinsic motivation and positive development / Reed W. Larson and Natalie Rusk -- School engagement: what it is and why it is important for positive youth development / Yibing Li -- Religion, spirituality, positive youth development, and thriving / Pamela Ebstyne King, Drew Carr, and Ciprian Boitor -- The contribution of the developmental assets framework to positive youth development theory and practice / Peter L. Benson, Peter C. Scales, and Amy K. Syvertsen -- Youth activity involvement and positive youth development / Megan Kiely Mueller, Selva Lewin-Bizan, and Jennifer Brown Urban -- Media literacy and positive youth development / Michelle J. Boyd and Julie Dobrow -- Advances in civic engagement research: issues of civic measures and civic context / Jonathan F. Zaff, Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, and Emily S. Lin -- Shortridge Academy: positive youth development in action within a therapeutic community / Kristine M. Baber and Adam Rainer -- Integrating theory and method in the study of positive youth development: the sample case of gender-specificity and longitudinal stability of the dimensions of intention self-regulation (selection, optimization, and compensation) / Alexander von Eye, Michelle M. Martel, Richard M. Lerner, Jacqueline V. Lerner, and Edmond P. Bowers.