Journal of Adult Development

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Adult Development is 1. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Examining Identity and Generativity among Middle-aged Female Activists in Two Cultural Contexts35
Resilience, Disillusionment, and Shifting Perspectives: Insights from Mothers After the COVID-19 Pandemic25
Does Overparenting Hurt Working Turkish Mother’s Well-being? The Influence of Family–Work Conflict and Perceived Stress in Established Adulthood21
Stepping Up and Stepping Down: The Dynamic Nature of Social Status Across the Lifespan17
Being Called “Elderly” Impacts Adult Development: A Critical Analysis of Enduring Ageism During COVID in NZ Online News Media16
Regulatory Focus, Family–-Work Interface, and Adult Life Success12
Older Adults’ Future Perspectives and Attitudes Amid Uncertainty: Shifts Across 2 Years of COVID-1912
Adult Children’s Monitoring Their Older Parents’ Lives12
When the Lights Went Out at Adult Day Centers: Perceived Change in Caregiver Well-Being During the COVID-19 Shutdowns12
Age-Related Variations in Using Solitude as a Resource During the COVID-19 Pandemic10
Development of a New Measure of Intergenerational Contact9
Perceived Overprotective Parenting and Identity Synthesis and Confusion in Georgian Emerging Adults: The Intervening Role of Goal Engagement and Disengagement9
Intrinsic Motivation During Adulthood: A Further Evaluation of the Integrative Theory of Intrinsic Motivation8
Developmental Themes in the Narrative of Adults with Early International Experiences8
How to Age More Positively? Analyzing Determinants that Shape Attitudes Towards Aging8
Religiosity and Mental Health Among Young-Adults in Generation X from Emerging to Established Adulthood7
Predicting Satisfaction with Money Management and Life Satisfaction in Parents of Emerging Adult Students7
Psychological Obsolescence and Subjective Remaining Life Expectancy are Predictors of Generativity in a Six-Year Longitudinal Study7
Equal But Different: Views on Gender Roles and Responsibilities Among Upper-Class Hindu Indians in Established Adulthood7
Early Interparental Conflict, Couple Relationships, and Depression Among Rural Older Adults in China: A Latent Growth Model7
Emerging Adults’ Outlook on the Future in the Midst of COVID-19: The Role of Personality Profiles7
Emotion Regulation in Emerging Adults: Do Parenting And Parents’ Own Emotion Regulation Matter?7
Validation of the Generative Motives Scale to Measure Generativity Among Midlife Grandparent Caregivers in Urban China7
Retrospective Adolescent Parental Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance as Predictors of Current Young Adult Mental Health6
Opening to Awe: Psychedelic-Assisted Self-Transcendence and Positive Adult Development6
A Typology of U.S. Emerging Adults’ Online and Offline Connectedness with Extended Family6
The Relationship Between Emotional Availability of Parents and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Meta-emotion and Mood6
Evaluating the Connection Between the Neighborhood Context with Daily Negative and Positive Events and Well-Being6
Covid-19 Lockdown Loneliness and Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Basic Need Satisfaction Across Different Age Groups6
Relationships between Theory of Mind and Attachment Styles in Emerging Adulthood5
Helicopter Parenting and Chinese University Students’ Adjustment: The Mediation of Autonomy and Moderation of the Sense of Entitlement5
Interpersonal Relationships and Physical Activity Across the Lifespan: A Qualitative Study with Older Adults5
Financial Problems in Established Adulthood: Implications for Depressive Symptoms and Relationship Quality with Parents5
The Influence of Insecure Romantic Attachment on Generativity5
Parenting in Overdrive: A Meta-analysis of Helicopter Parenting Across Multiple Indices of Emerging Adult Functioning5
Interparental Conflict and Young Adults’ Romantic Relationship Quality: Mediating Pathways Through Parental and Romantic Attachment and Gender Differences5
Childhood Abuse and Depression in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy and the Moderating Role of Subjective Social Status5
The Mediating Role of Affective Empathy in the Relationship Between Insecure Attachment and Depressive Symptoms Among Emerging Adult4
An Exploration of Friendship and Well-Being in Established Adulthood and Midlife4
The Mentoring Relationship with the Closest Grandparent and Identity Processes Among Emerging Adult Grandchildren in Poland: The Role of Perceived Grandparents’ Perspective Taking4
Facing a Fast-Paced, Digital World: Gen Z’s Perception of Social (Media) Groups4
Starting University at the Time of COVID-19: Psychoemotional Adjustment of a Group of Italian Students4
Psychosocial Differences Between Young and Middle Adulthood: A Multimethod Assessment of Object Relations4
Integrating Intersectionality and Life Course Approaches: Three Women’s Lives4
Age-Related Declines in Theory of Mind: Associations with Cognitive Complexity, Reasoning Abilities and Social Activity4
A Pathway to Meaning in Life: Early Parental Support, Attachment, and the Moderating Role of Alexithymia4
Living with Transthyretin-Related Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy—TTR-FAP: Generativity, Satisfaction with Life and Health Perception in Older Affected Individuals4
Self-Acceptance in Mid to Late Life: Lingering Effects of Childhood Maltreatment and Positive Contributions of Warm and Supportive Relationships4
Toward a New Theory of Established Adulthood4
Positive Relationships have Shades of Gray: Age is Associated with More Complex Perceptions of Relationship Quality During the COVID-19 Lockdown4
Value-Based Decision-Making and Its Relation to Cognition and Processing Noise in Young and Older Adults3
Charting a Course, Weathering Storms, and Making Lemonade: A Person-Centered Mixed Methods Analysis of Emotional Wellbeing and Dispositional Strengths following University Graduation3
A Comparison of Attitudes and Knowledge Towards Autism Based on Adult Sibling Experiences3
The Relationship Between Resilience and Adaptation Among Freshmen: Evidence from an AwC Growth Model and a Growth Mixture Model3
Learning and Developmental Pathways in Early Coparenting Among Finnish First-Time Parental Couples’3
Becoming a Caregiver: Experiences of Young Adults Moving into Family Caregiving Roles3
Expanding the Self Behind Closed Doors: Exploring the Role of the Lockdown in Self-Realization Among Young Adults2
Psychological Distress and Identity Distress Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic Among College Students2
Daughter-to-Father Attachment Style and Emerging Adult Daughter's Psychological Well-Being: Mediating Role of Interpersonal Communication Motives2
The Role of Personality Risk and Protective Factors in Living with Covid-19: A Longitudinal Study2
The Relationship Between Religiosity and Marriage From Emerging to Established Adulthood2
From Parent to Partner: The Mediating Role of Self-Perceived Mate Value in Parenting and Mate Preferences2
Dysfunctional Parental Care and Emotional Dysregulation: A Pilot Study on the Mediating Role of Attachment Styles and Alexithymia in a Sample of Young Women2
Interpersonal dynamics of women in midlife living with involuntary childlessness2
The Role of Friendship Experiences in Subjective Well-Being Among Perceived Adults and Perceived Emerging Adults2
How Grandparents Inform Our Lives: A Mixed Methods Investigation of Intergenerational Influence on Young Adults2
The Developmental Crisis Questionnaire (DCQ-12): Psychometric Development and Validation2
Self-aging Attitudes and Social Isolation Among Chinese Older Adults: The Mediating Roles of Internet Self-efficacy and Active Social Media Use2
Adult Childrens’ College Completion Timing and Their Aging Mothers’ Self-Rated Health: The Role of Mothers’ Educational Attainment2
Empowered to Stay Active: Psychological Empowerment, Retirement Timing, and Later Life Work2
Seeing Death with More Equanimity: The Indirect Effect of Generativity on Death Acceptance Through Ego-Integrity2
Generativity Over the Life Course: A Study of Ethnoculturally Diverse Older Adult Volunteers1
The Relation Between College Education and Beliefs about Parent Discipline1
Age-Differential Effects of Proactive Control in Dual Tasking: The Moderating Effect of Task Difficulty1
Correction: Psychological Long COVID in Italian Young Adulthood: Effects of COVID Exhaustion and Positive Attitude Towards the Future on Social Distancing and Life Satisfaction1
The Association Between Economic Pressure and Positivity During Young Adulthood1
Adolescent Family Characteristics Partially Explain Differences in Emerging Adulthood Subjective Well-Being After the Experience of Major Life Events: Results from the German KiGGS Cohort Study1
Age Difference in the Effect of Relationship Closeness on Interpersonal Escalating Commitment1
Helicopter Parenting and Resilience Among Malaysian Chinese University Students: The Mediating Role of Fear of Negative Evaluation1
Mother–Child Versus Father–Child Conflict and Emerging Adults’ Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Trust in Parents and Maladaptive Emotion Regulation1
“This is the Age Period Where You Start Figuring Out What You Want” LDS Women’s Experiences of Exploration During Established Adulthood1
The Reflections on Forgiveness Framework: A Framework to Understand Older Adults’ Forgiveness Development over the Life Course1
Predicting Wellbeing in Retirees During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Meaning in Life and Goal Setting1
Relations Among Parental Psychological Control, Perceived Legitimate Authority, and Self-Worth in Asian-American and European-American Emerging Adults1
Hofstede’s Cultural Values and Birth Rate and Longevity: A National-Level Analysis1
Negative High School Experiences Predict Internalizing Symptomatology among Employed U.S. Adults with LD and ADHD1
Perceptions of Adulthood: What Does it Mean to be Grown-Up?1
The Independent Associations of Attachment Representations to Parents and Depressive Symptoms with Friendships and Romantic Relationships in Young Adults1
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