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 2017
On the Development of Harmony, Turbulence, and Independence in Parent-Adolescent Relationships: A Five-Wave Longitudinal Study
Hana Hadiwijaya, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Theo Klimstra, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Jeroen Vermunt, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Susan Branje, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Wim Meeus, Utrecht University and Tilburg University, The Netherlands
JANUARY 2017
Is Social Anxiety Associated With Cannabis use? The Role of Cannabis use Effect Expectancies in Middle Adolescence.
Emilie Schmits, University of Liège, Belgium
Cécile Mathys, University of Liège, Belgium
Etienne Quertemont, University of Liège, Belgium
DECEMBER 2016
The Longitudinal Examination of the Directional Effects Between Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Adolescents’ Self-Reported Externalizing and Internalizing Problems in Lithuania
Goda Kaniušonytė, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Rita Žukauskienė, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
NOVEMBER 2016
Sources of Social Support and Mental Health Among LGB Youth
Ryan J. Watson, University of Connecticut, USA
Stephen T. Russell, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Arnold H. Grossman, New York University, USA
OCTOBER 2016
Adolescents’ Loneliness and Depression Associated with Friendship Experiences and Well-Being: A Person-Centered Approach
Annette W. M. Spithoven, KU Leuven, Belgium
Gerine M. A. Lodder, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Luc Goossens, KU Leuven, Belgium
Patricia Bijttebier, KU Leuven, Belgium
Margot Bastin, KU Leuven, Belgium
Maaike Verhagen, Radboud University, The Netherlands
Ron H. J. Scholte, Radboud University, The Netherlands; Praktikon, The Netherlands
July 2016
Discrepancies between Perceptions of the Parent-Adolescent Relationship and Early Adolescent Depressive Symptoms
Stefanie A. Nelemans, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and KU Leuven, Belgium;
Susan Branje, Utrecht University, The Netherlands;
Bill Hale, Utrecht University, The Netherlands;
Luc Goossens, KU Leuven, Belgium;
Hans Koot, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Tineke Oldehinkel, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands;
Wim Meeus, Utrecht University and Tilburg University, The Netherlands
May 2016
Assessment of Identity During Adolescence Using Daily Diary Methods: Measurement Invariance Across Time and Sex
By: Andrik I. Becht, Utrecht University, The Netherlands;
Susan Branje, Utrecht University, The Netherlands;
Wilma Vollebergh, Utrecht University, The Netherlands;
Dominique Maciejewski, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Pol van Lier, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Hans Koot, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Jaap Denissen, Tilburg University, The Netherlands;
Wim Meeus, Utrecht University and Tilburg University, The Netherlands
April 2016
Me, Myself, and Mobility: The Relevance of Region for Young Adults’ Identity Development
By:
Elisabeth Schubach, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Julia Zimmermann, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Peter Noack, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Franz J. Neyer, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
March 2016
On the Interplay between Academic Achievement and Educational Identity: A Longitudinal Study
By: Eleonora Ioana Pop, Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania
Oana Negru-Subtirica, Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania
Elisabetta Crocetti, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Adrian Opre, Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania
Wim Meeus, Utrecht University and Tilburg University, the Netherlands
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