Publications

Publications list

2026

Shifting pathways to adulthood: College student life goals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chang, E. S., & Shane, J.

Journal of Adolescence. Online ahead of print.

doi.org/10.1002/jad.70094

2025

"If the college adjusted the prices...": Comparing food secure and insecure college students during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ahmed, T., Shane, J., Caicedo, D., Ilieva, R. T., Verdino, J., Edwards, A., Jiang, K., Brusche, D., Wong, H. Y., Chu, C., Yan, A., & Aleong, C.

Journal of American College Health, 73(4), 1564–1575.

doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2024.2325928

Validity, reliability, and cross-cultural comparability of problematic overstudying scale across European, North American, and Asian countries.

Atroszko, P. A., Charzyńska, E., Buźniak, A., Czerwiński, S. K., Griffiths, M. D., Jankowska, A., Kamble, S., Mizik, Z., Pontes, H., Shane, J., Sussman, S., Woropay-Hordziejewicz, N. A., & Pallesen, S.

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 23, 580–602.

doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01128-5

Transitioning out of foster care: The co-development of adolescents' coping, depressive symptoms, and intrapersonal and interpersonal resources.

Germo, G. R., Shane, J., & Farruggia, S. P.

Children and Youth Services Review.

doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108402

With status comes responsibility: SES attainment pathways influence observers' endorsement of noblesse oblige.

Im, H., Shane, J., & Chen, C.

The Journal of Social Psychology.

doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2025.2543846

The nature and significance of caregiver-child communication about romantic relationships.

Luerssen, A., Budescu, M., & Shane, J.

Journal of Child and Family Studies, 34, 311–327.

doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-03002-x

An intersectional examination of the impact of COVID-stress and discrimination on college students' resilience and mental health.

Reigada, L. C., Kaighobadi, F., Niwa, E. Y., Ahmed, T., Carlson, D. J., & Shane, J.

Journal of American College Health, 73(2), 824–834.

doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2023.2249104

2024

Opportunity's calling: Perceived inequality and causal beliefs about socioeconomic status linked to civic engagement.

Im, H., & Shane, J.

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 34(6), e2899.

doi.org/10.1002/casp.2899

"I cannot afford lunch": How community college students' narratives of food insecurity reveal difficulties and coping strategies before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ahmed, T., Shane, J., Ilieva, R. T., Reader, S. M., Aleong, C., Chu, C., Wong, H. Y., Brusche, D., Jiang, K., Edwards, A., Lopez, D., & Yan, A.

Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 48(6), 386–404.

doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2022.2135636

The materialistic consumer: Associations between SES causal beliefs and consumer materialism and dissatisfaction.

Im, H., & Shane, J.

Social Psychology.

doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000543

The double pandemic: Examining cultural stress among Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Niwa, E. Y., Arevalo, K., Shane, J., & Reigada, L. C.

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 30(4), 691–702.

doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000690

Exploring young adults' career-related goal pursuit: A multi-site online survey study on shared agency.

Shane, J., Chang, E. Y., & Villarreal, B.

SAGE Research Methods: Doing Research Online.

doi.org/10.4135/9781529683103

Conducting a multi-site online study examining undergraduates' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yigiter, F., Niwa, E. Y., Shane, J., & Reigada, L.

SAGE Research Methods: Doing Research Online.

doi.org/10.4135/9781529683158

2023

A developing crisis in hunger: Food insecurity within 3 public colleges before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ahmed, T., Ilieva, R. T., Shane, J., Reader, S., Aleong, C., Wong, H. Y., Chu, C., Brusche, D., Jiang, K., Lopez, D., & Yan, A.

Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 18(1), 1–20.

doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2026853

Examining college students' food security coping strategies and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ahmed, T., Shane, J., Chu, C., Edwards, A., Caicedo, D., Ilieva, R. T., Verdino, J., Jiang, K., Brusche, D., Wong, H. Y., Yan, A., & Aleong, C.

Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(7), e12753.

doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12753

Social relationships and career development throughout the lifespan.

Chang, E. S., Shane, J., Masdonati, J., & Villarreal, B.

Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1235829. (editorial)

doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1235829

Individual differences in patterns of developmental opportunity and constraint during COVID-19: Implications for longitudinal resilience in well-being.

Hamm, J. M., Shane, J., Pierce, M. J., & Duggan, J. A.

Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(8), e12788.

doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12788

The sociodemographic and psychosocial correlates of COVID-19 vaccine concerns among urban college students.

Kaighobadi, F., Shane, J., Niwa, E. Y., Ahmed, T., & Reigada, L. C.

Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(8), e12790.

doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12790

Associations between subjective social status and psychological well-being among college students.

Niu, L., Hoyt, L. T., Shane, J., & Storch, E. A.

Journal of American College Health, 71(7), 2044–2051.

doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2021.1954010

Changes in college students' socioeconomic status aspirations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rogers, J., Shane, J., von Keyserlingk, L., & Heckhausen, J.

Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(11), e12859.

doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12859

Codevelopment of well-being and developmental progress in central life domains during established adulthood.

Shane, J., Hamm, J. M., & Amada, N.

Journal of Adult Development, 30, 21–25.

doi.org/10.1007/s10804-022-09411-w

2022

Self-actualization and the integration of psychedelic experience: The mediating role of perceived benefits to narrative self-functioning.

Amada, N., & Shane, J.

Journal of Humanistic Psychology.

doi.org/10.1177/00221678221099680

Life-Span Theory of Control.

Amada, N. M., & Shane, J.

In D. Gu & M. E. Dupre (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham.

doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22009-9_102

Shared and nonshared agency for occupational goals with mothers, fathers, VIPs, and romantic partners during young adulthood.

Chang, E. S., Shane, J., Villarreal, B., & Heckhausen, J.

Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 902288.

doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.902288

Causal beliefs for socioeconomic status attainment scale: Development and validation.

Im, H., & Shane, J.

Journal of Social Psychology, 162(6), 670–690.

doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2021.1948811

Lessons in quantitative and qualitative data collection using online surveys.

Shane, J., Reigada, L. C., Amada, N. M., & Niwa, E. Y.

SAGE Research Methods Cases.

doi.org/10.4135/9781529601244

Parenting and adolescents' academic achievement: The mediating role of goal engagement and disengagement.

Yau, P. S., Cho, Y., Shane, J., Kay, J., & Heckhausen, J.

Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31, 897–909.

doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02007-0

2021

The spaces between: Parents' perceptions of neighborhood cohesion and child well-being.

Niwa, E. Y., & Shane, J.

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 75, 101293.

doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101293

Friends, family, and romantic partners: Three critical relationships in older women's lives.

Shane, J., Luerssen, A., & Carmichael, C. L.

Journal of Women and Aging, 33, 378–395.

doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2020.1838238

Prosociality across adulthood: A developmental and motivational perspective.

Shane, J., Niwa, E. Y., & Heckhausen, J.

Psychology and Aging, 36(1), 22–35.

doi.org/10.1037/pag0000514

Developmental goals during the transition to young adulthood.

Yau, P. S., Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J.

International Journal of Behavioral Development.

doi.org/10.1177/01650254211007564

2020

Psychedelic experience and the narrative self: An exploratory qualitative study.

Amada, N., Lea, T., Letheby, C., & Shane, J.

Journal of Consciousness Studies, 27(9–10), 6–33.

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Risk of cognitive declines with retirement: Who declines and why?

Hamm, J. M., Heckhausen, J., Shane, J., & Lachman, M. E.

Psychology and Aging, 35(3), 449–457.

doi.org/10.1037/pag0000453

What are replicable aspects of the broader autism phenotype among college students?

Riccio, A., Kapp, S. K., Daou, N., Shane, J., & Gillespie-Lynch, K.

Collabra: Psychology, 6(1), 6.

doi.org/10.1525/collabra.271

2019

Mindfulness as a promotor of adaptive development in adolescence.

Amada, N., & Shane, J.

Adolescent Research Review, 4, 93–112.

doi.org/10.1007/s40894-018-0096-1

Engagement with six major life domains during the transition to retirement: Stability and change for better or worse.

Hamm, J. M., Heckhausen, J., Shane, J., Infurna, F. J., & Lachman, M. E.

Psychology and Aging, 34, 441–456.

doi.org/10.1037/pag0000343

Emerging adults' relationship with caregivers and their romantic attachment: Quality communication helps.

Luerssen, A., Shane, J., & Budescu, M.

Journal of Child and Family Studies, 34(12), 3412–3424.

doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01523-4

Subjective age at work: Feeling younger or older than one's actual age predicts perceived control and motivation at work.

Shane, J., Hamm, J. M., & Heckhausen, J.

Work, Aging, and Retirement, 5(4), 323–332.

doi.org/10.1093/workar/waz013

Motivational theory of lifespan development.

Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J.

In B. B. Baltes, C. Rudolph, & H. Zacher (Eds.), Work Across the Lifespan (pp. 111–134). Elsevier.

doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812756-8.00005-0

2018

Developing a community-based mixed-method longitudinal study with underserved middle school students.

Niwa, E. Y., Shane, J., & Reigada, L. C.

SAGE Research Methods Cases.

doi.org/10.4135/9781526445018

2017

Competence and motivation at work throughout adulthood: Making the most of changing capacities and opportunities.

Heckhausen, J., Shane, J., & Kanfer, R.

In A. Elliot, C. S. Dweck, & D. Yeager (Eds.), Handbook of Competence and Motivation: Theory and Application (2nd ed., pp. 449–470). Guilford Press.

Youth's causal beliefs about success: Socioeconomic differences and prediction of early career development.

Kay, J. S., Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J.

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(10), 2169–2180.

doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0708-2

It's only a dream if you wake up: Young adults' SES expectations, opportunities, and meritocratic beliefs in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J.

International Journal of Psychology, 52, 40–48.

doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12408

2016

High-school predictors of university achievement: Youths' self-reported relationships with parents, beliefs about success, and university aspirations.

Kay, J. S., Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J.

Journal of Adolescence, 53, 95–106.

doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.08.014

Optimized engagement across life domains in adult development: Balancing diversity and inter-domain consequences.

Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J.

Research in Human Development, 13, 280–296.

doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2016.1234308

For better or worse: Young adults' opportunity beliefs and motivational self-regulation during career entry.

Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J.

International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40, 107–116.

doi.org/10.1177/0165025415589389

2015

How individuals navigate social mobility: Changing capacities and opportunities in careers across adulthood.

Heckhausen, J., & Shane, J.

In L. Finkelstein, D. Truxillo, F. Fraccaroli, & R. Kanfer (Eds.), Managing an Aging Workforce: A Use Inspired Approach. Routledge.

doi.org/10.4324/9780203776322-21

Social mobility in the transition to adulthood: Educational systems, career entry, and individual agency.

Heckhausen, J., & Shane, J.

In L. A. Jensen (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture (pp. 535–553). Oxford University Press.

doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199948550.013.33

2013

University students' causal conceptions about social mobility: Diverging pathways for believers in personal merit and luck.

Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J.

Journal of Vocational Behavior, 82, 10–19.

doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2012.08.003

2012

Motivational self-regulation in the work domain: Congruence of individuals' control striving and the control potential in their developmental ecologies.

Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J.

Research in Human Development, 9(4), 337–357.

doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2012.729918

Career-related goal pursuit among post-high school youth: Relations between personal control beliefs and control strivings.

Shane, J., Heckhausen, J., Lessard, J., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E.

Motivation and Emotion, 36(2), 159–169.

doi.org/10.1007/s11031-011-9245-6