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Here is a summary of publications by Center on Adolescence, faculty, research staff, graduate students, visitors and former students.

2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997

2010

Bundick, M. J., Yeager, D. Y., King, P., and Damon, W. (2010, in press). Thriving across the life span. In W. F. Overton and R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Handbook of lifespan human development. New York: Wiley.

Moran, S. (2010, in press). Why should we develop and measure students’ capabilities? In K. Tirri and P. Nokelainen (Eds.), Measuring multiple intelligences and moral sensitivities in urban schools. Rotterdam/Taipei: SensePublishers.

Tirri, K. and Quinn, B. (2010, in press). Exploring the role of religion and spirituality in the development of purpose: Case studies of purposeful youth. British Journal of Religious Education.

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2009

Moran, S. (2009). Purpose: Giftedness in intrapersonal intelligence. High Ability Studies, 20(2) 143-159.

Yeager, D. and Bundick, M. (2009). The role of purposeful work goals in promoting meaning in life and in schoolwork during adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Research 24(4), 423-452.

Damon, W. (2009). The why question: Teachers can instill a sense of purpose. Education Next, 9(3), 84.

Hanhimäki, E. and Tirri, K. (2009, May). Ethically sensitive teaching in critical incidents at school. The Journal of Education for Teaching, 35(2), 107-121.

Van der Zee, T. and Tirri, K. (Eds.). (2009). Research on religious and spiritual education. Journal of Empirical Theology, 22, 1-4.

Tirri, K., Nokelainen, P., and Mahkonen, M. (2009). How morality and religiosity relate to intelligence? A case study of mathematically talented adolescence. Journal of Empirical Theology, 22, 70-87.

Hirsto, L. and Tirri, K. (2009). Motivational approaches to studying theology in relation to spirituality. Journal of Empirical Theology, 22, 88-102.

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2008

Damon, W. (2008, Fall). The young and the restless. Hoover Digest: Research and Opinion on Public Policy (4), 135. (Chinese translation 2009.)

Bronk, K.C. (2008). Early adolescents' conceptions of the good life and the good person. Adolescence, 43(172), 713-732.

Bronk, K.C. (2008). Humility among adolescent purpose exemplars. Journal of Research on Character Education, 6(1), 35-51.

Damon, W. (2008). The path to purpose: How young people find their calling in life. New York: The Free Press.

Damon, W. and Lerner, R. (Eds.). (2008). Child and adolescent development: An advanced text. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Damon, W. (2008). The moral north star. Educational Leadership, 66, 8-12. Also in Sherer, M. (Ed.), (2009). Engaging the whole child: Reflections on best practices in learning, teaching, and leadership, an Ebook (pp. 15-23). Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Damon, W. (2008). Education and the path to purpose: An open letter to the next president. Independent School, 68(1), 61-64.

Damon, W. (2008). What schools and colleges must do to prepare students for citizenship. In P. Levine and J. Youniss (Eds.) CIRCLE Working Paper 45: Youth and Civic Engagement: An Institutional Turn, 7-9. College Park, MD: CIRCLE.

Lies, J., Bronk, K. C., and Mariano, J. M. (2008). The community contribution to moral development and character. In D. Narvaez and L. Nucci (Eds.), Handbook on moral and character education, (pp. 520-536). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Mariano, J. M. and Damon, W. (2008). The role of spirituality and religious faith in the development of purpose in adolescence. In R. M. Lerner, R. W. Roeser, and E. Phelps (Eds.), Positive youth development and spirituality: From theory to research (pp. 210-230). West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press.

Tirri, K. (Ed.). (2008). Educating moral sensibilities in urban schools. Rotterdam/Taipei: SensePublishers.

Tirri, K. and Nokelainen, P. (2008). Identification of multiple intelligences with the Multiple Intelligence Profiling Questionnaire III. Psychology Science Quarterly, 50(2), 206-221.

Hanhimäki, E. and Tirri, K. (2008). The moral role and characteristics of Finnish urban school principals. Journal of Research in Character Education, 6(1), 53-65.

Tirri, K. (2008). Who should teach gifted students? Revista Espanola de pedagogia 66(240), 315-324.

Tirri, K., Nokelainen, P., and Holm, K. (2008). Ethical sensitivity of Finnish Lutheran 7th-9th grade students. In F. Oser and W. Veugelers (Eds.), Getting involved: Global citizenship development and sources of moral values (pp. 327-341). Rotterdam/Taipei: SensePublishers.

Tirri, K. (2008). Introduction. In K. Tirri (Ed.), Educating moral sensibilities in urban schools (pp. ix-xv). Rotterdam/Taipei: SensePublishers.

Holm, K., Tirri, K., Hanhimäki, E. (2008). How are human rights observed in schools? In K. Tirri (Ed.), Educating moral sensibilities in urban schools (pp. 127-143). Rotterdam/Taipei: SensePublishers.

Tirri, K. (2008). Spirituality as an expression of post-secular religiosity. In H-G. Ziebertz and U. Riegel (Eds.), Europe: secular or post-secular? (pp. 155-166). Muenster: Lit Publisher.

Tirri, K. (2008). Ethical sensitivity and giftedness. In T. Balchin (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Gifted Education (pp. 134-140). London: Routledge.

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2007

Damon, W. and Bronk, K. C. (2007). Taking ultimate responsibility. In H. Gardner (Ed.), Responsibility at work: How leading professionals act (or don't act) responsibly. (pp. 21-42). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Damon, W. (2007). Dispositions and teacher assessment: The need for a more rigorous definition. Journal of Teacher Education, 58, 365 – 369.

Mariano, J. M. (2007). The relationship of purpose to character strengths in emerging adulthood. Dissertation Abstracts International. (UMI No. 324590).

Tirri, K. (2007). Spirituelle empfindsamkeit junger erwachsener. In A. A. Bucher (Ed.), Moral, Religion, Politik: Psychologisch-pädagogische Zugänge, (pp. 269-277). Münster: LIT Publishers.

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2006

Damon, W., and Verducci, S. (Eds.). (2006). Taking philanthropy seriously: Beyond noble intentions to responsible giving. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Damon, W., and Lerner, R. (Eds.). (2006). Handbook of child psychology: The sixth edition (Vols. 1- 4). New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Damon, W., and Mueller, B. (2006, January-February). Improving newsroom communication: Impact of a traveling curriculum for journalism education. American Editor, 22–24.

Damon, W. (2006). Recent research on good work and the development of young adults: Lessons for law schools. In S. Brown (Ed.), Can Justice be taught?: The social responsibility of a lawyer and a law school education. Osaka, Japan: Kwansei Gaikun University Press.

Damon, W. (2006). Finding noble purpose. In Vancouver Dialogues, pp. 28-31.Vancouver, B. C.: Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education.

Mariano, J. M., and Verducci, S. (2006). Ethical standards in philanthropy. In W. Damon and S. Verducci, (Eds.), Taking philanthropy seriously: Beyond noble intentions to responsible giving (pp. 222-240). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Bundick, M., Andrews, M., Jones, A., Mariano, J. M., Bronk, K. C., and Damon, W. (2006). Revised youth purpose survey. Stanford, CA: Stanford Center on Adolescence.

Andrews, M., Bundick, M., Jones, A., Bronk, K. C., Mariano, J. M., and Damon, W. (2006). Revised youth purpose interview. Stanford, CA: Stanford Center on Adolescence.

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2005

Damon, W., Colby, A., Bronk, K. C., and Ehrlich, T. (2005). Passion and mastery in balance: Toward good work in the professions. Daedalus: The Journal of the American Academy of the Art and Sciences, 134(3), 27-35.

Damon, W. (2005, September 8). Personality Test: The disposition debate in teacher preparation today, and what to do about it. Fwd: Arresting Insights in Education, 2(3) 1-6.

Seligman, M. E. P., Berkowitz, M. W., Catalano, R. F., Damon, W., Eccles, J. S., Gilham, J. E., Moore, K. A., Nicholson, H. J., Park, N., Penn, D. L., Peterson, C., Shih, M., Steen, T. A., Sternberg, R. J., Tierney, J. P., Weissberg, R. P., and Zaff, J. F. (2005). The positive perspective on youth development. In D. L. Evans, E. Foa, R. Gur, H. Hendrin, C. O'Brien, M. E. P. Seligman, and B. T. Walsh (Eds.). Treating and preventing adolescent mental health disorders: What we know and what we don’t know. New York: Oxford University Press, 499-529.

Damon W. (2005, Spring). Good? Bad? Or none of the above? The unavoidable mandate to teach character. Education Next, 20-28.

Bronk, K. C. (2005). Portraits of purpose: A study examining the ways a sense of purpose contributes to positive youth development. Dissertation Abstracts International. (UMI No. 3187267).

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2004

Damon, W. (2004). The moral advantage. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.

Damon, W. (2004). Positiv ungdomsudvikling. Kognition and Paedagogik, 14(53), 20-34.

Damon, W. (2004). What is positive youth development? Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 591, 13-23.

Damon, W. (2004). Foreword. In R. Lerner and L. Steinberg (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent psychology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.

Bronk, K. C., Menon, J. and Damon, W. (2004). Youth purpose: Conclusions from a working conference of leading scholars. Exploring the Nature and Development of Purpose in Youth. Stanford, CA: Stanford Center on Adolescence.

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2003

Damon, W. (2003). Noble purpose. Radnor, PA: Templeton Foundation Press

Damon, W., Menon, J. L., and Bronk, K. C. (2003). The Development of purpose during adolescence. Journal of Applied Developmental Science, 7(3), 119-128.

Damon, W. (2003). The roots of character and the role of community. Character, XI(1), 1-9.

Damon, W. (2003). From the personal to the political. In C. E. Finn Jr., (Ed.), Terrorists, despots and democracy: What our children need to know. Washington, DC: Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

Damon, W. (2003). A new - but time-honored - approach to moral development in the child. In H. H. Knoop, and P. Østergaard (Eds.), Børns liv og læreproceser i det moderne samfund. Vaerlose, Denmark: Billesø og Baltzer Publishers.

Damon, W. and Gregory, A. (2003). Bringing in a new era in the field of youth development. In R. Lerner and P. Benson (Eds.), Developmental assets and asset-building communities (pp. 47-64). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press.

Damon, W. (2003, February). The roots of character. Personal Excellence, 13.

Damon, W. (2003, Fall). Science looks at purpose in young people. In P. Veljkovic (Ed.), Laws of Life (p.7). Radnor, PA: John Templeton Foundation.

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2002

Damon, W. (Ed.) (2002). Bringing in a new era in character education. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press.

Damon, W. (2002, January). How to succeed in business by doing the right thing. Optimize, 68-77.

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2001

Gardner, H., Csikszentmihalyi, M., and Damon, W. (2001). Good Work: When excellence and ethics meet. New York: Basic Books. (German, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Romanian translations, 2001–2005).

Csikszentmihalyi, M., and Damon, W. (2001). What does it mean to do good work in higher education today? In Futures forum 2001: Exploring the future of higher education (pp. 15-18). San Francisco: The James Irvine Foundation.

Damon, W. (2001, April 27-29). The gap generation. USA Weekend, 7-9.

Damon, W. (2001). Character study. The Responsive Community, 11(2), 62-68.

Damon, W. (2001). To not fade away: Restoring civil identity among the young. In D. Ravitch and J. Viteritti (Eds.), Making Good Citizens: Education and civil society. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Verducci, S., and Damon, W. (2001). Youth outlook. In R. Lerner and J. Lerner (Eds.), Adolescence in America: An encyclopedia (Vol. 2, pp. 815-825). New York: Oxford University Press.

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2000

Damon, W. (2000). Setting the stage for the development of wisdom: Self-understanding and moral identity during adolescence. In W. Brown (Ed.) Understanding wisdom: Sources, science, and society (pp. 339-360). Radnor, PA: Templeton Foundation Press.

Damon, W. (2000). Moral development. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology (Vol. 5, pp. 299-302). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Books and New York: Oxford University Press.

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1999

Damon, W. (1999, August). The moral development of children. Scientific American, 28, 72-88.

Damon, W. (1999-2000, Winter). Reading between the lines: What do teenagers laws of life essays tell us about them? In P. Veljkovic (Ed.), Laws of Life (p.2). Radnor, PA: John Templeton Foundation.

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1998

Damon, W. (1998). The path to a civil society goes through the university. The Chronicle of Higher Education, XLV(8), B4 - B5.

Damon, W. (1998). Political development for a democratic future: A commentary. In C. A. Flanagan and L. R. Sherrod (Eds.), Journal of Social Issues, (54)3, 621-627.

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1997

Damon, W. (1997). The youth charter: How communities can work together to raise standards for all our children. New York: The Free Press.

Damon, W. (1997). Foreword to J. Piaget, The moral judgment of the child (pp. 3-9). New York: The Free Press.

Damon, W., and Gregory, A. (1997). The youth charter: Towards the formation of adolescent moral identity. Journal of Moral Education, 26(2), 117 - 131.

Damon, W. (1997). The Handbook's back pages - and ours. Human Development, 40(2) 74-87.

Damon, W. (1997). Learning and resistance: When developmental theory meets educational practice. In E. Amsel,and A. Renninger, Change and development: Issues of theory, method and application (pp. 287-310). Hillsdale, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates.

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