Emerging Adulthood

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Increased Stress, Declining Mental Health: Emerging Adults’ Experiences in College During COVID-19	50
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	47
Changes in College Student Alcohol Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Perceived Drinking Norms Still Relevant?	42
A Qualitative Study of COVID-19 Distress in University Students	34
The Influence of COVID-19 on Stress, Substance Use, and Mental Health Among Postsecondary Students	34
Changes in College Student Anxiety and Depression From Pre- to During-COVID-19: Perceived Stress, Academic Challenges, Loneliness, and Positive Perceptions	33
Longitudinal Changes in Life Satisfaction and Mental Health in Emerging Adulthood During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Risk and Protective Factors	33
“I Hate It Here”: Mental Health Changes of College Students Living With Parents During the COVID-19 Quarantine	33
The Psychological, Academic, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 on College Students in the Epicenter of the Pandemic	32
Diet and Mental Health During Emerging Adulthood: A Systematic Review	26
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	22
“Mom, You Don’t Get It”: A Critical Examination of Multiracial Emerging Adults’ Perceptions of Parental Support	20
“He was like, my ride or die”: Sexual and Gender Minority Emerging Adults’ Perspectives on Living With Pets During the Transition to Adulthood	19
“Emotional Distancing”: Change and Strain in U.S. Young Adult College Students’ Relationships During COVID-19	18
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
The Associations Between Internalized Racism, Racial Identity, and Psychological Distress	17
Overparenting and Emerging Adult Development: A Systematic Review	17
Helicopter Parenting Is Unrelated to Student Success and Well-Being: A Latent Profile Analysis of Perceived Parenting and Academic Motivation During the Transition to University	16
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
“With Politics, It’s Easier to Talk to Them About It”: Peer Racial Socialization and Sociopolitical Development Among Black College Students	12
Intersectionality and Identity Configurations: A Qualitative Study Exploring Sexual Identity Development Among Emerging Adults Within the United States	12
How Does Financial Life Shape Emerging Adulthood? Short-Term Longitudinal Associations Between Perceived Features of Emerging Adulthood, Financial Behaviors, and Financial Well-Being	11

Demographic, Health and Pandemic-Related Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intention Among Filipino Emerging Adults	11
Helicopter Parenting Versus Autonomy Supportive Parenting? A Latent Class Analysis of Parenting Among Emerging Adults and Their Psychological and Relational Well-Being	11
Introduction to the Special Issue: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lives of Emerging Adults	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
Empowering, Pragmatic, or Disappointing: Appraisals of Singlehood During Emerging and Established Adulthood	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
COVID-19 Racism, Depressive Symptoms, Drinking to Cope Motives, and Alcohol Use Severity Among Asian American Emerging Adults	9
Suicidal Mental Imagery: Investigating a Novel Marker of Suicide Risk	9
The Lonely Collegiate: An Examination of the Reasons for Loneliness Among Emerging Adults in College in the Western United States and West-Central Poland	9
Zoom Memes for Self-Quaranteens: Generational Humor, Identity, and Conflict During the Pandemic	9
A Qualitative Investigation of the Positive and Negative Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Post-Secondary Students’ Mental Health and Well-Being	9
A Cross-National Study of COVID-19 Impact and Future Possibilities Among Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty	9
Emerging Job Precariousness: Work Experiences and Expectations of Low-Qualified Young Workers in Switzerland	8
Overparenting and Emerging Adults’ Insecure Attachment With Parents and Romantic Partners	8
The Features of Emerging Adulthood and Individuation: Relations and Differences by College-Going Status, Age, and Living Situation	8
College, Interrupted: Profiles in First-Year College Students Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Across One Year	8
Resilience Among Unemployed and Underemployed Emerging Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study of How Stress and Coping Relate to Depressive Symptoms	8
Individualism, Collectivism, and Well-being Among a Sample of Emerging Adults in the United States	7
Exploring Young Men’s Experience of Resistance to Masculine Norms	7
Binge Eating and Binge Drinking in Emerging Adults During COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy: An Examination of Protective and Risk Factors	7
“I Can be Unapologetically Who I Am”: A Study of Friendship Among Black Undergraduate Women at PWIs	6
Religious Socialization and Self-Definition Among Black Undergraduate Women Attending Predominantly White Institutions	6
Experiences of College Students With Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic	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
Bystander Intoxication and Appraisal of Sexual Assault Risk: A Field Study of Emerging Adult Bargoers	6
On Becoming an Emerging Adult Parent in South Africa: Processes of Commitment, Exploration and Reconsideration of a Parental Identity	6
Registered Reports With Developmental and Secondary Data: Some Brief Observations and Introduction to the Special Issue	6
Sociopolitical Influences in Early Emerging Adult College Students’ Pandemic-Related Civic Engagement	5
Emerging Adults’ Representations of Work: A Qualitative Research in Seven Countries	5
Critical Reflections on Individual Collages as a Research Method With Young Women Living With HIV in Zambia	5
Changes in Attachment to Parents and Peers and Relations With Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic	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
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
Less Than Fully Honest: Financial Deception in Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships	5
Life at a Stop Sign: Narrative Plots of the Transition to Adulthood During Unemployment Among South African Graduates	5
LGBTQ+ College Students’ Engagement in COVID-Protective and COVID-Risk Behaviors	5
Emerging Adults’ Self-Efficacy as a Resource for Coping With the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
The Relationships Between Self-Control and Distress Among Emerging Adults: A Serial Mediating Roles of Fear of Missing Out and Social Media Addiction	5
The Psychological Affordances of Solitude in Emerging Adulthood	5
Identity Development During Student Exchange: A Qualitative Study of Students’ Perspectives on the Processes of Change	5
Understanding Motives, Usage Patterns and Effects of Instagram Use in Youths: A Qualitative Study	4
Unpacking the Benefits of Bicultural Competence: Latina/x/o College Students’ Academic and Psychosocial Adjustment	4
It’s is Time to Make More Goals So I Can Keep Pushing: Hope, Growth, and Well-Being Among Young Black Women	4
Challenges in Emerging Adulthood Related to the Impact of Childhood Bullying Victimization	4
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
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
Emerging Adulthood Uses and Gratifications of Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study Among Filipino College Students	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
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
“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
Age Matters? The Moderating Effect of Age on the Longitudinal Relationship between Upward and Downward Comparisons on Instagram and Identity Processes During Emerging Adulthood	4
Student Loan Debt, Family Support, and Reciprocity in the Transition to Adulthood	4
Development of Religious Identity and Commitment During Emerging Adulthood: A Mixed-Methods Longitudinal Study	4
Examining the Direction of Effects Between COVID-19 Experiences, General Well-Being, Social Media Engagement, and Insomnia Symptoms Among University Students	4
Bringing Covid to College: Incoming First-Year College Students’ Making Meaning of the Pandemic	4
Social Isolation in a Population-Based Sample of Emerging Adults: Who Is on Their Own?	3
Exploring Romantic Relationship Patterns among Turkish Emerging Adults: A Grounded Theory Study	3
Predictors of Individual Differences in Emerging Adult Theory of Mind	3
Evidence on Resilient Initial Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Among Youth: Findings From the Prospective Study of Mental Health in Two European Countries	3
Exploration of Emerging Adult Virgins’ Difficulties	3
Consistency and Specificity of Attachments to Parents, Friends, and Romantic Partners in Emerging Adulthood	3
Exploring Relationships Between Grit, Belonging, Institutional Compassion, Pandemic Stress, and Goal Progress Among Emerging Adult Post-Secondary Students	3
Closing Commentary, Opening Conversations: Liminal Reflections on Decent Work, Emerging Adulthood, and Social Justice	3
Self-Esteem and Real Self and False Self Presentation on Facebook Among Emerging Adults: The Moderating Role of Social Anxiety	3
Impact of Perceived Health Competence on the Quality of Life of Emerging Adults With Chronic Health Conditions	3
“Finding my Blackness, Finding my Rhythm”: Music and Identity Development in African, Caribbean, and Black Emerging Adults	3
“Dedicado a Mi Familia”: The Role of Familismo on Academic Outcomes Among Latinx College Students	3
“This is Real, This is the Way that Things are”: Hooking up as a Pathway for Sexual Identity Development Among SGM Emerging Adults	3
Lived Experiences of Emerging Adult Women With Single Mothers: Exploring Responses to Perceived Maternal Depression	3
‘I Felt Like Being Upgraded’: Emerging Adults’ Experiences of Socioeconomic Resources in Relation to Their Vocational Identity Development in Turkey	3
Possibility and Constraint in the Lives of Young Rural Workers in the United States: The Psychology of Working and Post-Trauma Vocational Trajectories	3
Contextual Navigation: Towards a Holistic Conceptualization of Negotiating Sexual Identity in Context	3
Toward Many Emerging Adulthoods: A Theory-Based Examination of the Features of Emerging Adulthood for Cross-Systems Youth	3
Predictors of College Success Outcomes in Emerging Adults: The Role of High School Dual Enrollment Courses	3
Popularity According to Emerging Adults: What is it, and How to Acquire it	3
Applying a Health-Risk Behavior Lens to Understand Individual Differences in COVID-19 Containment Behavior Among Young Adults	3
Class and the Classroom: The Role of Individual- and School-Level Socioeconomic Factors in Predicting College Students’ Academic Behaviors	3
Betrayal Trauma and Resilience in Former Foster Youth	3
“If She’s Sad, I’m Sad Too” Emotional Closeness Between French Grandparents and Emerging Adult Grandchildren	2
Finances and Fate: Parent Financial Socialization, Locus of Control, and Mental Health in Emerging Adulthood	2
Is Belonging Stable Over Time?: A Four-Year Longitudinal Examination of University Belonging Differences Among Students	2
Ethnic-Racial Life Scripts: Relations With Ethnic-Racial Identity and Psychological Health	2
Using a Socio-Ecological Framework to Understand Romantic Relationship Satisfaction Among Emerging Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
Doing Adulthood While Returning to School: When Emerging Adults Struggle With Institutional Frameworks	2
The Role of Perceived Familial Expectations on Depressive Symptoms and Self-Esteem in Emerging Adulthood: A Cultural Analysis	2
Meaning-Making Profiles During Emerging Adulthood: A Person-Oriented Approach in the Context of Romantic and Working Conditions	2
A Multilevel Qualitative Perspective to Gendered Life Course, Socialization, and STEM Trajectories Among Emerging Adults in Spain	2
Hazardous Drinking Mediates the Relation Between Externalizing Personality and Reduced Adherence to COVID-19 Public Health Guidelines in University Students	2
Accuracy and Bias in Perceptions of why Social Network Members Drink: A Truth and Bias Approach to Drinking Motive (mis)perception	2
College Students’ Perceptions of Communication Technology Use and Parent–Child Relationships	2
Transition-To-Adulthood Profiles and Well-Being: Similarities and Distinctions Among Urban and Remote Contexts	2
Pathways Between Alcohol Use and Internalizing Symptoms Across Emerging Adulthood: Examination of Gender Differences in Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Processes	2
Believing in Achieving: The Impact of Role Salience and Anticipated Work–Family Conflict on Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Emerging Adult Women	2
“It Is Not the End of Parenting”: Extended Parenthood and Child Launching Experiences Among Middle-Aged Korean American Mothers	2
Love Sick: Attachment Anxiety and COVID-Era Romantic Encounters Among College Students	2
The Role of Friends and Romantic Partners in College-Attending Emerging Adults’ Engagement and GPA	2
Social Withdrawal, Solitude, and Existential Concerns in Emerging Adulthood	2
Exploring Temporal Evaluations of Interpersonal Social Media Surveillance During the COVID-19 Lockdown	2
Personal Goals and Identity of Czech University Students	2
Asian Americans’ Emerging Racial Identities and Reactions to Racial Tension in the United States	2
Ambivalent Sexism and Reported Relationship Qualities in Emerging Adult Heterosexual Dating Couples	2
Finding Silver Linings: A Mixed Methods Analysis of COVID-19’s Challenges and Opportunities for College Students’ Functioning and Outlook	2
Does the Gender of Your Friends Matter for Sexist Attitudes About Women?	2
Perfectionism, Academic Stress, Rumination and Worry: A Predictive Model for Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in University Students From Colombia	2
The Development and Validation of the Overparenting Scale – Short Form	2
Effects of Receiving Genetic Ancestry Results on Emerging Adults’ Ethnic-Racial Identity Affirmation	2
Empirically Derived Psychological Profiles of College Students: Differential Associations With COVID-19 Impact and Social Adjustment	2
Social Connectedness and Negative Emotion Modulation: Social Media Use for Coping Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
The Impact of Televised Stereotypes on the State Self-Esteem of Latino/a Emerging Adults: The Moderating Role of Ethnic–Racial Identity	2
Is the Way I was Raised Linked to How I Love? Perceived Parenting and Implicit Theories of Relationships	2
Expanding on Threat and Deprivation: Empirical Examination of Adversity Dimensions and Psychiatric Outcomes Among Emerging Adults	2
Depressive Symptoms, Perceived Stress, Self-Compassion and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Among Emerging Adults: An Examination of the Between and Within-Person Associations Over Time	2
“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	1
Associations Between Low-Household Income and First-Generation Status With College Student Belonging, Mental Health, and Well-Being	1
Emerging Adulthood: All Grown Up	1
The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Perfectionism in University Students During Emerging Adulthood	1
Trajectories of Smoking Among Emerging Adult Backpackers and Their Antecedents	1
Novel Perspectives on Adversity Exposure, Stress Responding, and Academic Retention Among First- and Continuing-Generation Students	1
Attributes and person types admired by Greek emerging adults: Relative prevalence, differences by gender and socio-economic status	1
Messaging and Action around Race and Inclusion at a Predominantly White Institution: Perceived Dissonance of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Students	1
Profiling Authentic Self-Development: Associations With Basic Need Satisfaction in Emerging Adulthood	1
The Need for Social Support During Unintended Pregnancy Decision-Making: A Qualitative Analysis of In-Depth Interviews With Young People in California	1
A Qualitative Exploration of Information and Communication Technology Use among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Emerging Adult Migrants Before and After Arrival in the United States	1
Workplace Experiences of Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: A Social-Ecological Perspective	1

Dietary Behaviors, Physical Activity, and Reported Role Models Among Emerging and Young Adults With Overweight and Obesity	1
The Role of Financial Identity Processes in Financial Behaviors and Financial Well-Being	1
Perception of Decent Work and the Future Among Low Educated Youths in Brazil and Portugal	1
Health and Well-being at the Transition to Adulthood: Examining Unmet Social and Health Needs Among Young Women	1
Social Jetlag and Emerging Adults’ Performance in a Behavioral Weight Loss Trial	1
Young Adults’ Cohabitation and Dating Decisions During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploration of Romantic and Developmental Context	1
Perceived Efficacy in Initiating Romantic Relationships and Single Emerging Adults’ Well-Being	1
Examination of ADHD Symptom Severity, Depression Symptoms, and Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences in College Students with ADHD	1
The Career-Related Parental Involvement Scale: Development and Validation Among College Senior Emerging Adults in India and the U.S.	1
Dependent Stress Generation Mediates the Relation Between Poor Cognitive Control and Repetitive Negative Thinking in Emerging Adults	1
A Normative Approach to Understanding How “Boomerang Kids” Communicatively Negotiate Moving Back Home	1
Multiple Channels of Communication: Association Between Emerging Adults’ Communication Patterns, Well-Being, and Parenting	1
Income and Career Concerns Among Emerging Adults From Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom During COVID-19	1
Understanding Poor Adjustment in Schizotypy: A Prospective Study of the Role of Self During Late Adolescence and Early Adulthood	1
Exploring the Roles of Career Adaptability, Self-Esteem, and Work Values in Life Satisfaction Among Emerging Adults During their Career Transition	1
Resilience, Social Support, and Health in Emerging Adults With and Without Chronic Health Conditions	1
The Stress of Motherhood and Intimate Partner Violence During Emerging Adulthood	1
Am I a Successful Adult? Exploring the Influence of Ethnic Diversity in Defining Success among Former Foster Youth	1
Selection and Socialization Effects of Living On vs. Off Campus	1
Inner Peace in a Global Crisis: A Case Study of Supported Spiritual Individuation in Acute Onset Phase of COVID-19	1
Before and After Prohibition: Parental Communication and Modeling Associated With Emerging Adult Recreational Marijuana Attitudes and Use	1
Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms in the Context of Romantic Relationship Breakup: Characterizing the “Natural Course” of Response and Recovery in Young Adults	1
Exploration of Attitudes and Experiences of Young Adults Who Do and Do Not Attend College	1
‘Since Having a Child, I Finally Feel Like an Adult’: Exploring Intersections of Contemporary Transitions-To-Motherhood and Transitions-To-Adulthood	1
Examining the Relationships Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Student Generational Status, and Exam Performance in Emerging Adult Undergraduates	1
Exploring Loneliness in Emerging Adulthood: A Qualitative Study	1
Co-Rumination in Social Networks	1
Eating Expectancy as a Moderator of Sociocultural Influence on Bulimic Symptoms among High-Risk Female College Students	1
Black Emerging Adults’ Critical Consciousness and Perceived Neighborhood Quality	1
Parental Autonomy Restricting Behaviors During Adolescence as Predictors of Dependency on Parents in Emerging Adulthood	1
The Relationship Between Sleep Quality and Risk-Taking Behaviors in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Gender Difference	1
Discrimination and Mental Health Outcomes Among Underrepresented College Students: The Role of Sense of Belonging at Predominantly White Institutions	1
Modeling the Reduction of Attrition in Campus Mental Health Services: A Discrete Choice Conjoint Experiment	1
Daily Exercise and Alcohol Use Among Young Adult College Students	1
Parental Financial Assistance and Psychological Well-Being Among Korean Emerging Adults: Pressure from and Fulfillment of Parental Career Expectations as Mediators	1
“Being Sick Does Not Define You”: Communicated Narrative Sense-Making of Autoimmune Disease in Emerging Adult Women in the U.S.	1
Childhood Peer Victimization, Identity Diffusion and Disordered Eating Behaviors in Emerging Adults	1
Trends Over Time in Emerging Adults’ Self-Reports of Attachment Styles	1
How Early Socioeconomic Adversity Combines With BMI-Linked Genetics to Launch Adverse Developmental Processes Leading to Economic Hardship	1
Pandemic Onset, Individual Differences, and Dimensional Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Among Emerging Adults	1
Emerging Adults’ Experience of Mindful Parenting: Distinct Associations With Their Dispositional and Interpersonal Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Adjustment	1
Drink (Socially) and Be Merry: Predicting Enjoyment and Self-Perceptions From Alcohol Consumption Among College Students	1