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Scholarly Interests
Positive youth development, ecological contexts of child and youth development—including parents, families, schools, and out-of-school contexts. Questions her research has addressed include: How do family processes impact the connection between income and children’s cognitive and socioemotional outcomes? Do sports matter more than other extra-curricular activities? What are the predictors and outcomes of youth purpose?
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Projects
- 4 Finished
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Evaluating STEM Scouts: The Design of a Comprehensive Evaluation Plan and Feasibility Study
Urban, J. (PI) & Linver, M. (CoPI)
11/1/18 → 4/30/21
Project: Research project
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Character Virtue Development Evaluation Capacity Building Initiative
Urban, J. (PI) & Linver, M. (CoPI)
2/1/16 → 1/31/19
Project: Research project
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Books 2 Bedside: a hospital-based undergraduate workshop to improve the confidence of graduate nurses entering the health-care industry.
Urban, J. (PI), Linver, M. (CoPI) & Day, K. K. (PI)
8/1/15 → 1/22/21
Project: Research project
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Reflecting on the Laws of Life: A Systems Evaluation Planning Project and Process Evaluation
Urban, J. (PI), Linver, M. (CoPI) & Kerr, L. A. (PI)
1/1/06 → 12/31/15
Project: Research project
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A Protocol for Participatory Data Use
Buckley, J., Postlewaite, E., Archibald, T., Linver, M. R. & Urban, J., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: American Journal of Evaluation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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CHARACTER-MINDED EVALUATION: Recognizing and Activating the Essential Role of Character in High-Quality Evaluation
Urban, J. B., Linver, M. R., Buckley, J., Hargraves, M. & Archibald, T., Jan 1 2024, The Routledge International Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Character Development, Volume I: Conceptualizing and Defining Character. Taylor and Francis, p. 310-334 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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THE MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON YOUTH THRIVING AND EVALUATION
Urban, J. B. & Linver, M. R., Jan 1 2024, The Routledge International Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Character Development, Volume II: Moderators, Threats, and Contexts. Taylor and Francis, p. 341-354 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Untangling purpose: examining the nuanced influence of personal meaning and beyond-the-self orientation on youth mental health in unprecedented times
Urban, J. B., Cox, M., Linver, M. R., Alvis, L., Bennett, T. N., Zhang, A. J. & Postlewaite, E. L., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Positive Psychology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“Been there, done that but also not quite:” Discoveries and limitations in an evaluative, short-term, and multi-sited ethnography of the boy scouts of America
Tevington, P., Davis, W. J., Urban, J. B. & Linver, M. R., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Ethnography.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review