Family Support - Family life provides high levels of love and support.
Positive family communication - Young person and her or his parent(s) communicate positively, and young person is willing to seek advice and counsel from parents.
Other adult relationships - Young person receives support from three of more nonparent adults.
Caring Neighborhood - Young person experiences caring neighbors.
Caring school climate - School provides a caring, encouraging environment.
Parent involvement in schooling - Parent(s) are actively involved in helping young person succeed in school.
Community values youth - Young person perceives that adults in the community value youth.
Youth as Resources - Young people are given useful roles in the community.
Service to Others - Young person serves in the community one hour or more per week.
Safety - Young person feels safe at home, school, and in the neighborhood.
Family boundaries - Family has clear rules and consequences and monitors the young person’s whereabouts.
School Boundaries - School provides clear rules and consequences.
Neighborhood boundaries - Neighbors take responsibility for monitoring young people’s behavior.
Adult role models - Parent(s) and other adults model positive, responsible behavior.
Positive peer influence - Young person’s best friends model responsible behavior.
High expectations - Both parent(s) and teachers encourage the young person to do well.
Creative Activities - Young person spends three or more hours per week in lessons or practice in music, theater, or other arts.
Youth Programs - Young person spends three or more hours per week in sports, clubs, or organizations, at school and/or in the community.
Religious Community - Young person spends one or more hours per week in sports, clubs, or organizations at school and/or in the community.
Time at home - Young person is out with friends “with nothing special to do” two or FEWER nights per week.
Achievement Motivation - Young person is motivated to do well in school.
School Engagement - Young person is actively engaged in learning.
Homework - Young person reports doing at least one hour of homework every school day.
Bonding to school - Young person cares about her or his school.
Reading for Pleasure - Young person reads for pleasure three or more hours per week.
Caring - Young person places high value on helping other people.
Equality and social justice - Young person places high value on promoting equality and reducing hunger and poverty.
Integrity - Young person acts on convictions and stands up for her or his beliefs.
Honesty - Young person “tells the truth even when it is not easy.”
Responsibility - Young person accepts and takes personal responsibility.
Restraint - Young person believes it is important not to be sexually active or to use alcohol or other drugs.
Planning and decision making - Young person knows how to plan ahead and make choices.
Interpersonal Competence - Young person has empathy, sensitivity, and friendship skills.
Cultural Competence - Young person has knowledge of and comfort with people of different cultural/racial/ethnic backgrounds.
Resistance skills - Young person can resist negative peer pressure and dangerous situations.
Peaceful conflict resolution - Young person seeks to resolve conflict nonviolently.
Personal power - Young person feels he or she has control over “things that happen to me.”
Self-esteem - Young person reports having a high self-esteem.
Sense of purpose - Young person reports that “my life has a purpose.”
Positive view of personal future - Young person is optimistic about her or his personal future.