Development of a New Curriculum in a Positive Youth Development Program: The Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong

Table 1

Distribution of teaching units across Secondary 1 to Secondary 3 (S1–S3) curricula with reference to the 15 positive youth development constructs.

Full program
15 positive youth development constructs	No. of session (each has 30 minutes)
	S1	S2	S3
*(1) Bonding	4	2	2
*(2) Social competence	2	2	4
*(3) Emotional competence	2	4	2
*(4) Cognitive competence	2	2	2
*(5) Behavioral competence	2	2	2
*(6) Moral competence	2	2	4
*(7) Self-efficacy	4	2	2
*(8) Prosocial norms	2	4	2
(9) Resilience	4	4	4
(10) Self-determination	4	2	2
(11) Spirituality	2	4	4
(12) Clear and positive identity	4	2	2
(13) Beliefs in the future	2	4	4
(14) Prosocial involvement	4	4	4

*Core program.
Note: the 15th construct of "Recognition for Positive Behavior" is used as teaching strategies and is spread over all 14 constructs.