OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Emerging Adulthood is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Increased Stress, Declining Mental Health: Emerging Adults’ Experiences in College During COVID-19	53
The Theory of Emerging Adulthood 20 Years Later: A Look at Where It Has Taken Us, What We Know Now, and Where We Need to Go	51
Changes in College Student Alcohol Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Perceived Drinking Norms Still Relevant?	43
A Qualitative Study of COVID-19 Distress in University Students	35
Longitudinal Changes in Life Satisfaction and Mental Health in Emerging Adulthood During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Risk and Protective Factors	35
The Influence of COVID-19 on Stress, Substance Use, and Mental Health Among Postsecondary Students	35
Changes in College Student Anxiety and Depression From Pre- to During-COVID-19: Perceived Stress, Academic Challenges, Loneliness, and Positive Perceptions	34
“I Hate It Here”: Mental Health Changes of College Students Living With Parents During the COVID-19 Quarantine	34
The Psychological, Academic, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 on College Students in the Epicenter of the Pandemic	33
Diet and Mental Health During Emerging Adulthood: A Systematic Review	27
COVID-19 and LGBTQ Emerging Adults: Risk in the Face of Social Distancing	25
Emerging Adults’ Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Longitudinal Study on the Importance of Social Support	23
“He was like, my ride or die”: Sexual and Gender Minority Emerging Adults’ Perspectives on Living With Pets During the Transition to Adulthood	21
Overparenting and Emerging Adult Development: A Systematic Review	20
“Emotional Distancing”: Change and Strain in U.S. Young Adult College Students’ Relationships During COVID-19	20
The Associations Between Internalized Racism, Racial Identity, and Psychological Distress	19
Young Adults’ Physical Distancing Behaviors During the Initial Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Adherence to Guidelines and Associations With Alcohol Use Behavior	18
African Emerging Adult Resilience: Insights From a Sample of Township Youth	17
Longitudinal Predictors of Helicopter Parenting in Emerging Adulthood	16
First-Year University Students’ Mental Health Trajectories Were Disrupted at the Onset of COVID-19, but Disruptions Were Not Linked to Housing and Financial Vulnerabilities: A Registered Report	14
Helicopter Parenting Versus Autonomy Supportive Parenting? A Latent Class Analysis of Parenting Among Emerging Adults and Their Psychological and Relational Well-Being	13
Intersectionality and Identity Configurations: A Qualitative Study Exploring Sexual Identity Development Among Emerging Adults Within the United States	12
“With Politics, It’s Easier to Talk to Them About It”: Peer Racial Socialization and Sociopolitical Development Among Black College Students	12
Empowering, Pragmatic, or Disappointing: Appraisals of Singlehood During Emerging and Established Adulthood	11
Demographic, Health and Pandemic-Related Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intention Among Filipino Emerging Adults	11

Introduction to the Special Issue: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lives of Emerging Adults	10
“Normalizing” Everyday Life in the State of Emergency: Experiences, Well-Being and Coping Strategies of Emerging Adults in Serbia during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic	10
A Qualitative Investigation of the Positive and Negative Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Post-Secondary Students’ Mental Health and Well-Being	10
A Cross-National Study of COVID-19 Impact and Future Possibilities Among Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty	10
Changes in Depressive Symptoms, Physical Symptoms, and Sleep-Wake Problems From Before to During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Emerging Adults: Inequalities by Gender, Socioeconomic Position, and Race	10
COVID-19 Racism, Depressive Symptoms, Drinking to Cope Motives, and Alcohol Use Severity Among Asian American Emerging Adults	10
The Lonely Collegiate: An Examination of the Reasons for Loneliness Among Emerging Adults in College in the Western United States and West-Central Poland	10
Zoom Memes for Self-Quaranteens: Generational Humor, Identity, and Conflict During the Pandemic	10
Understanding Motives, Usage Patterns and Effects of Instagram Use in Youths: A Qualitative Study	9
Resilience Among Unemployed and Underemployed Emerging Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study of How Stress and Coping Relate to Depressive Symptoms	9
Suicidal Mental Imagery: Investigating a Novel Marker of Suicide Risk	9
The Features of Emerging Adulthood and Individuation: Relations and Differences by College-Going Status, Age, and Living Situation	8
Overparenting and Emerging Adults’ Insecure Attachment With Parents and Romantic Partners	8
Emerging Job Precariousness: Work Experiences and Expectations of Low-Qualified Young Workers in Switzerland	8
College, Interrupted: Profiles in First-Year College Students Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Across One Year	8
The Relationships Between Self-Control and Distress Among Emerging Adults: A Serial Mediating Roles of Fear of Missing Out and Social Media Addiction	7
On Becoming an Emerging Adult Parent in South Africa: Processes of Commitment, Exploration and Reconsideration of a Parental Identity	7
Experiences of College Students With Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Individualism, Collectivism, and Well-being Among a Sample of Emerging Adults in the United States	7
Binge Eating and Binge Drinking in Emerging Adults During COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy: An Examination of Protective and Risk Factors	7
Registered Reports With Developmental and Secondary Data: Some Brief Observations and Introduction to the Special Issue	7
Changes in Attachment to Parents and Peers and Relations With Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Exploring Young Men’s Experience of Resistance to Masculine Norms	7
Bystander Intoxication and Appraisal of Sexual Assault Risk: A Field Study of Emerging Adult Bargoers	6
Religious Socialization and Self-Definition Among Black Undergraduate Women Attending Predominantly White Institutions	6
Student Loan Debt, Family Support, and Reciprocity in the Transition to Adulthood	6
“I Can be Unapologetically Who I Am”: A Study of Friendship Among Black Undergraduate Women at PWIs	6
Age Matters? The Moderating Effect of Age on the Longitudinal Relationship between Upward and Downward Comparisons on Instagram and Identity Processes During Emerging Adulthood	6
LGBTQ+ College Students’ Engagement in COVID-Protective and COVID-Risk Behaviors	6
“Squeezing the Life Out of Each Day”: Emerging Adult Women’s Work-Family Expectations in STEM	6
Emerging Adult Perceptions of Cannabis Use Based on Age and Sex of User	6
A Longitudinal Study Examining Dual Enrollment as a Strategy for Easing the Transition to College and Career for Emerging Adults	6
Depressive Symptoms, Perceived Stress, Self-Compassion and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Among Emerging Adults: An Examination of the Between and Within-Person Associations Over Time	5
“This is Real, This is the Way that Things are”: Hooking up as a Pathway for Sexual Identity Development Among SGM Emerging Adults	5
Sociopolitical Influences in Early Emerging Adult College Students’ Pandemic-Related Civic Engagement	5
Examining the Direction of Effects Between COVID-19 Experiences, General Well-Being, Social Media Engagement, and Insomnia Symptoms Among University Students	5
Less Than Fully Honest: Financial Deception in Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships	5
“Dedicado a Mi Familia”: The Role of Familismo on Academic Outcomes Among Latinx College Students	5
Identity Development During Student Exchange: A Qualitative Study of Students’ Perspectives on the Processes of Change	5
Challenges in Emerging Adulthood Related to the Impact of Childhood Bullying Victimization	5
Emerging Adults’ Representations of Work: A Qualitative Research in Seven Countries	5
The Psychological Affordances of Solitude in Emerging Adulthood	5
Life at a Stop Sign: Narrative Plots of the Transition to Adulthood During Unemployment Among South African Graduates	5
College Women’s Memorable Sexual Messages From Mothers, Fathers, Friends/Peers, and Online Media: A Mixed-Methods Latent Class Analysis	5
A Cross-Country Network Analysis of Resilience Systems in Young Adults	5
Emerging Adults’ Self-Efficacy as a Resource for Coping With the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
The Examination of the Mediator Role of Optimism, Self-Compassion, Altruism and Gratitude in the Relationship Between Cognitive Distortions and Forgiveness of Emerging Adults	5
Identity Development and Major Choice Among Underrepresented Students Interested in STEM Majors: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis	4
Masculinity and Silence in the Academic Struggles of American Male College Students	4
Popularity According to Emerging Adults: What is it, and How to Acquire it	4

It’s is Time to Make More Goals So I Can Keep Pushing: Hope, Growth, and Well-Being Among Young Black Women	4
Emerging Adulthood Uses and Gratifications of Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study Among Filipino College Students	4
Contextual Navigation: Towards a Holistic Conceptualization of Negotiating Sexual Identity in Context	4
Self-Esteem and Real Self and False Self Presentation on Facebook Among Emerging Adults: The Moderating Role of Social Anxiety	4
Bringing Covid to College: Incoming First-Year College Students’ Making Meaning of the Pandemic	4
“I Am Grateful That I Still Live Under One Roof With My Family”: Gratitude Among South African University Students	4
“When did I Stop being a Child?” The Subjective Feeling of Adulthood of Mexican and Central American Unaccompanied 1.25 Generation Immigrants	4
Exploring Relationships Between Grit, Belonging, Institutional Compassion, Pandemic Stress, and Goal Progress Among Emerging Adult Post-Secondary Students	4
Exploration of Emerging Adult Virgins’ Difficulties	4
Development of Religious Identity and Commitment During Emerging Adulthood: A Mixed-Methods Longitudinal Study	4
Emerging Adults and Social Distancing During COVID-19: Who Was More Likely to Follow Guidelines and What Were the Correlates With Well-Being and Weight-Related Behaviors?	4
Exploring Romantic Relationship Patterns among Turkish Emerging Adults: A Grounded Theory Study	4
Unpacking the Benefits of Bicultural Competence: Latina/x/o College Students’ Academic and Psychosocial Adjustment	4
Introduction to Special Issue Financial and life instability: Obstacles to and opportunities for emerging adult development and future well-being	4
Detrimental Associations of Cumulative Trauma, COVID-19 Infection Indicators, Avoidance, and Loneliness With Sleep and Negative Emotionality in Emerging Adulthood During the Pandemic	4
The Impact of COVID-19 Disruptions and Perceived Discrimination on Well-Being and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: Testing the Moderating Role of Exercise Among African American and Asian Ameri	4