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!
SEPTEMBER 2021
The relationship between academic motivation and basic psychological needs within the freshman year context: a longitudinal person-oriented approach
Chevrier Basilie, University of Paris, France
Lannegrand Lyda, University of Bordeaux, France
JULY & AUGUST 2021
Latino/a Young Adults’ Experiences of Acculturative Stress, Depressive Symptoms, and Romantic Relationship Commitment: Ethnic Identity as Protective
Sahitya Maiya, Utah State University, USA
Sarah E. Killoren, University of Missouri, USA
J. Kale Monk, University of Missouri, USA
Gabrielle C. Kline, West Virginia University, USA
Fiorella L. Carlos Chavez, University of Missouri, USA
JUNE 2021
Who Do You Want to be Like? Factors Influencing Early Adolescents’ Selection of Accessible and Inaccessible Role Models
Nora Strasser-Burke, University College Dublin, Ireland
Jennifer Symonds, University College Dublin, Ireland
MAY 2021
Relationships Between Volunteering Functions and Vocational Identity in Emerging Adult Volunteers
Bianca V. Marinica, Self and Identity Development Laboratory, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Oana Negru-Subtirica, Self and Identity Development Laboratory, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
APRIL 2021
School Burnout and Psychosocial Problems among Adolescents: Grit as a Resilience Factor
Xin Tang, University of Helsinki, Finland
Katja Upadyaya, University of Helsinki, Finland
Katariina Salmela-Aro, University of Helsinki, Finland
MARCH 2021
Not One Sexual Double Standard but Two? Adolescents’ Attitudes About Appropriate Sexual Behavior
Maud Hensums, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Geertjan Overbeek, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Terrence D. Jorgensen, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
FEBRUARY 2021
Examining Intergenerational Transmission of Psychopathology: Associations between Parental and Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms Across Adolescence
Susanne Schulz, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Stefanie A. Nelemans, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Albertine J. Oldehinkel, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
Wim Meeus, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Susan Branje, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
JANUARY 2021
Changes in Adolescent Loneliness and Concomitant Changes in Fear of Negative Evaluation and Self-Esteem
Flore Geukens, KU Leuven, Belgium
Marlies Maes, KU Leuven, Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium; Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Annette Spithoven, KU Leuven, Belgium
J. Loes Pouwels, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sofie Danneel, KU Leuven, Belgium
Antonius H.N. Cillessen, Radboud University, The Netherlands
Yvonne H.M. van den Berg, Radboud University, The Netherlands
Luc Goossens, KU Leuven, Belgium
DECEMBER 2020
Why do Youth Support their Families? A Person-Oriented Approach in Migrant and Native Families
Lara Aumann, University of Hanover, Germany
Peter F. Titzmann, University Hanover, Germany
NOVEMBER 2020
Early motherhood: Voices from female adolescents in the Hohoe Municipality, Ghana—a qualitative study utilizing Schlossberg’s Transition Theory
Sitsofe Gbogbo, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana; Institute of Education, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
OCTOBER 2020
How can Adolescent Aggression be Reduced? A Multi-level Meta-analysis
Laura Castillo-Eito, University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Christopher J. Armitage, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Paul Norman, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Marianne R. Day, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Onur C. Doğru, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Richard Rowe, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
SEPTEMBER 2020
Positive Youth Development and Being Bullied in Early Adolescence: A Sociocultural Analysis of National Cohort Data
Giulio D’Urso, University College Dublin
Jennifer Symonds, University College Dublin
Ugo Pace, Kore University of Enna