Each month, the emerging scholar spotlight presents a recent publication authored by an EARA Early Career Researcher, which appeared in an international journal. The best way to know how our vibrant community of young scholars is contributing to the study of adolescence!
May 2015
A Reliability Generalization Study for a Multidimensional Loneliness Scale: The Loneliness and Aloneness Scale for Children and Adolescents

By: Marlies Maes, PhD Student, School Psychology and Child and Adolescent Development, KU Leuven, Belgium
Wim Van den Noortgate, Professor, Methodology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium
Luc Goossens, Professor, School Psychology and Child and Adolescent Development, KU Leuven, Belgium
April 2015
Loneliness, Affect, and Adolescents’ Appraisals of Company: An Experience Sampling Method Study

By: Eeske van Roeckel, Luc Goossens, Maaike Verhagen, Sofie Wouters, Rutger C. M. E. Engels
& Ron H. J. Scholte
University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
March 2015
Are Adolescents’ Mutually Hostile Interactions at Home Reproduced in Other Everyday Life Contexts?

By: Tatiana Alina Trifan, PhD Student, Center for Developmental Research, Örebro University, Sweden
Håkan Stattin, Professor, Center for Developmental Research, Örebro University, Sweden
February 2015
A Person-Centred Analysis of the Time Use, Daily Activities, and Health-Related Quality of Life of Irish School-Going Late Adolescents

By: Eithne Hunt, E.A. McKay, D. Dahly, A.P. Fitzgerald, & I.J. Perry
January 2015
Self-Concept Clarity Across Adolescence: Longitudinal Associations With Open Communication With Parents and Internalizing Symptoms

By: Marloes van Dijk, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Susan Branje, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Loes Keijsers, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Skyler T. Hawk, Chinese University of Hong Kong
William W. Hale III, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Wim Meeus, Utrecht University and at Tilburg University, The Netherlands
November 2014
Collective Identity and Well-Being of Bulgarian Roma Adolescents and Their Mothers

By: Radosveta Dimitrova, Stockholm University, Sweden
Athanasios Chasiotis, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
Michael Bender, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Tilburg University, the Netherlands, North-West University, South Africa and The University of Queensland, Australia
October 2014
Relationships Between Identity and Well-Being in Italian, Polish, and Romanian Emerging Adults

By: Dominika Karaś, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland
Jan Cieciuch, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland
Oana Negru, Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania
Elisabetta Crocetti, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
July 2014
Perspective Taking and Empathic Concern in Adolescence: Gender Differences in Developmental Changes

By: Jolien Van der Graaff, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Susan Branje, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Minet De Wied, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Skyler Hawk, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Pol Van Lier, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Wim Meeus, Utrecht University and Tilburg University, The Netherlands
May 2014
Impact of Early Adolescent Externalizing Problem Behaviors on Identity Development in Middle to Late Adolescence: A Prospective 7-year Longitudinal Study

By: Elisabetta Crocetti, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Theo Klimstra, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
William W. Hale III, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Hans M. Koot, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Wim Meeus, Utrecht University and at Tilburg University, the Netherlands
MARCH 2014
Peer Networks and the Development of Illegal Political Activity Among Adolescents

By: Viktor Dahl, Örebro University, Sweden
Maarten van Zalk, Örebro University, Sweden