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Peter L. Benson is affiliated with the Search Institute in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans several subfields including law, economics and econometrics, history and philosophy of science, sociology and political science, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their recent publications include:

  • Erikson and Adolescent Development, 2020, Journal of Child and Youth Care Work
  • Tobacco Reconsidered: Ongoing Omissions, Original Outlooks in the Slipstreams of Experience, Global Health, and Critical Industry Studies, 2020, Annual Review of Anthropology
  • Porkopolis: American Animality, Standardized Life, and the Factory Farm by Alex Blanchette, 2020, Anthropological Quarterly
  • The Arguments in Justice in Transactions: A Reply to Commentators, 2021, European Review of Contract Law
  • Residual Effects of Combat-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, 2021, UNC Libraries

Benson's research topics focus mainly on legal principles and applications, law, economics, and judicial systems, as well as European and international contract law. Additional topics include identity, memory, and therapy; family support in illness; youth education and societal dynamics; and geographies of human-animal interactions.

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers such as Matthew J. Bundick, Matthew Kohrman, Carolyn Barnes, Anthony P. Kontos, and Russ S. Kotwal.

Publications by Benson have appeared in a variety of venues, including:

  • Journal of Child and Youth Care Work
  • Annual Review of Anthropology
  • Anthropological Quarterly
  • European Review of Contract Law
  • UNC Libraries

Through their body of work, Benson integrates perspectives across social sciences with a strong emphasis on legal frameworks and societal factors influencing education and health. Their contributions cover both theoretical and applied aspects relevant to contract law and social dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Positive Youth Development: Theory, Research, and Applications†

    Peter L. Benson;Peter C. Scales;Stephen F. Hamilton;Arturo Sesma

  • Contribution of Developmental Assets to the Prediction of Thriving Among Adolescents

    Peter C. Scales;Peter L. Benson;Nancy Leffert;Dale A. Blyth

  • Beyond the "Village" Rhetoric: Creating Healthy Communities for Children and Adolescents

    Peter L. Benson;Nancy Leffert;Peter C. Scales;Dale A. Blyth

  • Developmental assets: Measurement and prediction of risk behaviors among adolescents.

    Nancy Leffert;Peter L. Benson;Peter C. Scales;Anu R. Sharma

  • All Kids Are Our Kids: What Communities Must Do to Raise Caring and Responsible Children and Adolescents

    Peter L. Benson

  • Religion and the Well‐Being of Adolescents

    Michael J. Donahue;Peter L. Benson

  • Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence: Toward a Field of Inquiry

    Peter L. Benson;Eugene C. Roehlkepartain;Stacey P. Rude

  • God Image as a Function of Self-Esteem and Locus of Control

    Peter L. Benson;Bernard Spilka

  • The contribution of the developmental assets framework to positive youth development theory and practice

    Peter L Benson;Peter C Scales;Amy K Syvertsen

  • Pretty pleases: The effects of physical attractiveness, race, and sex on receiving help

    Peter L. Benson;Stuart A. Karabenick;Richard M. Lerner

  • The definition and preliminary measurement of thriving in adolescence

    Peter L. Benson;Peter C. Scales

  • The role of developmental assets in predicting academic achievement: a longitudinal study.

    Peter C. Scales;Peter L. Benson;Eugene C. Roehlkepartain;Arturo Sesma

  • Conceptualizing and Modeling Individual and Ecological Asset Components of Thriving in Early Adolescence

    Christina Theokas;Jason B. Almerigi;Richard M. Lerner;Elizabeth M. Dowling

  • A Fragile Foundation: The State of Developmental Assets among American Youth.

    Peter L. Benson;Peter C. Scales;Nancy Leffert;Eugene C. Roehlkepartain

  • Developmental Assets and Asset-Building Community: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations

    Peter L. Benson

  • The dimensions of successful young adult development: A conceptual and measurement framework

    Peter C. Scales;Peter L. Benson;Sabrina Oesterle;Karl G. Hill

  • Reducing Academic Achievement Gaps: The Role of Community Service and Service Learning.

    Peter C. Scales;Eugene C. Roehlkepartain;Marybeth Neal;James C. Kielsmeier

  • Adolescent Thriving: The Role of Sparks, Relationships, and Empowerment

    Peter C. Scales;Peter L. Benson;Eugene C. Roehlkepartain

  • Developmental assets and asset-building communities : implications for research, policy, and practice

    Richard M. Lerner;Peter L. Benson

  • The Contribution to Adolescent Well-Being Made by Nonfamily Adults: An Examination of Developmental Assets as Contexts and Processes.

    Peter C. Scales;Peter L. Benson;Marc Mannes

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard M. Lerner
Richard M. Lerner Tufts University
Matt McGue
Matt McGue University of Minnesota
Manfred H. M. van Dulmen
Manfred H. M. van Dulmen Kent State University
Alexander von Eye
Alexander von Eye Michigan State University
Kristin A. Moore
Kristin A. Moore Child Trends
J. David Hawkins
J. David Hawkins University of Washington
Everett L. Worthington
Everett L. Worthington Virginia Commonwealth University
Karl G. Hill
Karl G. Hill University of Colorado Boulder
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer University of Minnesota
Mary Story
Mary Story Duke University

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