SUPPORT

1.    FAMILY SUPPORT - Family life provides high levels of love and support
2.    POSITIVE FAMILY COMMUNICATION - Young person and her or his parent(s)
       communicate positively, and young person is willing to seek advice and counsel from
       parent(s)
3.    OTHER ADULT RELATIONSHIPS - Young person receives support from three or more
       non-parent adults
4.    CARING NEIGHBORHOOD - Young person experiences caring neighbors
5.    CARING SCHOOL CLIMATE - School provides a caring, encouraging environment
6.    PARENT INVOVLEMENT IN SCHOOLING - Parent(s) are actively involved in helping
       young person succeed in school

EMPOWERMENT

7.    COMMUNITY VALUES YOUTH - Young person perceives that adults in the community
       value youth
8.    YOUTH AS RESOURCES - Young people are given useful roles in the community 
9.    SERVICES TO OTHERS - Young person serves in the community one hour or more  
       per week  
10.  SAFETY - Young person feels safe at home, school, and in the neighborhood

BOUNDARIES AND EXPECTATIONS

11.  FAMILY BOUNDARIES - Family has clear rules and consequences and monitors the
       young person's whereabouts
12.  SCHOOL BOUNDARIES - School provides clear rules and consequences
13.  NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARIES - Neighbors take responsibility for monitoring young
       people's behavior
14.  ADULT ROLE MODELS - Parent(s) and other adults model positive, responsible
       behavior
15.  POSITIVE PEER INFLUENCE - Young person's best friends-model responsible behavior
16.  HIGH EXPECTATIONS - Both parent(s) and teachers encourage the young person to
       do well

CONSTRUCTIVE USE OF TIME

17.  CREATIVE ACTIVITIES - Young person spends three or more hours per week in
       lessons or practice in music, theater, or other arts
18.  YOUTH PROGRAMS - Young person spends three or more hours per week in sports,
       clubs, or organizations at school and/or in the community
19.  RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY - Young person spends one or more hours per week in
       activities in a religious institution
20.  TIME AT HOME - Young person is out with friends "with nothing special to do" two or
       fewer nights per week

COMMITMENT TO LEARNING

21.  ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION - Young person is motivated to do well in school
22.  SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT - Young person is actively engaged in learning
23.  HOMEWORK - Young person reports doing at least one hour of homework every
       school day
24.  BONDING TO SCHOOL - Young person cares about her or his school
25.  READING FOR PLEASURE - Young person reads for pleasure three or more hours per
       week

POSITIVE VALUES

26.  CARING - Young person places high value on helping other people
27.  EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE - Young person places high value on promoting
       equality and reducing hunger and poverty
28.  INTEGRITY - Young person acts on convictions and stands up for her or his beliefs
29.  HONESTY - Young person "tells the truth even when it is not easy"
30.  RESPONSIBILITY - Young person believes it is important not to be sexually active or
       to use alcohol or other drugs
31.  RESTRAINT - Young person believes it is important not to be sexually active or to
       use alcohol or other drugs

SOCIAL COMPETENCIES
 
32.  PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING - Young person knows how to plan ahead and
       make choices
33.  INTERPERSONAL COMPETENCE - Young person has empathy, sensitivity, and
       friendship skills
34.  CULTURAL COMPETENCE - Young person has knowledge of and comfort with people
       of different cultural/racial/ethnic backgrounds
35.  RESISTANCE SKILLS - Young person can resist negative peer pressure and
       dangerous situations
36.  PEACEFUL CONFLICT RESOLUTION - Young person seeks to resolve conflict
       nonviolently

POSITIVE IDENTITY

37.  PERSONAL POWER - Young person feels he or she has control over "things that
       happen to me"
38.  SELF - ESTEEM - Young person reports having a high self-esteem
39.  SENSE OF PURPOSE - Young person reports that "my life has a purpose"
40.  POSITIVE VIEW OF PERSONAL FUTURE - Young person is optimistic about her/his
       personal future
41.  POSITIVE CULTURAL IDENTITY - Young person feels proud of her/his cultural
       background