Education for a Life of Purpose
William Damon
Public Presentations
The Center on Adolescence encourages participation at professional meetings, invited talks, and other events related to the work of Center. Here is a summary of presentations by Center members, former members, and visitors beginning with academic year 2007-2008.
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Keynote address: The Development of Purpose across the Lifespan: Individual and Collective Dimensions
William DamonPurpose Moderates the Relationship Between Stress and Life Satisfaction Among College Students
Emily MortonPurpose as a Treatment Intervention for Suicidal Adolescents
Heather Malin and Michele BerkParadise Lost and Found: Sense of Purpose Attenuates Links between Derailment and Distress
Anthony L. Burrow and Patrick L. HillPurpose Development in College Students: The Role of Critical Consciousness
Allison White and Belle Liang
The Family Purpose Project: Initial Findings
Kendall Cotton BronkThe Purpose of Family Wealth
Tarek el Sehity and Heinrich LiechtensteinThe Meaning and Importance of Family Purpose
Anne Colby and William Damon
A new measure of purpose in adults: Capturing the multidimensional nature of purpose
Matthew Bundick, Kathleen Remington, & Emily MortonDo compassionate teenagers finish last? How compassion relates to well-being and school outcomes
Indra LiauwSeven life goods: Purpose and well-being in later life
Anne Colby & Emily Morton
The personal and social benefits of purpose beyond the self in later life
Jim Emerman, Anne Colby, & Helen Dennis
Supporting the Development of Purpose in Older Adults
Jim Emerman, Anne Colby, Jeanne Nakamura & Laura Carstensen
Facilitating purpose beyond the self in older adults
Jim Emerman, Anne Colby, & Helen Dennis
The Relationship of Wisdom to Positive Functioning in Older American Adults
Anne ColbyPurpose in Later Life – Toward a Cultural Revolution
Anne Colby, William Damon, Kathleen Remington, Matthew BundickSupporting Civic and Political Development among Latino Youth
Heather MalinProsocial Purpose in Early Adolescence: How Schools Support its Development
Heather Malin, Robert Borah, and Kathleen RemingtonUnderstanding and Expressing Gratitude: Perspectives of Eighth-Grade Students
Indra Liauw
Differences in Adolescent Gratitude Expression
Robert Borah & Kathleen Remington
The Relationship between Brain Regions Associated with Self and Moral Functioning in Moral Judgment
Hyemin Han, Jingyuan Chen, Changwoo Jeong, Gary H. Glover
Youth Purpose: New Methods for Assessment
Kendall C. Bronk (Chair), Rachel Baumsteiger, Brian R. Riches, and Heather Malin
Are Attainable Exemplars More Effective at Promoting Students’ Moral Motivation?
Hyemin Han, Changwoo Jeong, William Damon, and Geoffrey L. Cohen
What makes young people thrive in civics in the US and Europe?
Kirsi Tirri (Chair & Presenter) with Indrawati Liauw (Presenter) and Heather MalinLongitudinal Study of Civic Engagement in the Transition to Adulthood
Hyemin Han, Indrawati Liauw (Co-Presenters), and Heather MalinA Meta-Analysis of fMRI Studies of Morality and Its Implications
Hyemin HanMoral Heroes and Exemplars: Character Strengths at the Heart of Moral Leadership
Anne ColbyA (New) New Science for Moral Education: The Importance of Exemplars of Virtue for Human Flourishing
William Damon
Clues to Increasing the Civic-Political Engagement of Demographically High-Risk Youth
William Damon, Parissa Ballard, Heather Malin and Anne Colby
Investigations of the Beyond-the-Self Dimension of Purpose in Adolescents and Emerging Adults
Brandy Quinn (Chair), Kendall C. Bronk, Matthew Bundick, Heather MalinComplex Links between Experiencing Discrimination and Developing Ideas about Society among Diverse Youth
Parissa Ballard, Chair and Presenter
Civic Engagement in Developmentally Salient Contexts
Parissa Jahromi Ballard and Heather Malin (Co-Organizers), Sara K. Johnson, Lisette M. DeSouza, Tenelle Porter & William DamonMethods for Studying Purpose Development Across the Life-Span
Heather Malin (Organizer and Presenter), Kendall Bronk, Dustin Hunt & Anthony Burrow
How Exemplar Research Informs Moral Psychology and Moral Education
William Damon (Chair) with Hyemin Han (Presenter)A Cross-Cultural fMRI Investigation of Moral Decision Making Processes
Hyemin Han, Gary H. Glover, and Changwoo JeongA Comparative Study of Moral Education Textbooks in Korea and Japan
Hyemin Han, Sora Kim, Changwoo Jeong, and Yutaka Kunii
Developing an Effective Science Ethics Education Program: A Socioscientific Issues-based Approach
Hyemin Han and Changwoo JeongDevising and testing an instrument for measuring distances between adolescents’ sense of self and the concepts related to morals
Sora Kim, Hyemin Han, and Changwoo Jeong
Civic implications of discrimination among immigrant adolescents in the USA
Parissa Jahromi Ballard, Tenelle Porter, & William Damon
Civic development among youth from immigrant backgrounds in the USA
Parrisa Jahromi BallardMoral Identity: Does it matter for civic action and entrepreneurial aspiration?
Tenelle Porter
The Importance of Youth Purpose and How to Support It
Jenni Menon Mariano, Ph.D., Elizabeth (Betsy) Levine Brown, Ph.D., and Devora Shamah, Ph.D.
The Influence of Purpose Content on Purposefulness in Chinese and American Young Adults
Fei Jiang and Jenni Menon MarianoRequired Community Service: What Features Affect Civic Attitude Change?
Parissa JahromiUsing an Exemplar Methodology to Examine Young People’s Purposes in Life
Kendall Cotton BronkEntrepreneurship as a Pathway to Positive Youth Development
Richard M. Lerner; [William Damon]; Heather Malin; Kendall C. Bronk; [Timothy S. Reilly]; Tenelle Porter; Megan K. MuellerThe Beyond-the-Self Dimension of Adolescent Purpose
Brandy QuinnBeyond-the-Self Purpose Among the 'Greatest Generation'
Jenni M. Mariano; George E. Vaillant
Finnish Teachers’ and Students’ Views on Holistic School Pedagogy
Kirsi TirriTeacher Support and Competencies for Fostering Youth Purpose and Psychological Well-Being: Perspectives from Two Countries
Matthew J. Bundick and Kirsi TirriEthical Thinking Skills of Mathematically Gifted Finnish Young Adults
Kirsi Tirri and Petri NokelainenFinding and seeking purpose among ethnic minority girls: Sources of social support in middle school
Jenni Menon Mariano
Opening Remarks at Youth Civic Development: Theory, Constructs, Innovative Methods
William DamonWhat Motivates Youth Civic Participation
Parissa Jahromi
Volunteerism as purpose: Examining predictors of longterm service involvement
Carolyn Barber, University of Missouri, Kansas CityPerceived social supports of civic and other expressions of purpose among minority adolescent girls
Jenni Menon Mariano, University of South Florida (Chair)The adolescent children of immigrants, language brokering, and civic purpose
Lisa Dorner, University of Missouri, St. LouisThree problems in the study of youth purpose for college student development
Jenni Menon Mariano
The Interplay Between Purpose and Career Aspirations in Late Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Matthew J. Bundick, Postdoctoral Fellow, MacArthur Foundation Network on Transitions to Adulthood, The Pennsylvania State UniversityArtistic Purpose in Adolescence
Heather Malin, Research AssociateHow Stable is Purpose in Adolescence?
Seana Moran, Research AssociateService <-> Justice Forms of Altruistic Purpose and the Potential Relationships to Problem-Based Learning in the Community
Brandy QuinnImplicit Theories in Altruistic Forms of Purpose
Brandy QuinnHow can interventions to support purpose or purpose precursors be designed in ways that are age-appropriate?
Tim Reilly
