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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Program Evaluation
  • Educational Interventions

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  • Programs and interventions evolve over time.
  • Adolescents and young adults often seek a sense of purpose.
  • A structured approach is needed to develop and evaluate interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To build and evaluate a purpose intervention for adolescents and young adults.
  • To test the effectiveness of online activities in fostering purpose.
  • To apply the Evolutionary Evaluation framework to intervention development.

Main Methods:

  • Four studies were conducted across the intervention's lifespan: initiation, development, stability, and dissemination.
  • Intervention activities were developed and tested.
  • Online activities and a full curriculum were tested with target populations, including Amazon's Mechanical Turk and over 500 students.

Main Results:

  • The purpose intervention successfully cultivated a sense of purpose among adolescents and young adults.
  • Online activities were effective in increasing the search for and discovery of purpose.
  • The Evolutionary Evaluation framework proved effective for intervention development and evaluation.

Conclusions:

  • The developed intervention is a viable tool for fostering purpose in young people.
  • The Evolutionary Evaluation framework is a suitable model for guiding intervention development from inception to dissemination.
  • Further research can explore the long-term impact and scalability of such interventions.