Emerging Adulthood

Papers
(The median citation count of Emerging Adulthood is 2. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Examining the Relationships Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Student Generational Status, and Exam Performance in Emerging Adult Undergraduates68
Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality, Ethnic Identity, and Romantic Attachment in Asian American Emerging Adults36
Rejected by Caregivers but Connected to Others: Resilience Factors and Negative Mental Health Outcomes Among LGBTQ+ Emerging Adults28
We Are Together, but How Much Are We Truly ‘We’?: A Dyadic Approach With Turkish Emerging Adults28
Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Outcomes of Embracing Your Life: An Online Self-Compassion Program for Emerging Adults26
A Helping Hand Isn’t Always So Helpful: Parental Autonomy Support Moderates the Effectiveness of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation for Emerging Adults25
Longitudinal Associations Between Academic and Social Adjustment Among Chinese College Freshmen: The Mediating Role of Depressive Symptoms25
Mental Health Needs and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among First-Year University Students Amidst COVID-19: A Mixed Methods Inquiry21
Understanding Associations Between Childhood Maltreatment, Biological Sex, and Emotion Reactivity Among Emerging Adults21
Perceived Influence of Social Media, Identity, and Mental Health Outcomes20
The Hope and Goals of Youth Experiencing Homelessness19
Pathway Out of School, Social Bonds, and Criminal Involvement Across Emerging Adulthood19
Turkish Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Relationship Mindfulness Measure in an Emerging Adult Sample18
How Do Young Adults Feel About Receiving “Likes” on Social Media? The Moderating Role of Shyness and Cybervictimization17
Political Socialization Among Young Adults in Minnesota17
Exploring Loneliness in Emerging Adulthood: A Qualitative Study17
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 Transition17
Perceived Efficacy in Initiating Romantic Relationships and Single Emerging Adults’ Well-Being16
Planning for Parenthood: Using Sociodemographic Characteristics to Predict Expectations for the Timing and Number of Children Among Emerging Adults16
The Role of the Nurturant Family Environment During Adolescence in Predicting Young Adult Positive Development13
The Dysregulation Profile and Substance Use: Investigating Their Co-Variation From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood13
The Role of Trait Impulsivity on Suicidality in the Emerging Adult in Kenya13
Construct Diversity in Measures of Helicopter Parenting in Emerging Adulthood12
The Role of Self-Esteem on the Relation Between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Depression Symptoms in College Students12
Multi-Method Assessment of Self-Regulation as a Moderator of the Associations Between Social Support and Service Use With Mental Health in LGBTQ+ Emerging Adults12
A Diary Study of the Within-Person Associations Between Daily Stressors and Negative Affect Among Post-Secondary Students With Recent Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Engagement11
Emerging Adult Mental Health Resource Access, Use, and Sufficiency During COVID-1911
COVID-19 Vaccine Communications on Instagram and Vaccine Uptake in Young Adults: A Content Assessment and Public Engagement Analysis11
Black Emerging Adults’ Critical Consciousness and Perceived Neighborhood Quality11
Alcohol and Cannabis Use Within Emerging Adults’ Committed Romantic Relationships: Associations With Relationship Functioning and Quality of Life10
Lifestyle Behavior Patterns During the Transition From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: Associations With Mental Health and Wellbeing10
Shifting the Resilience Narrative: A Qualitative Study of Resilience in the Canadian Post-secondary Context10
How Multiethnic-Racial Emerging Adults Describe and Understand Their Parents’ Ethnic-Racial Socialization Practices10
Navigating Identity Uncertainty: Identity Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic9
Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms in the Context of Romantic Relationship Breakup: Characterizing the “Natural Course” of Response and Recovery in Young Adults9
Relations Between Behavioral Inhibition/Activation Systems and Self-Esteem: Two Multiple Mediation Models With Social Relationships8
“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 Campuses8
A Cross-National Study on Prosocial Behaviors in Emerging Adulthood During the COVID-19 Pandemic7
Attachment and Breakup Distress: The Mediating Role of Coping Strategies7
Empirically Derived Psychological Profiles of College Students: Differential Associations With COVID-19 Impact and Social Adjustment7
COVID-19 Racism, Depressive Symptoms, Drinking to Cope Motives, and Alcohol Use Severity Among Asian American Emerging Adults7
Overparenting and Emerging Adult Development: A Systematic Review7
Inner Peace in a Global Crisis: A Case Study of Supported Spiritual Individuation in Acute Onset Phase of COVID-197
Recognising Foster Family Practices as a Form of Extended Care for Emerging Adults Transitioning out of Long-Term Fostering7
The Lithuanian Version of the Highly Sensitive Person Scale: Factor Structure and Latent Profiles in Emerging Adulthood7
Research into Transition to Adulthood in Persons with Cerebral Palsy: A Scoping Review7
Meaning-Making Profiles During Emerging Adulthood: A Person-Oriented Approach in the Context of Romantic and Working Conditions7
Self-Esteem and Real Self and False Self Presentation on Facebook Among Emerging Adults: The Moderating Role of Social Anxiety7
A Qualitative Investigation of the Positive and Negative Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Post-Secondary Students’ Mental Health and Well-Being6
Why Am I Even Called An Emerging Adult? An Analysis of Adulthood Experience Among Students From Poland, Japan, Korea, Portugal, Spain, and the USA6
Satisfaction, Intimacy and Conflict in Canadian Couples: An Analysis of Change from Adolescence to Adulthood6
The Associations Among Self-Isolation During COVID-19, Depressive Symptoms, and Financial Stress: The Moderation of Technology Use for Relationship Maintenance6
Perceptions About Research Participation Among Emerging Adults With Serious Mental Illnesses6
Social Withdrawal, Solitude, and Existential Concerns in Emerging Adulthood6
Perfectionism, Goal Orientation, and Emerging Adults’ Identity Processing Styles6
Resilience, Social Support, and Health in Emerging Adults With and Without Chronic Health Conditions6
Narratives of Racially/Ethnically Diverse Genderqueer & Non-binary Identities in the U.S. Context of Trans*normativity and Whiteness6
Navigating Friendship Formation in the Digital Era: The Role of Value Congruence in Emerging Adulthood6
Associations Between Parental Psychological Control and COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Negative Emotions: The Role of Resilience and Emotion Regulation6
Overt and Subtle Discrimination and Psychological Well-Being: Examining the Mediating and Moderating Role of Ethnic-Racial Identity Among Emerging Adults6
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 Care5
Friendship-Related Stress and Alcohol Use Among Post-college Emerging Adults5
Affective Responsivity to Daily Stressors is Amplified in Young Females5
Emerging Strengths: Challenges and Coping Strategies in Emerging Adulthood Among at-Risk Young-Adult Arab Palestinians in Israel5
Quarter-life Crisis Episodes in Emerging Adulthood: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Data From Eight Countries5
Relationship Between Personality Traits and Emotional Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Emerging Adults5
Romantic Attachment and Emerging Adults’ Future Expectations: Moderation Role of Self-Regulation5
Profiles of Black Emerging Adults Exposure to Racism-Based Police Violence and Associated Mental Health Outcomes5
Resilience in the Kosovo Context: A Qualitative Study of Young Adults5
Perceived COVID-19 Threat, Psychological Distress, and Increases in Alcohol and Cannabis Use at the Onset of the Pandemic in Racially Diverse Emerging Adults5
Communion Among Community-Recruited Emerging Adults: Testing Descriptive and Inferential Questions5
Taking It Day by Day: Reasons for Daily Changes in University Belonging5
Within- and Between-Person Loneliness and Self-Esteem During Emerging Adulthood: The Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation Difficulties5
Emerging Adults’ Experiences of Managing Social Group Disruptions5
Does the Gender of Your Friends Matter for Sexist Attitudes About Women?5
Beyond Cuddling Canines: Exploring Students’ Perceptions of the Importance of Touch in an On-Campus Canine-Assisted Intervention5
Positive Youth Development Mediates the Relations Between Religiousness, Altruism, and Empathy Among Southeast Asian Emerging Adults4
Parenting Centrality in Emerging Adulthood4
Multiplicity Matters: The Development of Multiple Interests During Dynamic Institutional Transitions4
Measurement Invariance of the Spanish Brief Version of the Experiences in Close Relationships for Assessing Adult Attachment in Neurodivergent and Neurotypical Chilean Emerging Adults4
The Experience of Emerging Adult Daughters Caring for a Parent With Advanced Disease4
Using Narrative Vignettes to Understand the Misuse and Diversion of Stimulants Among College Students With and Without a Prescription4
Evolution and Research Trends About Emerging Adulthood: A Bibliometric Analysis4
“Why Couldn’t We?”: Experiences of Adversity, Cultural Strengths and Support Among First, Second, and Third+ Generation Mexican-origin Youth in Los Angeles4
To What Extent Do Young Adults Meet the Five Needs for Independence? A Latent Class Analysis4
Gendered Racial Identity, Positive Health Practices, and Mental Health Among Black Adult Women4
‘It Keeps the Connection Alive’: A Qualitative Analysis of Social Networking Site Use and Mental Health in Emerging Adults Through the Lens of a Novel Trans-diagnostic Cognitive Behavioural Conceptual4
Pain Severity and Mental Health of Lifetime Trauma Exposed Young Adults: The Role of Emotion Dysregulation4
Young Adult Disclosure to Parents: Developmental Trajectories and Links to Substance Use in the United States4
Emerging Adults With a Suicide Attempt History Text More Emotionally With Peers than Family Members4
An Exploration of Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships Experienced by Emerging Adults During the Covid-19 Lockdowns in England4
I Felt Like I Was Getting to Be My Own Person: Exploring the Impact of Cultural Master Narratives on Identity Development During Student Exchange4
Link Between Parent-Emerging Adult Relationship Quality and Emerging Adult Physical Health: An Examination of Mediators and Moderators4
From Risk to Resilience? Hazardous Drinking Trajectories in and Beyond the Last Years of University Life4
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 Framework4
Prosocial Behaviors During Adolescence Predict Economic Outcomes in Young Adulthood4
Special Issue Call for Papers: Advances in Recovery Science for Emerging Adults With Substance Use Disorders4
Hazardous Drinking Mediates the Relation Between Externalizing Personality and Reduced Adherence to COVID-19 Public Health Guidelines in University Students4
Is the Way I was Raised Linked to How I Love? Perceived Parenting and Implicit Theories of Relationships4
An Exploratory Investigation of Associations Between Personal and Social Identity Among White, Heterosexual, Cisgender Young Adults in the U.S.4
Different Paths, Different Passions: Sexual Passion in Emerging Adults3
“Where’s My People?”: An Investigation of the Structure and Content of Black and Latinx College Students’ Ethnic-Racial Identity Narratives3
Does Your Childhood Attachment Make You Bully Your Lover? The Role of Rejection Sensitivity and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction3
Emerging Adulthood: Impacts of Adult Care on Education, Work, and Well-Being3
Academic Impairment From Sleep Difficulties: The Role of Substance Use, Psychological Distress, and Loneliness in U.S. College Students3
Exploring the Interaction Between Social Strain and Support and its Association with College Students’ Psychological Well-Being3
Validation of Two Existential Loneliness Scales in Emerging Adults3
Arguing With Friends vs. Romantic Partners: Do Emerging Adults’ Gender-Typed Conflict Management Strategies Vary by Sexual Orientation?3
The Association Between Autonomy Need Satisfaction and Perceived Romantic Relationship Quality: The Mediating Role of Openness3
From Self-Objectification to Self-Perception: Unraveling Media’s Impact on Emerging Adult Women’s Body Image and Identity3
Social Support Among Minoritized Emerging Adults With Serious Psychological Health Issues3
Self-Concept Clarity and Romantic Breakup Distress in Argentina and the United States3
The Theory of Emerging Adulthood in Latin America: A Scoping Review3
Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Emotion Efficacy Scale – 2 in a Sample of Turkish Emerging Adults3
Unequally Indebted: Debt by Education, Race, and Ethnicity and the, Accumulation of Inequality in Emerging Adulthood3
Emerging Adults’ Experience of Mindful Parenting: Distinct Associations With Their Dispositional and Interpersonal Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Adjustment3
Self-Compassion in University Students With ADHD: A Qualitative Exploration3
Eating Expectancy as a Moderator of Sociocultural Influence on Bulimic Symptoms among High-Risk Female College Students3
Family Ties and Young Adult Career Goals: Does Family Social Capital Stretch Into Emerging Adulthood?3
‘It’s Home for now’: Sense of Home Among Emerging Adults in Permanent Supportive Housing Through the Lens of Ontological Security Theory3
From Supportive to Strained: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Emerging Adults’ Characterizations of Past and Present Grandparent-Grandchild Roles and Relationships3
Intergenerational Upward and Downward Social Mobility: The Role of Intelligence, Effortful Control, Assertiveness, and Peer Competence in Early Adolescence3
“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 F3
The Say Wallahi Generation: A Narrative Study of Bicultural Identity for Somali American Emerging Adults3
Emerging Adulthood Uses and Gratifications of Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study Among Filipino College Students3
The Examination of the Mediator Role of Optimism, Self-Compassion, Altruism and Gratitude in the Relationship Between Cognitive Distortions and Forgiveness of Emerging Adults3
The Resilience of Emerging Adults in a Stressed Industrialised Environment in Eswatini3
The Moderating Role of Discrimination in the Association between Same-Race/Ethnicity Friends and Negative Ethnic-Racial Identity Affect over Time3
Is Growth Possible in Emerging Adults Exposed to Complex Trauma?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses3
Attributes and person types admired by Greek emerging adults: Relative prevalence, differences by gender and socio-economic status3
Longitudinal Associations Between Competition Contingent Self-Worth and Materialistic Values Among Chinese College Students: A Latent Growth Model3
Body Image, Narcissism, Envy, and Suicidal Ideation Among Vietnamese University Students: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Loneliness, Depression, and Self-Compassion3
Building Bridges Between Arnett’s and Havighurst’s Theories: New Developmental Tasks in Emerging Adulthood Across Six Countries3
Healthcare Mistreatment is Associated With Psychological Distress, Suicidality, and Substance Use Among Transgender and Nonbinary Emerging Adults3
Identity Development of Emerging Adults Revealing Negative Experiences of Their Parents3
Family Social Environment and Emotional Health: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Sex-Specific Effects on Hippocampal Asymmetry3
Life Crafting and Self-Determination: An Intervention to Help Emerging Adults Create an Authentic and Meaningful Life3
Examining the Effects of a Psychoeducation Program Prepared Based on Optimism, Self-Compassion, Altruism, and Gratitude on Forgiveness in Emerging Adults2
Longitudinal Associations Between TikTok Use, Self-Concept Clarity, and Anxiety Among Chinese Emerging Adults: Exploring Differential Impacts of Active and Passive TikTok Use2
Emerging Adults’ Perspectives of Received Youth Worker Support and Their Personal and Structural Barriers to Find Employment or Further Education: A Qualitative Study From Sweden2
Factor Structure Validation and Measurement Invariance Testing of the Five C’s Model of Positive Youth Development among Emerging Adults in Malaysia2
Social Connectedness Protects Against the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on First-Year Undergraduate Mental Health2
The Impact of Living at Home on Mental Health: A Qualitative Exploration of Well-Being and Depression Among Irish Emerging Adults2
Parental Alcohol Use Disorder and Offspring Internalizing Problems: Associations With Parenting, Autonomy, and Detachment from Parents2
Self-Control Depletion, Frustration Tolerance, Irritability, and Engagement in Risky Behaviors in College Students With and Without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Risk2
How Relationship Satisfaction and Negative Communication Trajectories Change in Emerging Adults’ Dating Relationships: A Group-Based Dual Trajectory Analysis2
Emotion Dysregulation and E-Cigarette Use Among University Students: The Mediating Role of Perceived Social Norms2
Perks of the Pandemic?: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Socially Withdrawn Emerging Adults2
Disclosure Experiences of College Students With Chronic Medical Conditions2
The Quest for a “Soft Life” and the Transition into Adulthood: Views from South African Emerging Adult Students2
Exploring the Pathways to Psychological Well-Being: Residential Mobility, Parental Sensitivity, and Adjustment in Emerging Adults2
A Pivotal Time and Place: University Place Attachment, Childhood Neighborhood Affordances, and Internalizing Symptoms in Emerging Adulthood2
Negotiating Emerging Adulthood at the Onset of COVID-19 in Singapore2
The Psychological Affordances of Solitude in Emerging Adulthood2
The Validity of Violence Risk Assessment in Young Adults: A Comparative Study of Juvenile and Adult Risk Assessment Tools2
Profiles of Career Engagement in the Senior Year of College: Comparing India and the United States2
Young Adults’ Cohabitation and Dating Decisions During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploration of Romantic and Developmental Context2
Experiences in Nature and Benefits on Emerging Adult Wellbeing: A Qualitative Systematic Review2
Navigating Misrecognition and Risk: A Recognition-Based Analysis of Educationally Disadvantaged Young Men’s Career Transitions2
“Being Sick Does Not Define You”: Communicated Narrative Sense-Making of Autoimmune Disease in Emerging Adult Women in the U.S.2
“Protecting my Positivity”: Emerging Adults as Social Media Actors, Agents, and Authors2
Multifaceted Research Trends on Parenting in Emerging Adulthood: A Bibliometric Review2
“This is Real, This is the Way that Things are”: Hooking up as a Pathway for Sexual Identity Development Among SGM Emerging Adults2
A Longitudinal and Within-Person Perspective on Self-Compassion and Internalizing Symptoms in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation2
Self-Concealment From Parents in Emerging Adulthood: A Qualitative Survey Study of Experiences and Motivations2
Communicating about COVID-19 Vaccines: A Qualitative Study on Preferences, attitudes, and Influences on Canadian Post-secondary Student Decisions to Get Vaccinated2
Sex Differences in Indicators of Mental and Cardiovascular Health in Cannabis-Using Undergraduates2
Parent-Adolescent Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Testing Serial Mediation of Conflict Behaviors, Emotion Regulation, and Empathy2
Social Connectedness and Negative Emotion Modulation: Social Media Use for Coping Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic2
Social Media Use Profiles and Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Study Between Chinese and Italian Emerging Adults2
Parental Financial Assistance and Psychological Well-Being Among Korean Emerging Adults: Pressure from and Fulfillment of Parental Career Expectations as Mediators2
A Sentiment Analysis Study on Gender and Racial Inequities in College Students’ Perceptions of the COVID-19 Pandemic2
Exploring Emerging Adulthood(s) in India2
The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Perfectionism in University Students During Emerging Adulthood2
Chronic Stress and Risky Decision Making in Emerging Adults: University Students Versus Non-Student Peers2
Identity Styles Moderate the Role of Insecure Attachment Dimensions on Internalizing Behaviors2
Living up to Parental Expectations, Psychological Separation, and Life Satisfaction2
Emotional Self-Regulation and Self-Care as Predictors of Quality of Life in Emerging Adults With Chronic Conditions2
Mental Health in College Students before, during, and after the COVID-19 Pandemic2
Examination of ADHD Symptom Severity, Depression Symptoms, and Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences in College Students with ADHD2
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