Peter L. Benson

Peter L. Benson
Born	Peter Lorimer Benson May 2, 1946 Duluth, Minnesota
Died	October 2, 2011 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nationality	United States
Fields	Developmental Psychology, Psychology of Religion,
Institutions	Search Institute
Alma mater	University of Denver (PhD)
Known for	Developmental Assets

Peter Lorimer Benson (1946–2011) was a psychologist and CEO/President of Search Institute. He pioneered the developmental assets framework, which became the predominant approach to research on positive facets of youth development. According to the American Psychologist,

When [Benson] introduced the developmental assets [approach] in 1989, the predominant approach to youth development was naming youth problems and trying to prevent them. In contrast, the assets approach focused on building strengths. The developmental assets framework became the predominant positive youth development approach in the world, cited more than 17,000 times, and the framework and surveys developed to measure the assets have been used with more than 3 million youths in more than 60 countries.^[1]

Selected works

Benson, Peter, ed. (2001). The theory of contract law: new essays. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law Series. Cambridge England New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521041324.

References

↑ Peter C. Scales & Eugene C. Roehlkepartain (2012). "Peter Lorimer Benson (1946-2011)". American Psychologist (American Psychological Association) 67 (4): 322. doi:10.1037/a0028171. ISSN 0003-066X.

External links

Sparks - How youth thrive on YouTube (TEDx, 2011) video lecture by Benson.
Pioneer in positive youth development Background and links on his daughter's web site

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