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| Opposite of the forty assets are developmental deficits. Developmental deficits are described in Peter L. Benson’s All Kids Are Our Kids: What Communities Must Do to Raise Caring and Responsible Children and Adolescents as “negative influences or realities in young people’s lives that make it more difficult for them to develop in healthy, caring, and productive ways. They are liabilities that may not do permanent harm but make harm more possible.” There are five main deficits that the Forty Asset study identifies. They are: drinking parties, being alone at home, victim of violence, TV overexposure, and physical abuse. In the youth who were surveyed, drinking parties were the most popular deficit, with 51 % of youth saying that they attended one or more parties in the past year where other kids their age were drinking. The lowest number of reported experienced deficits is physical abuse, with 29% of youth surveyed saying that they experience it. There are also ten high-risk behavior patterns that include: problem alcohol use, tobacco use, illicit drug use, sexual intercourse, depression and suicide, antisocial behavior, violence, school problems, driving and alcohol, and gambling. Of those surveyed, youth reported that they experienced violence the most (33%) and sexual intercourse the least (18%). The deficit numbers drastically decrease with the higher number of assets that youth experience. According to the findings of Peter Benson, 33% of youth with 0-10 reported assets have sexual intercourse, while only 3% of youth with 31-40 assets have sexual intercourse. Over 60% of youth with 0-10 assets experience violence while only 6% of youth reporting 31-40 assets experience violence. Youth with more assets also stay healthier. Only 25% of youth with 0-10 assets report good health while 88% of youth with 31-40 assets report good health. Only 7% of youth with 0-10 assets report success in school while 53% of youth with 31-40 assets report success in school. Also, less than 70% of youth with 0-10 assets report that they help others while 96% of youth with 31-40 assets report that they help others. Continued... |
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