Emerging Adulthood

Article	Citations
Perceived Influence of Social Media, Identity, and Mental Health Outcomes	65
A Helping Hand Isn’t Always So Helpful: Parental Autonomy Support Moderates the Effectiveness of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation for Emerging Adults	60
Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality, Ethnic Identity, and Romantic Attachment in Asian American Emerging Adults	42
The Hope and Goals of Youth Experiencing Homelessness	29
Turkish Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Relationship Mindfulness Measure in an Emerging Adult Sample	25
The Career-Related Parental Involvement Scale: Development and Validation Among College Senior Emerging Adults in India and the U.S.	24
We Are Together, but How Much Are We Truly ‘We’?: A Dyadic Approach With Turkish Emerging Adults	22
Pathway Out of School, Social Bonds, and Criminal Involvement Across Emerging Adulthood	22
Exploring Loneliness in Emerging Adulthood: A Qualitative Study	19
Examining the Relationships Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Student Generational Status, and Exam Performance in Emerging Adult Undergraduates	18
Understanding Associations Between Childhood Maltreatment, Biological Sex, and Emotion Reactivity Among Emerging Adults	18
Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Outcomes of Embracing Your Life: An Online Self-Compassion Program for Emerging Adults	18
Exploration of Emerging Adult Virgins’ Difficulties	17
Mental Health Needs and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among First-Year University Students Amidst COVID-19: A Mixed Methods Inquiry	16
Longitudinal Associations Between Academic and Social Adjustment Among Chinese College Freshmen: The Mediating Role of Depressive Symptoms	16
Political Socialization Among Young Adults in Minnesota	15
The Role of Trait Impulsivity on Suicidality in the Emerging Adult in Kenya	14
Exploring Relationships Between Grit, Belonging, Institutional Compassion, Pandemic Stress, and Goal Progress Among Emerging Adult Post-Secondary Students	14
Selection and Socialization Effects of Living On vs. Off Campus	14
Planning for Parenthood: Using Sociodemographic Characteristics to Predict Expectations for the Timing and Number of Children Among Emerging Adults	13
Perceived Efficacy in Initiating Romantic Relationships and Single Emerging Adults’ Well-Being	13
Predictors of Attitudes Toward Pharmacological Cognitive Enhancers in College Students	13
Re-Assessment and Extension: An Ongoing Evaluation of The System for Adult Growth and Emergence-Foundations, a Modified DBT Program to Aid Emerging Adults With Emotion Regulation and Transition	13
How Do Young Adults Feel About Receiving “Likes” on Social Media? The Moderating Role of Shyness and Cybervictimization	13
It’s is Time to Make More Goals So I Can Keep Pushing: Hope, Growth, and Well-Being Among Young Black Women	13

The Relationship Between Sleep Quality and Risk-Taking Behaviors in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Gender Difference	12
Lifestyle Behavior Patterns During the Transition From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: Associations With Mental Health and Wellbeing	12
Shifting the Resilience Narrative: A Qualitative Study of Resilience in the Canadian Post-secondary Context	12
Black Emerging Adults’ Critical Consciousness and Perceived Neighborhood Quality	11
Emerging Adult Mental Health Resource Access, Use, and Sufficiency During COVID-19	11
Multi-Method Assessment of Self-Regulation as a Moderator of the Associations Between Social Support and Service Use With Mental Health in LGBTQ+ Emerging Adults	11
Relations Between Behavioral Inhibition/Activation Systems and Self-Esteem: Two Multiple Mediation Models With Social Relationships	11
COVID-19 Vaccine Communications on Instagram and Vaccine Uptake in Young Adults: A Content Assessment and Public Engagement Analysis	11
Alcohol and Cannabis Use Within Emerging Adults’ Committed Romantic Relationships: Associations With Relationship Functioning and Quality of Life	11
A Diary Study of the Within-Person Associations Between Daily Stressors and Negative Affect Among Post-Secondary Students With Recent Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Engagement	11
The Role of Self-Esteem on the Relation Between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Depression Symptoms in College Students	11
Religious Socialization and Self-Definition Among Black Undergraduate Women Attending Predominantly White Institutions	11
Research into Transition to Adulthood in Persons with Cerebral Palsy: A Scoping Review	10
Attachment and Breakup Distress: The Mediating Role of Coping Strategies	10
Navigating Identity Uncertainty: Identity Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic	10
How Multiethnic-Racial Emerging Adults Describe and Understand Their Parents’ Ethnic-Racial Socialization Practices	10
A Cross-National Study on Prosocial Behaviors in Emerging Adulthood During the COVID-19 Pandemic	10
The Lithuanian Version of the Highly Sensitive Person Scale: Factor Structure and Latent Profiles in Emerging Adulthood	9
Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms in the Context of Romantic Relationship Breakup: Characterizing the “Natural Course” of Response and Recovery in Young Adults	9
“If You are Going to Step on This Campus, You Have to Get Vaccinated”: A Qualitative Understanding of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black Emerging Adults Returning to College Campuses	9
Overparenting and Emerging Adult Development: A Systematic Review	9
College, Career, Commitment, Oh My: How Emerging Adult Women Balance Romantic Relationships, Career Plans, and Financial Stability	9
Inner Peace in a Global Crisis: A Case Study of Supported Spiritual Individuation in Acute Onset Phase of COVID-19	8
Perceptions About Research Participation Among Emerging Adults With Serious Mental Illnesses	8
Empirically Derived Psychological Profiles of College Students: Differential Associations With COVID-19 Impact and Social Adjustment	8
Self-Esteem and Real Self and False Self Presentation on Facebook Among Emerging Adults: The Moderating Role of Social Anxiety	8
Recognising Foster Family Practices as a Form of Extended Care for Emerging Adults Transitioning out of Long-Term Fostering	8
Narratives of Racially/Ethnically Diverse Genderqueer & Non-binary Identities in the U.S. Context of Trans*normativity and Whiteness	8
Meaning-Making Profiles During Emerging Adulthood: A Person-Oriented Approach in the Context of Romantic and Working Conditions	8
Social Withdrawal, Solitude, and Existential Concerns in Emerging Adulthood	7
Romantic Attachment and Emerging Adults’ Future Expectations: Moderation Role of Self-Regulation	7
Perfectionism, Goal Orientation, and Emerging Adults’ Identity Processing Styles	7
Friendship-Related Stress and Alcohol Use Among Post-college Emerging Adults	7
Why Am I Even Called An Emerging Adult? An Analysis of Adulthood Experience Among Students From Poland, Japan, Korea, Portugal, Spain, and the USA	7
A Qualitative Investigation of the Positive and Negative Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Post-Secondary Students’ Mental Health and Well-Being	7
The Associations Among Self-Isolation During COVID-19, Depressive Symptoms, and Financial Stress: The Moderation of Technology Use for Relationship Maintenance	7
COVID-19 Racism, Depressive Symptoms, Drinking to Cope Motives, and Alcohol Use Severity Among Asian American Emerging Adults	7
Taking It Day by Day: Reasons for Daily Changes in University Belonging	7
Emerging Adults’ Experiences of Managing Social Group Disruptions	7
Within- and Between-Person Loneliness and Self-Esteem During Emerging Adulthood: The Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation Difficulties	6
Associations Between Parental Psychological Control and COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Negative Emotions: The Role of Resilience and Emotion Regulation	6
“It Is Not the End of Parenting”: Extended Parenthood and Child Launching Experiences Among Middle-Aged Korean American Mothers	6
Satisfaction, Intimacy and Conflict in Canadian Couples: An Analysis of Change from Adolescence to Adulthood	6
Overt and Subtle Discrimination and Psychological Well-Being: Examining the Mediating and Moderating Role of Ethnic-Racial Identity Among Emerging Adults	6
Resilience, Social Support, and Health in Emerging Adults With and Without Chronic Health Conditions	6
Emerging Strengths: Challenges and Coping Strategies in Emerging Adulthood Among at-Risk Young-Adult Arab Palestinians in Israel	6
Believing in Achieving: The Impact of Role Salience and Anticipated Work–Family Conflict on Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Emerging Adult Women	6
A Cross-Country Network Analysis of Resilience Systems in Young Adults	6
Relationship Between Personality Traits and Emotional Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Emerging Adults	6
The Role of Homework Completion During Adolescence on Education and Income Levels in Emerging Adulthood: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial With Females in Out-Of-Home Care	6

Profiles of Black Emerging Adults Exposure to Racism-Based Police Violence and Associated Mental Health Outcomes	6
College Women’s Memorable Sexual Messages From Mothers, Fathers, Friends/Peers, and Online Media: A Mixed-Methods Latent Class Analysis	5
Does the Gender of Your Friends Matter for Sexist Attitudes About Women?	5
Link Between Parent-Emerging Adult Relationship Quality and Emerging Adult Physical Health: An Examination of Mediators and Moderators	5
Multiplicity Matters: The Development of Multiple Interests During Dynamic Institutional Transitions	5
Perceived COVID-19 Threat, Psychological Distress, and Increases in Alcohol and Cannabis Use at the Onset of the Pandemic in Racially Diverse Emerging Adults	5
Resilience in the Kosovo Context: A Qualitative Study of Young Adults	5
Parenting Centrality in Emerging Adulthood	5
I Felt Like I Was Getting to Be My Own Person: Exploring the Impact of Cultural Master Narratives on Identity Development During Student Exchange	5
Quarter-life Crisis Episodes in Emerging Adulthood: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Data From Eight Countries	5
Affective Responsivity to Daily Stressors is Amplified in Young Females	5
“Why Couldn’t We?”: Experiences of Adversity, Cultural Strengths and Support Among First, Second, and Third+ Generation Mexican-origin Youth in Los Angeles	5
Is the Way I was Raised Linked to How I Love? Perceived Parenting and Implicit Theories of Relationships	4
Finding Silver Linings: A Mixed Methods Analysis of COVID-19’s Challenges and Opportunities for College Students’ Functioning and Outlook	4
Positive Youth Development Mediates the Relations Between Religiousness, Altruism, and Empathy Among Southeast Asian Emerging Adults	4
Pain Severity and Mental Health of Lifetime Trauma Exposed Young Adults: The Role of Emotion Dysregulation	4
Measurement Invariance of the Spanish Brief Version of the Experiences in Close Relationships for Assessing Adult Attachment in Neurodivergent and Neurotypical Chilean Emerging Adults	4
Using Narrative Vignettes to Understand the Misuse and Diversion of Stimulants Among College Students With and Without a Prescription	4
Emerging Adulthood: Impacts of Adult Care on Education, Work, and Well-Being	4
Communion Among Community-Recruited Emerging Adults: Testing Descriptive and Inferential Questions	4
Beyond Cuddling Canines: Exploring Students’ Perceptions of the Importance of Touch in an On-Campus Canine-Assisted Intervention	4
From Risk to Resilience? Hazardous Drinking Trajectories in and Beyond the Last Years of University Life	4
“Dedicado a Mi Familia”: The Role of Familismo on Academic Outcomes Among Latinx College Students	4
The Role of Individual and Contextual Resources Among Italian Emerging Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Person- and Variable-Centered Approach Within the Positive Youth Development Framework	4
Hazardous Drinking Mediates the Relation Between Externalizing Personality and Reduced Adherence to COVID-19 Public Health Guidelines in University Students	4
“Where’s My People?”: An Investigation of the Structure and Content of Black and Latinx College Students’ Ethnic-Racial Identity Narratives	4
Prosocial Behaviors During Adolescence Predict Economic Outcomes in Young Adulthood	4
Gendered Racial Identity, Positive Health Practices, and Mental Health Among Black Adult Women	4
To What Extent Do Young Adults Meet the Five Needs for Independence? A Latent Class Analysis	4
An Exploration of Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships Experienced by Emerging Adults During the Covid-19 Lockdowns in England	4
Friendship Conflict, Drinking to Cope, and Alcohol-Related Problems: A Longitudinal Actor-Partner Interdependence Model	4
An Exploratory Investigation of Associations Between Personal and Social Identity Among White, Heterosexual, Cisgender Young Adults in the U.S.	4
Evolution and Research Trends About Emerging Adulthood: A Bibliometric Analysis	4
Messaging and Action around Race and Inclusion at a Predominantly White Institution: Perceived Dissonance of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Students	4
The Experience of Emerging Adult Daughters Caring for a Parent With Advanced Disease	4
The Theory of Emerging Adulthood in Latin America: A Scoping Review	3
Unequally Indebted: Debt by Education, Race, and Ethnicity and the, Accumulation of Inequality in Emerging Adulthood	3
Intergenerational Upward and Downward Social Mobility: The Role of Intelligence, Effortful Control, Assertiveness, and Peer Competence in Early Adolescence	3
Emerging Adults With a Suicide Attempt History Text More Emotionally With Peers than Family Members	3
Social Support Among Minoritized Emerging Adults With Serious Psychological Health Issues	3
Identity Development of Emerging Adults Revealing Negative Experiences of Their Parents	3
Healthcare Mistreatment is Associated With Psychological Distress, Suicidality, and Substance Use Among Transgender and Nonbinary Emerging Adults	3
Eating Expectancy as a Moderator of Sociocultural Influence on Bulimic Symptoms among High-Risk Female College Students	3
Exploring the Interaction Between Social Strain and Support and its Association with College Students’ Psychological Well-Being	3
Attributes and person types admired by Greek emerging adults: Relative prevalence, differences by gender and socio-economic status	3
Does Your Childhood Attachment Make You Bully Your Lover? The Role of Rejection Sensitivity and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction	3
The Resilience of Emerging Adults in a Stressed Industrialised Environment in Eswatini	3
Special Issue Call for Papers: Advances in Recovery Science for Emerging Adults With Substance Use Disorders	3
The Examination of the Mediator Role of Optimism, Self-Compassion, Altruism and Gratitude in the Relationship Between Cognitive Distortions and Forgiveness of Emerging Adults	3
Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Emotion Efficacy Scale – 2 in a Sample of Turkish Emerging Adults	3
Examination of ADHD Symptom Severity, Depression Symptoms, and Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences in College Students with ADHD	3
Self-Concept Clarity and Romantic Breakup Distress in Argentina and the United States	3
Family Social Environment and Emotional Health: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Sex-Specific Effects on Hippocampal Asymmetry	3
Is Growth Possible in Emerging Adults Exposed to Complex Trauma?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses	3
Emerging Adults’ Experience of Mindful Parenting: Distinct Associations With Their Dispositional and Interpersonal Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Adjustment	3
On Becoming an Emerging Adult Parent in South Africa: Processes of Commitment, Exploration and Reconsideration of a Parental Identity	3
Young Adult Disclosure to Parents: Developmental Trajectories and Links to Substance Use in the United States	3
The Association Between Autonomy Need Satisfaction and Perceived Romantic Relationship Quality: The Mediating Role of Openness	3
The Moderating Role of Discrimination in the Association between Same-Race/Ethnicity Friends and Negative Ethnic-Racial Identity Affect over Time	3
Life Crafting and Self-Determination: An Intervention to Help Emerging Adults Create an Authentic and Meaningful Life	3
Early School Leaving and Transition to Adulthood: A Case Study of a Spanish Mediterranean Region	3
From Self-Objectification to Self-Perception: Unraveling Media’s Impact on Emerging Adult Women’s Body Image and Identity	3
“If you had the chance to like, not show people like a bad part of you… you would do it”: Perceptions of Offline Versus Online Social Media Identity Among Emerging Adults From Socio-Demographic	3
The Say Wallahi Generation: A Narrative Study of Bicultural Identity for Somali American Emerging Adults	3
Communicating about COVID-19 Vaccines: A Qualitative Study on Preferences, attitudes, and Influences on Canadian Post-secondary Student Decisions to Get Vaccinated	2
Social Media Use Profiles and Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Study Between Chinese and Italian Emerging Adults	2
From Supportive to Strained: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Emerging Adults’ Characterizations of Past and Present Grandparent-Grandchild Roles and Relationships	2
“This is Real, This is the Way that Things are”: Hooking up as a Pathway for Sexual Identity Development Among SGM Emerging Adults	2
Exploring Emerging Adulthood(s) in India	2
Empowering Moroccan University Students Through Extracurricular Involvement in Collegiate Clubs: A Longitudinal Study	2
Living up to Parental Expectations, Psychological Separation, and Life Satisfaction	2
Social Connectedness and Negative Emotion Modulation: Social Media Use for Coping Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
Disclosure Experiences of College Students With Chronic Medical Conditions	2
A Longitudinal and Within-Person Perspective on Self-Compassion and Internalizing Symptoms in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation	2
Health and Well-being at the Transition to Adulthood: Examining Unmet Social and Health Needs Among Young Women	2
Mental Health in College Students before, during, and after the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
Experiences in Nature and Benefits on Emerging Adult Wellbeing: A Qualitative Systematic Review	2
Pandemic Onset, Individual Differences, and Dimensional Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Among Emerging Adults	2
The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Perfectionism in University Students During Emerging Adulthood	2
Exploring the Pathways to Psychological Well-Being: Residential Mobility, Parental Sensitivity, and Adjustment in Emerging Adults	2

Emerging Adulthood Uses and Gratifications of Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study Among Filipino College Students	2
“Protecting my Positivity”: Emerging Adults as Social Media Actors, Agents, and Authors	2
‘It’s Home for now’: Sense of Home Among Emerging Adults in Permanent Supportive Housing Through the Lens of Ontological Security Theory	2
Profiles of Career Engagement in the Senior Year of College: Comparing India and the United States	2
Arguing With Friends vs. Romantic Partners: Do Emerging Adults’ Gender-Typed Conflict Management Strategies Vary by Sexual Orientation?	2
Sex Differences in Indicators of Mental and Cardiovascular Health in Cannabis-Using Undergraduates	2
The Need for Social Support During Unintended Pregnancy Decision-Making: A Qualitative Analysis of In-Depth Interviews With Young People in California	2
Income and Career Concerns Among Emerging Adults From Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom During COVID-19	2
Longitudinal Associations Between TikTok Use, Self-Concept Clarity, and Anxiety Among Chinese Emerging Adults: Exploring Differential Impacts of Active and Passive TikTok Use	2
Consistency and Specificity of Attachments to Parents, Friends, and Romantic Partners in Emerging Adulthood	2
Examining the Effects of a Psychoeducation Program Prepared Based on Optimism, Self-Compassion, Altruism, and Gratitude on Forgiveness in Emerging Adults	2
“I Definitely Wouldn’t Have Been Able to Make it Through College Without My Dad’s Money”: American College Students’ Reflections Regarding Caregiver Financial Support	2
Age Matters? The Moderating Effect of Age on the Longitudinal Relationship between Upward and Downward Comparisons on Instagram and Identity Processes During Emerging Adulthood	2
Parental Financial Assistance and Psychological Well-Being Among Korean Emerging Adults: Pressure from and Fulfillment of Parental Career Expectations as Mediators	2
“Being Sick Does Not Define You”: Communicated Narrative Sense-Making of Autoimmune Disease in Emerging Adult Women in the U.S.	2
Young Adults’ Cohabitation and Dating Decisions During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploration of Romantic and Developmental Context	2
A Pivotal Time and Place: University Place Attachment, Childhood Neighborhood Affordances, and Internalizing Symptoms in Emerging Adulthood	2
Parent-Adolescent Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Testing Serial Mediation of Conflict Behaviors, Emotion Regulation, and Empathy	2
Building Bridges Between Arnett’s and Havighurst’s Theories: New Developmental Tasks in Emerging Adulthood Across Six Countries	2
Social Connectedness Protects Against the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on First-Year Undergraduate Mental Health	2
Longitudinal Associations Between Competition Contingent Self-Worth and Materialistic Values Among Chinese College Students: A Latent Growth Model	2
Multifaceted Research Trends on Parenting in Emerging Adulthood: A Bibliometric Review	2
The Validity of Violence Risk Assessment in Young Adults: A Comparative Study of Juvenile and Adult Risk Assessment Tools	2
Profiling Authentic Self-Development: Associations With Basic Need Satisfaction in Emerging Adulthood	2
Dyadic Associations Between Self and Peer Engagement in Online Alcohol-Facilitative Communication and College Student Drinking	2
Factor Structure Validation and Measurement Invariance Testing of the Five C’s Model of Positive Youth Development among Emerging Adults in Malaysia	2
Self-Control Depletion, Frustration Tolerance, Irritability, and Engagement in Risky Behaviors in College Students With and Without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Risk	2
Accuracy and Bias in Perceptions of why Social Network Members Drink: A Truth and Bias Approach to Drinking Motive (mis)perception	2
Emerging Adults’ Perspectives of Received Youth Worker Support and Their Personal and Structural Barriers to Find Employment or Further Education: A Qualitative Study From Sweden	2
Perks of the Pandemic?: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Socially Withdrawn Emerging Adults	2
How Relationship Satisfaction and Negative Communication Trajectories Change in Emerging Adults’ Dating Relationships: A Group-Based Dual Trajectory Analysis	2
Negotiating Emerging Adulthood at the Onset of COVID-19 in Singapore	2
The Psychological Affordances of Solitude in Emerging Adulthood	2
The Quest for a “Soft Life” and the Transition into Adulthood: Views from South African Emerging Adult Students	2
Family Ties and Young Adult Career Goals: Does Family Social Capital Stretch Into Emerging Adulthood?	2
Identity Styles Moderate the Role of Insecure Attachment Dimensions on Internalizing Behaviors	2