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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Building Bridges Between Arnett’s and Havighurst’s Theories: New Developmental Tasks in Emerging Adulthood Across Six Countries	78
Closing Commentary, Opening Conversations: Liminal Reflections on Decent Work, Emerging Adulthood, and Social Justice	56
“There’s Nothing Wrong With Her because She’s Talking to Someone”: Changes in Perceptions of Mental Health Among Emerging Adults During COVID-19	55
Turkish Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Relationship Mindfulness Measure in an Emerging Adult Sample	49
Experiences of College Students With Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic	47
The Labor of Emerging Adults in International Settings: A Call for Critical Praxis in a Time of Widening Economic Injustice	41
Cumulative Transitions in Emerging Adulthood: Portents of Adjustment Problems or a Window for Opportunities?	36
Examining the Relationships Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Student Generational Status, and Exam Performance in Emerging Adult Undergraduates	36
Post-High School Military Enlistment and Long-Term Well-Being	32
Perceived COVID-19 Threat, Psychological Distress, and Increases in Alcohol and Cannabis Use at the Onset of the Pandemic in Racially Diverse Emerging Adults	31
Communicating about COVID-19 Vaccines: A Qualitative Study on Preferences, attitudes, and Influences on Canadian Post-secondary Student Decisions to Get Vaccinated	29
A Qualitative Study of COVID-19 Distress in University Students	22
Call for Associate and Assistant Editors	22
The Hope and Goals of Youth Experiencing Homelessness	19
Emerging Adulthood Uses and Gratifications of Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study Among Filipino College Students	19
Eating Expectancy as a Moderator of Sociocultural Influence on Bulimic Symptoms among High-Risk Female College Students	16
Resilience in the Kosovo Context: A Qualitative Study of Young Adults	16
Arguing With Friends vs. Romantic Partners: Do Emerging Adults’ Gender-Typed Conflict Management Strategies Vary by Sexual Orientation?	15
Zoom Memes for Self-Quaranteens: Generational Humor, Identity, and Conflict During the Pandemic	15
Finances and Fate: Parent Financial Socialization, Locus of Control, and Mental Health in Emerging Adulthood	14
Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Outcomes of Embracing Your Life: An Online Self-Compassion Program for Emerging Adults	13
Longitudinal Associations Between Academic and Social Adjustment Among Chinese College Freshmen: The Mediating Role of Depressive Symptoms	13
Ethnic Discrimination in Social Media and Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanic Emerging Adult College Students: Examining the Moderating Roles of Emotion Self-Efficacy and Locus of Control	13
“It Is Not the End of Parenting”: Extended Parenthood and Child Launching Experiences Among Middle-Aged Korean American Mothers	12
A Helping Hand Isn’t Always So Helpful: Parental Autonomy Support Moderates the Effectiveness of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation for Emerging Adults	12

College Women’s Memorable Sexual Messages From Mothers, Fathers, Friends/Peers, and Online Media: A Mixed-Methods Latent Class Analysis	12
‘It’s Home for now’: Sense of Home Among Emerging Adults in Permanent Supportive Housing Through the Lens of Ontological Security Theory	12
Understanding Emerging Adults’ Perspectives on Mental Health in Togo	12
Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality, Ethnic Identity, and Romantic Attachment in Asian American Emerging Adults	12
The Association Between Problem Recognition, Race/Ethnicity, and Professional Help-Seeking Intentions Across Psychological Disorders	12
The Longitudinal Link Between Personality and Relationship Quality in Emerging Adults: Mediation by Identity?	11
If it Bothers Someone it’s a Mistake! How Chinese College Students Conceptualize Transgressions	11
Mental Health Needs and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among First-Year University Students Amidst COVID-19: A Mixed Methods Inquiry	11
Exploration of Emerging Adult Virgins’ Difficulties	11
Interweaving Threads: Untangling the Moderating Relationship of Parent-Child Conflict and Closeness in the Association Between Interparental Conflict and Emotion Regulation	11
The Role of Age, University Attendance and Other Demographic Factors in Experiencing Emerging Adulthood	10
The Importance of Critical Social Media Literacy in the Digital Era: Benefits for Social Support and Flourishing	10
Racial Discrimination Distress and Psychological Well-being: The Moderating Role of Ethnic-Racial Socialization in African American Emerging Adults	10
Associations Between Low-Household Income and First-Generation Status With College Student Belonging, Mental Health, and Well-Being	10
Relationship Between Personality Traits and Emotional Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Emerging Adults	10
The Career-Related Parental Involvement Scale: Development and Validation Among College Senior Emerging Adults in India and the U.S.	9
From Supportive to Strained: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Emerging Adults’ Characterizations of Past and Present Grandparent-Grandchild Roles and Relationships	9
Identity Theft: Social Withdrawal as a Risk Factor in Identity Development	9
A Brief Report on Measurement Invariance for the Ethnic Identity Scale Among College-Attending Emerging Adults	8
Overparenting, Loneliness, and Social Anxiety in Emerging Adulthood: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation	8
Social Anxiety, Pregaming Motives/Behaviors, and Negative Alcohol Consequences Among a Multisite Sample of University Students	8
How Psychological Symptoms Mediate Perceived COVID-19 Stress and Identity Distress in Emerging Adults	8
Affective Responsivity to Daily Stressors is Amplified in Young Females	8
A Pivotal Time and Place: University Place Attachment, Childhood Neighborhood Affordances, and Internalizing Symptoms in Emerging Adulthood	8
New Elements of Career Construction for China’s Youth: Analyzing ‘Lying Flat’ and Work Involution Among Emerging Adults	7
Exploring Loneliness in Emerging Adulthood: A Qualitative Study	7
Examination of ADHD Symptom Severity, Depression Symptoms, and Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences in College Students with ADHD	7
Longitudinal Associations Between Competition Contingent Self-Worth and Materialistic Values Among Chinese College Students: A Latent Growth Model	7
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	7
Does the Gender of Your Friends Matter for Sexist Attitudes About Women?	7
Understanding Associations Between Childhood Maltreatment, Biological Sex, and Emotion Reactivity Among Emerging Adults	7
Patterns of Adverse Childhood Experiences Predict Event-Related Distress in Young Adults Following the 2016 Presidential Election	6
College, Interrupted: Profiles in First-Year College Students Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Across One Year	6
Student Loan Debt, Family Support, and Reciprocity in the Transition to Adulthood	6
The Associations Between Internalized Racism, Racial Identity, and Psychological Distress	6
Perfectionism, Academic Stress, Rumination and Worry: A Predictive Model for Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in University Students From Colombia	6
LGBTQ+ College Students’ Engagement in COVID-Protective and COVID-Risk Behaviors	6
Emerging Adults’ Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Longitudinal Study on the Importance of Social Support	6
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
Before and After Prohibition: Parental Communication and Modeling Associated With Emerging Adult Recreational Marijuana Attitudes and Use	5
Predictors of Attitudes Toward Pharmacological Cognitive Enhancers in College Students	5
Daily Communication Between First-Year College Students and Their Parents: Associations With Perceived Relationship Positivity	5
“Being Sick Does Not Define You”: Communicated Narrative Sense-Making of Autoimmune Disease in Emerging Adult Women in the U.S.	5
Perceived Influence of Social Media, Identity, and Mental Health Outcomes	5
Exploring Relationships Between Grit, Belonging, Institutional Compassion, Pandemic Stress, and Goal Progress Among Emerging Adult Post-Secondary Students	5
Positive Youth Development Mediates the Relations Between Religiousness, Altruism, and Empathy Among Southeast Asian Emerging Adults	5
Predictors of Housing Insecurity in Young Adulthood	5
A Longitudinal and Within-Person Perspective on Self-Compassion and Internalizing Symptoms in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation	5
Perks of the Pandemic?: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Socially Withdrawn Emerging Adults	5
Neglected Issues Encountered by Autistic Young Adults and Those With Autistic Traits: A Scoping Review	5

Helicopter Parenting Behaviors and Emerging Adult Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Emotion Dysregulation	5
To What Extent Do Young Adults Meet the Five Needs for Independence? A Latent Class Analysis	5
The Relationship Between Anti-Mattering Perceptions and Social Health Among University Students	5
Conception of Wisdom Resources Among Chinese Emerging and Young Adults	5
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	4
Emerging Adults’ Exposure to and Postings About Substance Use on Social Media: An Observational Study	4
Longitudinal Links Between Identity Development and the Vision of One’s Adult Life in Emerging Adulthood	4
Multiplicity Matters: The Development of Multiple Interests During Dynamic Institutional Transitions	4
Perceived Efficacy in Initiating Romantic Relationships and Single Emerging Adults’ Well-Being	4
Exploring the Personal Identity of College Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities	4
“Why Couldn’t We?”: Experiences of Adversity, Cultural Strengths and Support Among First, Second, and Third+ Generation Mexican-origin Youth in Los Angeles	4
“This is Real, This is the Way that Things are”: Hooking up as a Pathway for Sexual Identity Development Among SGM Emerging Adults	4
Exploring the Pathways to Psychological Well-Being: Residential Mobility, Parental Sensitivity, and Adjustment in Emerging Adults	4
Nurturing a College-Going Identity in Black Emerging Adults	4
Consistency and Specificity of Attachments to Parents, Friends, and Romantic Partners in Emerging Adulthood	4
Beyond Cuddling Canines: Exploring Students’ Perceptions of the Importance of Touch in an On-Campus Canine-Assisted Intervention	4
Pandemic Onset, Individual Differences, and Dimensional Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Among Emerging Adults	4
The Role of Trait Impulsivity on Suicidality in the Emerging Adult in Kenya	4
“If She’s Sad, I’m Sad Too” Emotional Closeness Between French Grandparents and Emerging Adult Grandchildren	4
Adulthood Meaning for Spanish Emerging Adults: A Thematic Analysis	4