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  • Youth Development
  • Social Sciences

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  • The concept of strengths-based approaches is increasingly prevalent in health research.
  • However, the conceptual adequacy of these approaches, particularly regarding how strengths are represented and understood, remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze recent literature on strengths-based approaches in youth health research.
  • To examine how young people's strengths are represented and conceptualized.
  • To identify more productive frameworks for understanding and intervening in youth well-being.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature review of recent studies on strengths-based approaches in youth health.
  • Qualitative analysis of how 'strengths' are defined and operationalized in the literature.
  • Conceptual analysis comparing individualistic versus relational frameworks.

Main Results:

  • Most literature frames strengths as individual traits, resilience, or protective factors, with limited understanding of their production.
  • A smaller body of research conceptualizes strengths through social capital, emphasizing relationship quality and durability.
  • Relational understandings of strengths offer a more nuanced perspective on youth development.

Conclusions:

  • Current strengths-based approaches in youth health research often focus narrowly on individual attributes.
  • A relational perspective, viewing strengths as embedded in social relations, provides a more robust framework for intervention.
  • Future policies and programs should target social relations, including practices, identities, and collective knowledge, to foster positive youth trajectories.