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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Examining the Relationships Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Student Generational Status, and Exam Performance in Emerging Adult Undergraduates	68
Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality, Ethnic Identity, and Romantic Attachment in Asian American Emerging Adults	36
Rejected by Caregivers but Connected to Others: Resilience Factors and Negative Mental Health Outcomes Among LGBTQ+ Emerging Adults	28
We Are Together, but How Much Are We Truly ‘We’?: A Dyadic Approach With Turkish Emerging Adults	28
Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Outcomes of Embracing Your Life: An Online Self-Compassion Program for Emerging Adults	26
A Helping Hand Isn’t Always So Helpful: Parental Autonomy Support Moderates the Effectiveness of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation for Emerging Adults	25
Longitudinal Associations Between Academic and Social Adjustment Among Chinese College Freshmen: The Mediating Role of Depressive Symptoms	25
Mental Health Needs and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among First-Year University Students Amidst COVID-19: A Mixed Methods Inquiry	21
Understanding Associations Between Childhood Maltreatment, Biological Sex, and Emotion Reactivity Among Emerging Adults	21
Perceived Influence of Social Media, Identity, and Mental Health Outcomes	20
The Hope and Goals of Youth Experiencing Homelessness	19
Pathway Out of School, Social Bonds, and Criminal Involvement Across Emerging Adulthood	19
Turkish Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Relationship Mindfulness Measure in an Emerging Adult Sample	18
How Do Young Adults Feel About Receiving “Likes” on Social Media? The Moderating Role of Shyness and Cybervictimization	17
Political Socialization Among Young Adults in Minnesota	17
Exploring Loneliness in Emerging Adulthood: A Qualitative Study	17
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	17
Perceived Efficacy in Initiating Romantic Relationships and Single Emerging Adults’ Well-Being	16
Planning for Parenthood: Using Sociodemographic Characteristics to Predict Expectations for the Timing and Number of Children Among Emerging Adults	16
The Role of the Nurturant Family Environment During Adolescence in Predicting Young Adult Positive Development	13
The Dysregulation Profile and Substance Use: Investigating Their Co-Variation From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood	13
The Role of Trait Impulsivity on Suicidality in the Emerging Adult in Kenya	13
The Role of Self-Esteem on the Relation Between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Depression Symptoms in College Students	12
Multi-Method Assessment of Self-Regulation as a Moderator of the Associations Between Social Support and Service Use With Mental Health in LGBTQ+ Emerging Adults	12
Construct Diversity in Measures of Helicopter Parenting in Emerging Adulthood	12

Emerging Adult Mental Health Resource Access, Use, and Sufficiency During COVID-19	11
COVID-19 Vaccine Communications on Instagram and Vaccine Uptake in Young Adults: A Content Assessment and Public Engagement Analysis	11
Black Emerging Adults’ Critical Consciousness and Perceived Neighborhood Quality	11
A Diary Study of the Within-Person Associations Between Daily Stressors and Negative Affect Among Post-Secondary Students With Recent Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Engagement	11
Alcohol and Cannabis Use Within Emerging Adults’ Committed Romantic Relationships: Associations With Relationship Functioning and Quality of Life	10
Lifestyle Behavior Patterns During the Transition From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: Associations With Mental Health and Wellbeing	10
Shifting the Resilience Narrative: A Qualitative Study of Resilience in the Canadian Post-secondary Context	10
How Multiethnic-Racial Emerging Adults Describe and Understand Their Parents’ Ethnic-Racial Socialization Practices	10
Navigating Identity Uncertainty: Identity Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic	9
Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms in the Context of Romantic Relationship Breakup: Characterizing the “Natural Course” of Response and Recovery in Young Adults	9
Relations Between Behavioral Inhibition/Activation Systems and Self-Esteem: Two Multiple Mediation Models With Social Relationships	8
“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	8
A Cross-National Study on Prosocial Behaviors in Emerging Adulthood During the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Attachment and Breakup Distress: The Mediating Role of Coping Strategies	7
Empirically Derived Psychological Profiles of College Students: Differential Associations With COVID-19 Impact and Social Adjustment	7
COVID-19 Racism, Depressive Symptoms, Drinking to Cope Motives, and Alcohol Use Severity Among Asian American Emerging Adults	7
Overparenting and Emerging Adult Development: A Systematic Review	7
Inner Peace in a Global Crisis: A Case Study of Supported Spiritual Individuation in Acute Onset Phase of COVID-19	7
Recognising Foster Family Practices as a Form of Extended Care for Emerging Adults Transitioning out of Long-Term Fostering	7
The Lithuanian Version of the Highly Sensitive Person Scale: Factor Structure and Latent Profiles in Emerging Adulthood	7
Research into Transition to Adulthood in Persons with Cerebral Palsy: A Scoping Review	7
Meaning-Making Profiles During Emerging Adulthood: A Person-Oriented Approach in the Context of Romantic and Working Conditions	7
Self-Esteem and Real Self and False Self Presentation on Facebook Among Emerging Adults: The Moderating Role of Social Anxiety	7
Satisfaction, Intimacy and Conflict in Canadian Couples: An Analysis of Change from Adolescence to Adulthood	6
The Associations Among Self-Isolation During COVID-19, Depressive Symptoms, and Financial Stress: The Moderation of Technology Use for Relationship Maintenance	6
Perceptions About Research Participation Among Emerging Adults With Serious Mental Illnesses	6
Social Withdrawal, Solitude, and Existential Concerns in Emerging Adulthood	6
Perfectionism, Goal Orientation, and Emerging Adults’ Identity Processing Styles	6
Resilience, Social Support, and Health in Emerging Adults With and Without Chronic Health Conditions	6
Narratives of Racially/Ethnically Diverse Genderqueer & Non-binary Identities in the U.S. Context of Trans*normativity and Whiteness	6
Navigating Friendship Formation in the Digital Era: The Role of Value Congruence in Emerging Adulthood	6
Associations Between Parental Psychological Control and COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Negative Emotions: The Role of Resilience and Emotion Regulation	6
Overt and Subtle Discrimination and Psychological Well-Being: Examining the Mediating and Moderating Role of Ethnic-Racial Identity Among Emerging Adults	6
A Qualitative Investigation of the Positive and Negative Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Post-Secondary Students’ Mental Health and Well-Being	6
Why Am I Even Called An Emerging Adult? An Analysis of Adulthood Experience Among Students From Poland, Japan, Korea, Portugal, Spain, and the USA	6
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	5
Friendship-Related Stress and Alcohol Use Among Post-college Emerging Adults	5
Affective Responsivity to Daily Stressors is Amplified in Young Females	5
Emerging Strengths: Challenges and Coping Strategies in Emerging Adulthood Among at-Risk Young-Adult Arab Palestinians in Israel	5
Quarter-life Crisis Episodes in Emerging Adulthood: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Data From Eight Countries	5
Relationship Between Personality Traits and Emotional Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Emerging Adults	5
Romantic Attachment and Emerging Adults’ Future Expectations: Moderation Role of Self-Regulation	5
Profiles of Black Emerging Adults Exposure to Racism-Based Police Violence and Associated Mental Health Outcomes	5
Resilience in the Kosovo Context: A Qualitative Study of Young Adults	5
Perceived COVID-19 Threat, Psychological Distress, and Increases in Alcohol and Cannabis Use at the Onset of the Pandemic in Racially Diverse Emerging Adults	5
Communion Among Community-Recruited Emerging Adults: Testing Descriptive and Inferential Questions	5
Taking It Day by Day: Reasons for Daily Changes in University Belonging	5
Within- and Between-Person Loneliness and Self-Esteem During Emerging Adulthood: The Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation Difficulties	5
Emerging Adults’ Experiences of Managing Social Group Disruptions	5
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 Intervention	5
The Experience of Emerging Adult Daughters Caring for a Parent With Advanced Disease	4
Using Narrative Vignettes to Understand the Misuse and Diversion of Stimulants Among College Students With and Without a Prescription	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
Evolution and Research Trends About Emerging Adulthood: A Bibliometric Analysis	4
To What Extent Do Young Adults Meet the Five Needs for Independence? A Latent Class Analysis	4
Gendered Racial Identity, Positive Health Practices, and Mental Health Among Black Adult Women	4
Pain Severity and Mental Health of Lifetime Trauma Exposed Young Adults: The Role of Emotion Dysregulation	4
‘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 Conceptual	4
Young Adult Disclosure to Parents: Developmental Trajectories and Links to Substance Use in the United States	4
Emerging Adults With a Suicide Attempt History Text More Emotionally With Peers than Family Members	4
I Felt Like I Was Getting to Be My Own Person: Exploring the Impact of Cultural Master Narratives on Identity Development During Student Exchange	4
An Exploration of Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships Experienced by Emerging Adults During the Covid-19 Lockdowns in England	4
Link Between Parent-Emerging Adult Relationship Quality and Emerging Adult Physical Health: An Examination of Mediators and Moderators	4
From Risk to Resilience? Hazardous Drinking Trajectories in and Beyond the Last Years of University Life	4
Prosocial Behaviors During Adolescence Predict Economic Outcomes in Young Adulthood	4
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 Framework	4
Special Issue Call for Papers: Advances in Recovery Science for Emerging Adults With Substance Use Disorders	4
Hazardous Drinking Mediates the Relation Between Externalizing Personality and Reduced Adherence to COVID-19 Public Health Guidelines in University Students	4
An Exploratory Investigation of Associations Between Personal and Social Identity Among White, Heterosexual, Cisgender Young Adults in the U.S.	4
Positive Youth Development Mediates the Relations Between Religiousness, Altruism, and Empathy Among Southeast Asian Emerging Adults	4
Is the Way I was Raised Linked to How I Love? Perceived Parenting and Implicit Theories of Relationships	4
Parenting Centrality in Emerging Adulthood	4
Measurement Invariance of the Spanish Brief Version of the Experiences in Close Relationships for Assessing Adult Attachment in Neurodivergent and Neurotypical Chilean Emerging Adults	4
Multiplicity Matters: The Development of Multiple Interests During Dynamic Institutional Transitions	4