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External Assets
Support Family support - Family life provides high level of love and support. Positive family communication - Young person and his or her parent(s) communicate positively and young person is willing to seek advice and counsel from parent(s). Other adult relationships - Young person receives support from three or more nonparent adults. Caring neighborhood - Young person experiences caring neighbors. Caring school climate - School provides a caring, encouraging environment. Parent involvement in schooling - Parents are actively involved in helping young person in school.
Empowerment Community values youth - Young person perceives that adults in the community value youth. Youth as resources - Young people are given useful roles in the community. Service to others - Young person serves in the community one our of more per week. Safety - Young person feels safe at home, at school, and in the neighborhood.
Boundaries Family boundares - Family has clear rules and consequences and monitors the young person's whereabouts. School boundaries - School provides clear rules and consequences. Neighborhood boundaries - Neighbors take responsibility for monitoring young people's behavior. Adult role models - Parent(s) and other adults model positive, responsible behavior. Positive peer influence - Young person's best friends model responsible behavior. High expectations - Both parent(s) and teachers encourage the young person to do well.
Constructive Creative activities - Young person spends three or more hours per week in lessons or practice in music, theater, or other arts. Youth programs - Young person spends three or more hours per week in sports, clubs, or organizations at school and / or in the community. Religious community - Young person spends one or more hours per week in activities in a religious community. Time at home - Young person is out with friends "with nothing special to do" two or fewer nights a week.

Internal Assets
Commitment to Learning Achievement motivation - Young person is motivated to do well in school. School engagement - Young person is actively engaged in learning. Homework - Young person reports doing at least one hour of homework every school day. Bonding to school - Young person cares about his or her school. Reading for pleasure - Young person reads for pleasure three or more hours per week.
Positive Values Caring - Young person places high value on helping other people. Equality and social justice - Young person places high value on promoting equality and reducing hunger and poverty. Integrity - Young person acts on convictions and stands up for his or er beliefs. Honesty - Young person "tells the truth even when it is not easy." Responsibility - Young person accepts and takes responsibility. Restraint - Young person believes it is important not to be sexually active or use alcohol or other drugs.
Social Competencies Planning and decision making - Young person knows how to plan ahead and make choices. Interpersonal competence - Young person has empathy, sensitivity, and friendship skills. Cultural competence - Young person has knowledge of and comfort with people of different cultural / racial / ethnic backgrounds. Resistance skills - Young person can resist negative peer pressure and dangerous situations. Peaceful conflict resolution skills - Young person believes it is important not to be sexually active or to use alcohol or other drugs.
Positive Identity Personal power - Young person feels he or she has control over "things that happen to me." Self-esteem - Young person reports having a high self-esteem. Sense of purpose - Young person reports that "my life has a purpose." Positive view of future - Young person is optimistic about his or her personal future.