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Roya Abbasi-Asl is a Research Assistant Professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study & Human Development at Tufts University, affiliated with the School of Arts and Sciences. She is based at 26 Winthrop Street, Medford, MA. Her work focuses on character development, positive youth development, and social-emotional learning (SEL), with a particular emphasis on cross-cultural contexts such as Uganda, South Africa, Rwanda, and El Salvador. She contributes to the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, addressing systemic and individual pathways to enhancing youth outcomes.
Her research integrates idiographic and nomothetic approaches to assess individual and group-level developmental processes, emphasizing culturally sensitive methodologies. She has published on measurement models for character strengths, well-being interrelations, and the application of theoretical frameworks like the orthogenetic principle. Her work bridges developmental psychology, moral education, and applied research to inform policies and interventions.
Notable collaborations include cross-national studies on youth perceptions of care and longitudinal analyses of positive development trajectories. While her profile does not explicitly list awards or grants, her extensive publications reflect sustained contributions to understanding youth development through both quantitative and theoretical lenses.
