Shifting pathways to adulthood: College student life goals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal of Adolescence. Online ahead of print.
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Journal of Adolescence. Online ahead of print.
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Journal of American College Health, 73(4), 1564–1575.
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International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 23, 580–602.
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Children and Youth Services Review.
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The Journal of Social Psychology.
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doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000690Exploring young adults' career-related goal pursuit: A multi-site online survey study on shared agency.
SAGE Research Methods: Doing Research Online.
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SAGE Research Methods: Doing Research Online.
doi.org/10.4135/9781529683158A developing crisis in hunger: Food insecurity within 3 public colleges before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(7), e12753.
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doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1235829Individual differences in patterns of developmental opportunity and constraint during COVID-19: Implications for longitudinal resilience in well-being.
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doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12788The sociodemographic and psychosocial correlates of COVID-19 vaccine concerns among urban college students.
Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(8), e12790.
doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12790Associations between subjective social status and psychological well-being among college students.
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doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2021.1954010Changes in college students' socioeconomic status aspirations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22009-9_102Shared and nonshared agency for occupational goals with mothers, fathers, VIPs, and romantic partners during young adulthood.
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doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.902288Causal beliefs for socioeconomic status attainment scale: Development and validation.
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doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2021.1948811Lessons in quantitative and qualitative data collection using online surveys.
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doi.org/10.4135/9781529601244Parenting and adolescents' academic achievement: The mediating role of goal engagement and disengagement.
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doi.org/10.1037/pag0000453What are replicable aspects of the broader autism phenotype among college students?
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doi.org/10.1037/pag0000343Emerging adults' relationship with caregivers and their romantic attachment: Quality communication helps.
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doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12408High-school predictors of university achievement: Youths' self-reported relationships with parents, beliefs about success, and university aspirations.
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doi.org/10.1007/s11031-011-9245-6For full-text access to many of these publications, visit Jacob Shane's Google Scholar profile. If you'd like access to any article and can't find it online, reach out — we're happy to share a copy.