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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Increased Stress, Declining Mental Health: Emerging Adults’ Experiences in College During COVID-19	64
Changes in College Student Alcohol Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Perceived Drinking Norms Still Relevant?	46
The Psychological, Academic, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 on College Students in the Epicenter of the Pandemic	44
Longitudinal Changes in Life Satisfaction and Mental Health in Emerging Adulthood During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Risk and Protective Factors	43
Changes in College Student Anxiety and Depression From Pre- to During-COVID-19: Perceived Stress, Academic Challenges, Loneliness, and Positive Perceptions	41
“I Hate It Here”: Mental Health Changes of College Students Living With Parents During the COVID-19 Quarantine	41
The Influence of COVID-19 on Stress, Substance Use, and Mental Health Among Postsecondary Students	39
A Qualitative Study of COVID-19 Distress in University Students	39
Overparenting and Emerging Adult Development: A Systematic Review	28
“Emotional Distancing”: Change and Strain in U.S. Young Adult College Students’ Relationships During COVID-19	26
Emerging Adults’ Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Longitudinal Study on the Importance of Social Support	26
“He was like, my ride or die”: Sexual and Gender Minority Emerging Adults’ Perspectives on Living With Pets During the Transition to Adulthood	25
The Associations Between Internalized Racism, Racial Identity, and Psychological Distress	22
Young Adults’ Physical Distancing Behaviors During the Initial Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Adherence to Guidelines and Associations With Alcohol Use Behavior	20
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	18
Helicopter Parenting Versus Autonomy Supportive Parenting? A Latent Class Analysis of Parenting Among Emerging Adults and Their Psychological and Relational Well-Being	18
“With Politics, It’s Easier to Talk to Them About It”: Peer Racial Socialization and Sociopolitical Development Among Black College Students	17
A Cross-National Study of COVID-19 Impact and Future Possibilities Among Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty	15
COVID-19 Racism, Depressive Symptoms, Drinking to Cope Motives, and Alcohol Use Severity Among Asian American Emerging Adults	13
Empowering, Pragmatic, or Disappointing: Appraisals of Singlehood During Emerging and Established Adulthood	12
Overparenting and Emerging Adults’ Insecure Attachment With Parents and Romantic Partners	12
A Qualitative Investigation of the Positive and Negative Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Post-Secondary Students’ Mental Health and Well-Being	12
“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	12
Demographic, Health and Pandemic-Related Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intention Among Filipino Emerging Adults	11
Understanding Motives, Usage Patterns and Effects of Instagram Use in Youths: A Qualitative Study	11

“Dedicado a Mi Familia”: The Role of Familismo on Academic Outcomes Among Latinx College Students	11
College, Interrupted: Profiles in First-Year College Students Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Across One Year	11
The Relationships Between Self-Control and Distress Among Emerging Adults: A Serial Mediating Roles of Fear of Missing Out and Social Media Addiction	11
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	11
Student Loan Debt, Family Support, and Reciprocity in the Transition to Adulthood	11
Introduction to the Special Issue: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lives of Emerging Adults	10
Suicidal Mental Imagery: Investigating a Novel Marker of Suicide Risk	10
The Psychological Affordances of Solitude in Emerging Adulthood	10
Zoom Memes for Self-Quaranteens: Generational Humor, Identity, and Conflict During the Pandemic	10
The Features of Emerging Adulthood and Individuation: Relations and Differences by College-Going Status, Age, and Living Situation	10
Individualism, Collectivism, and Well-being Among a Sample of Emerging Adults in the United States	9
Exploring Young Men’s Experience of Resistance to Masculine Norms	9
Changes in Attachment to Parents and Peers and Relations With Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic	9
College Women’s Memorable Sexual Messages From Mothers, Fathers, Friends/Peers, and Online Media: A Mixed-Methods Latent Class Analysis	9
Sociopolitical Influences in Early Emerging Adult College Students’ Pandemic-Related Civic Engagement	9
Binge Eating and Binge Drinking in Emerging Adults During COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy: An Examination of Protective and Risk Factors	9
The Examination of the Mediator Role of Optimism, Self-Compassion, Altruism and Gratitude in the Relationship Between Cognitive Distortions and Forgiveness of Emerging Adults	8
Identity Development During Student Exchange: A Qualitative Study of Students’ Perspectives on the Processes of Change	8
On Becoming an Emerging Adult Parent in South Africa: Processes of Commitment, Exploration and Reconsideration of a Parental Identity	8
Experiences of College Students With Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Religious Socialization and Self-Definition Among Black Undergraduate Women Attending Predominantly White Institutions	8
Self-Esteem and Real Self and False Self Presentation on Facebook Among Emerging Adults: The Moderating Role of Social Anxiety	7
Depressive Symptoms, Perceived Stress, Self-Compassion and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Among Emerging Adults: An Examination of the Between and Within-Person Associations Over Time	7
Bystander Intoxication and Appraisal of Sexual Assault Risk: A Field Study of Emerging Adult Bargoers	7
Identity Development and Major Choice Among Underrepresented Students Interested in STEM Majors: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis	7
Exploration of Emerging Adult Virgins’ Difficulties	7
A Cross-Country Network Analysis of Resilience Systems in Young Adults	7
Less Than Fully Honest: Financial Deception in Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships	7
LGBTQ+ College Students’ Engagement in COVID-Protective and COVID-Risk Behaviors	7
“I Can be Unapologetically Who I Am”: A Study of Friendship Among Black Undergraduate Women at PWIs	6
Finances and Fate: Parent Financial Socialization, Locus of Control, and Mental Health in Emerging Adulthood	6
“Squeezing the Life Out of Each Day”: Emerging Adult Women’s Work-Family Expectations in STEM	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
Examining the Direction of Effects Between COVID-19 Experiences, General Well-Being, Social Media Engagement, and Insomnia Symptoms Among University Students	6
Detrimental Associations of Cumulative Trauma, COVID-19 Infection Indicators, Avoidance, and Loneliness With Sleep and Negative Emotionality in Emerging Adulthood During the Pandemic	6
“This is Real, This is the Way that Things are”: Hooking up as a Pathway for Sexual Identity Development Among SGM Emerging Adults	5
It’s is Time to Make More Goals So I Can Keep Pushing: Hope, Growth, and Well-Being Among Young Black Women	5
Emerging Adulthood Uses and Gratifications of Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study Among Filipino College Students	5
Exploring the Roles of Career Adaptability, Self-Esteem, and Work Values in Life Satisfaction Among Emerging Adults During their Career Transition	5
“I Am Grateful That I Still Live Under One Roof With My Family”: Gratitude Among South African University Students	5
Popularity According to Emerging Adults: What is it, and How to Acquire it	5
Romantic Relationships from Adolescence to Established Adulthood	5
Exploring Relationships Between Grit, Belonging, Institutional Compassion, Pandemic Stress, and Goal Progress Among Emerging Adult Post-Secondary Students	5
Emerging Adults’ Self-Efficacy as a Resource for Coping With the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Bringing Covid to College: Incoming First-Year College Students’ Making Meaning of the Pandemic	5
“When did I Stop being a Child?” The Subjective Feeling of Adulthood of Mexican and Central American Unaccompanied 1.25 Generation Immigrants	5
Finding Silver Linings: A Mixed Methods Analysis of COVID-19’s Challenges and Opportunities for College Students’ Functioning and Outlook	5
Exploring Loneliness in Emerging Adulthood: A Qualitative Study	5
Challenges in Emerging Adulthood Related to the Impact of Childhood Bullying Victimization	5
Masculinity and Silence in the Academic Struggles of American Male College Students	5

Unpacking the Benefits of Bicultural Competence: Latina/x/o College Students’ Academic and Psychosocial Adjustment	5
Contextual Navigation: Towards a Holistic Conceptualization of Negotiating Sexual Identity in Context	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
Evidence on Resilient Initial Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Among Youth: Findings From the Prospective Study of Mental Health in Two European Countries	4
Closing Commentary, Opening Conversations: Liminal Reflections on Decent Work, Emerging Adulthood, and Social Justice	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
Exploring Romantic Relationship Patterns among Turkish Emerging Adults: A Grounded Theory Study	4
Applying a Health-Risk Behavior Lens to Understand Individual Differences in COVID-19 Containment Behavior Among Young Adults	4
Does the Gender of Your Friends Matter for Sexist Attitudes About Women?	4
Is Belonging Stable Over Time?: A Four-Year Longitudinal Examination of University Belonging Differences Among Students	4
Social Connectedness and Negative Emotion Modulation: Social Media Use for Coping Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
Toward Many Emerging Adulthoods: A Theory-Based Examination of the Features of Emerging Adulthood for Cross-Systems Youth	4
Dietary Behaviors, Physical Activity, and Reported Role Models Among Emerging and Young Adults With Overweight and Obesity	4