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!
February 2016
Life on Hold: Staying in Identity Diffusion in the Late Twenties
By: Johanna Carlsson, Maria Wängqvist, & Ann Frisén
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
January 2016
Looking at the Dark and Bright Sides of Identity Formation: New Insights from Adolescents and Emerging Adults in Japan
by Kai Hatano (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Kazumi Sugimura (Hiroshima University, Japan) &
Elisabetta Crocetti (Utrecht University, the Netherlands)
November 2015
Childhood Predictors and Adult Life Success of Adolescent Delinquency Abstainers
by Natalie Mercer, David Farrington, Maria Ttofi, Loes Keijsers, Susan Branje and Wim Meeus
Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
October 2015
The temporal structure of state self-esteem variability during parent–adolescent interactions: more than random fluctuations
By: Naomi de Ruiter, Ruud den Hartigh, Ralf Cox, Paul van Geert, & Saskia Kunnen
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
August & September 2015
Comparing Correlates of Civic Engagement Between Immigrant and Majority Youth in Belgium, Germany, and Turkey
By: Katharina Eckstein, University of Jena, Germany
Philipp Jugert, University of Leipzig, Germany
Peter Noack, University of Jena, Germany
Michel Born, University of Liège, Belgium
Tulin Sener, Ankara University, Turkey
June & July 2015
Developmental Trajectories and Reciprocal Associations between Career Adaptability and Vocational Identity: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study with Adolescents
By: Oana Negru-Subtirica, Lecturer at Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Eleonora Ioana Pop, Ph.D. Student at Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Elisabetta Crocetti, Researcher at the Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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