Society for Research on Adolescence

Arnett, J. J. (1998). Learning to stand alone: The contemporary American transition to adulthood in cultural and historical context. Human Development, 6, 295-315.

Arnett, J. J. (2002). The psychology of globalization. American Psychologist, 57(10), 774-783.

Arnett, J. J. (2003). Conceptions of the transition to adulthood among emerging adults in American ethnic groups. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 100, 63-75.

Blacher, J. (2001). Transition to adulthood: Mental retardation, families, and culture. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 106(2), 173-88.

Cheah, C., & Nelson, L. (in press). The role of acculturation in the emerging adulthood of aboriginal college students. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth.

Chisholm, L., & Hurrelmann, K. (1995). Adolescence in modern Europe: Pluralized transition patterns and their implications for personal and social risks. Journal of Adolescence, 18, 129-158. (Despite the title, this paper focuses on the EA age period, and contains interesting information and insights on EA in Europe.)

Cook, T. D., & Furstenburg, F. (2001). Juggling school, work, and family: The transition adulthood in Italy, Sweden, Germany, and the United States. Unpublished manuscript.

www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/ papers/juggling.pdf

Facio, A., & Micocci, F. (2003). Emerging adulthood in Argentina. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 100, 21-31.

Fuligni, A., & Witkow, M. (2004). The postsecondary educational progress of youth from immigrant families. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 14, 159-183.

Furstenberg, F. F., (2002). Early adulthood in cross-national perspective. In A. W. Heston (Ed)., The annals of the American academy of political and social science. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Furstenberg, F., & Kmec, J. A. (2000). Racial differences in the transition to adulthood: A follow-up study of the Philadelphia Youth Study. Unpublished Manuscript. Philadeplphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania.

www.ksg.harvard.edu/inequality/Summer/ Summer00/papers/Furstenberg.PDF

Geronimus, A. T. (1996). Black/White Differences in the relationship of maternal age to birthweight: A population-based test of the weathering hypothesis. Social Science and Medicine, 42(4), 589-597.

Lippman, L. (2002). Cross-national variation in educational preparation for adulthood: From early adolescence to young adulthood. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 580(Mar), 70-102.

Marín, B. V., Gomez, C. A., Tschann, J. M., & Gregorich, S. E. (1997). Condom use in unmarried Latino men: A test of cultural constructs. Health Psychology, 16, 458-467.

Maton, K. I., Teti, D. M., Corns, K. M., Vieira-Baker, C. C., Lavine, J. R., Gouze, K. R., & Keating, D. P. (1996). Cultural specificity of support sources, correlates and contexts: Three studies of African-American and Caucasian youth. American Journal of Community Psychology, 24(4), 551-587.

Mayseless, O., & Scharf, M. (2003). What does it mean to be an adult? The Israeli experience. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 100, 5-20.

Nelson, L. J. (2003). Rites of passage in emerging adulthood: Perspectives of young Mormons. New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development, 100, 33-49.

Nelson, L. J., Badger, S., & Wu, B. (2004). The influence of culture in emerging adulthood: Perspectives of Chinese college students. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 28(1), 26-36.

Padilla, Y. C. (1997). Determinants of Hispanic poverty in the course of the transition to adulthood. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 19(4), 416-32.

Phinney, J. S. (1990). Ethnic identity in adolescents and adults: A review of research. Psychological Bulletin, 108, 499-514.

Phinney, J., & Alipuria, L. (1990). Ethnic identity in college students from four ethnic groups. Journal of Adolescence, 13, 171-184.

Pidcock, B. W., Fischer, J. L., Forthun, L. F., & West, S. L. (2000). Hispanic and Anglo college women’s risk factors for substance use and eating disorders. Addictive Behaviors: An International Journal, 25, 705-723.

Pierce, J. (2001). Identity, TV and cultural critique. Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 24, 101-112.

Plummer, D. L. (1996). Black racial identity attitudes and stages of the life span: An exploratory investigation. The Journal of Black Psychology, 22(2), 169-181.

Renn, K. (2000). Patterns of situational identity among biracial and multiracial college students. The Review of Higher Education, 23, 399-420.

Santiago, A. M, & Padilla, Y. C. (1995). Persistence of poverty across generations: A comparison of Anglos, Blacks, and Latinos. New England Journal of Public Policy, 11(1), 117-146.

Shanahan, M. J. (2000). Pathways to adulthood in changing societies: Variability and mechanisms in life course perspective. Annual Review of Sociology, 26, 667-92.

Shifren, K., Furnham, A., & Bauserman, R. L. (2003). Emerging adulthood in American and British samples: Individuals’ personality and health risk behaviors. Journal of Adult Development, 10(2), 75-88.

Smith, E. S. (1999). The effects of investments in the social capital of youth on political and civic behavior in young adulthood: A longitudinal analysis. Political Psychology, 20(3), 553-580.

Tseng, V. (2004). Family interdependence and academic adjustment in college: Youths from immigrant and U.S.-born families. Child Development, 75, 966-983.

Verma, S., & Saraswathi, T. S. (2002). Adolescence in India: Street urchins or Silicon Valley millionaires? In B. B. Brown & R. W. Larson (Eds.), World’s youth: Adolescence in eight regions of the globe (pp. 105-140). New York: Cambridge.

Vollebergh, W. A. M., Iedema, J., & Raaijmakers, Q. A. W. (2001). Intergenerational transmission and the formation of cultural orientations in adolescence and young adulthood. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 63(4), 1185-1198.

Weis, L., & Hull, J. (2001). 'I had a lot of Black friends growing up that my father didn't know about': An exploration of White, poor and working class female racism. Journal of Gender Studies, 10(1), 43-66.

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Dating/Cohabitation/Intimate Relationships

Christopher, F. S., & Sprecher, S. (2000). Sexuality in marriage, dating, and other relationships: A decade review. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62, 999-1017.

Cohen, P., Kasen, S., Chen, H., Hartmark, C., & Gordon, K. (2003). Variations in patterns of developmental transitions in the emerging adulthood period. Developmental Psychology, 39(4), 657-669.

Collins, N. L., & Read, S. J. (1990). Adult attachment, working models, and relationship quality in dating couples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58(4), 644-663.

Conger, R., Cui, M., Bryant, C., & Elder, G. (2000). Competence in early adult romantic relationships: A developmental perspective on family influences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 224‑237.

Daley, S. E., & Hammen, C. (2002). Depressive symptoms and close relationships during the transition to adulthood: Perspectives from dysphoric women, their best friends, and their romantic partners. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 70(1), 129-141.

Darlington, Y. (2001). "When all is said and done": The impact of parental divorce and contested custody in childhood on young adults' relationships with their parents and their attitudes to relationships and marriage. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 35, 23‑42.

DeKeseredy, W. S. & Kelly, K. (1995). Sexual abuse in Canadian University and college dating relationships: The contribution of male support. Journal of Family Violence, 10, 41-53.

Feeney, J. A. (1999). Romantic bonds in young adulthood: Links with family experiences. Journal of Family Studies, 5(1), 25-46.

Feldman, S. S., & Cauffman, E. (1999). Sexual betrayal among late adolescents: Perspectives of the perpetrator and the aggrieved. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 28, 235-258. (The “late adolescents” in this study are college students aged 18-24.)

Feldman, S., Gowen, L., & Fisher, L. (1998). Family relationships and gender as predictors of romantic intimacy in young adults: A longitudinal study. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 8, 263‑286.

Fischer, J. L. (1981). Transitions in relationship style from adolescence to young adulthood. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 10(1), 11-23.

Forbes, G., & Adam-Curtis, L. (2001). Experiences with sexual coercion in college males and females: Role of family conflict, sexist attitudes, acceptance of rape myths self esteem and the big-five personality factors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 16(9), 865-889.

Fraley, R. C., & Davis, K. E. (1997). Attachment formation and transfer in young adults’ close friendships and romantic relationships. Personal Relationships, 4, 131-144.

Helson, R., & Roberts, B. (1992). The personality of young adult couples and wives’ work patterns. Journal of Personality, 60(3), 575-597.

Hennighausen, K. H., Hauser; S. T., Billings, R. L., Schultz, L. H., & Allen, J. P. (2004). Adolescent ego-development trajectories and young adult relationship outcomes. Journal of Early Adolescence, 24(1), 29-44.

Mahl, D. (2001). The influence of parental divorce on the romantic relationship beliefs of young adults. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 34, 89‑118.

McCabe, K. M. (1997). Sex differences in the long-term effects of divorce on children: Depression and heterosexual relationship difficulties in the young adult years. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 27(1-2), 123-135.

Miller, J., & Bukva, K. (2001). Intimate violence perceptions: Young adults' judgments of abuse escalating from verbal arguments. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 16, 133-150.

Oppenheimer, V. K. (2003). Cohabiting and marriage during young men's career-development process. Demography, 40(1), 127-149.

Orlofsky, J. L. (1976). Intimacy status: Relationship to interpersonal perception. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 5(1), 73-88.

Orlofsky, J. L., & Ginsburg, S. D. (1981). Intimacy status: Relationship to affect cognition. Adolescence, 16(61), 91-100.

Paul, E. L., & White, K. M. (1990). The development of intimate relationships in late adolescence. Adolescence, 98, 375-400.

Popenoe, D., & Whitehead, B. D. (2002). The state of our unions, 2002. Report of the National Marriage Project, Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ. http://marriage.rutgers.edu

Roche, J. P. & Ramsbey, T. W. (1993). Premarital sexuality: A five year follow-up study of attitudes and behaviors by dating stage. Adolescence, 28, 67-80.

Roisman, G., Madsen, S., Hennighausen, K., Sroufe, L. A., & Collins, W. A. (2001). The coherence of dyadic behavior across parent‑child and romantic relationships as mediated by the internalized representation of experience. Attachment and Human Development, 3, 156‑172.

Rice, K. G., & Mulkeen, P. (1995). Relationships with parents and peers: A longitudinal study of adolescent intimacy. Journal of Adolescent Research, 10(3), 338-357.

Robak, R. W., & Weitzman, S. P. (1998). The nature of grief: Loss of love relationships in young adulthood. Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss, 3(2), 205-16.

Robinson, L. C. (2000). Interpersonal relationship quality in young adulthood: A gender analysis. Adolescence, 35(140), 775-84.

Roscoe, B., Dian, M. S., & Brooks, R. H. (1987). Early, middle, and late adolescents' views on dating and factors influencing partner selection. Adolescence, 22, 59-68.

Rose, S., & Zand, S. (2000). Lesbian dating and courtship from young adulthood to midlife. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 11(2-3), 77-104.

Scharf, M., Maysoless, O., & Kivenson-Baron, I. (2004). Adolescents’ attachment representations and developmental tasks in emerging adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 40(3), 430-444.

Seiffge-Krenke, I., Shulman, S., & Klessigner, N. (2001). Adolescent precursors of romantic relationships in young adulthood. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 18(3), 327-346.

Shulman, S., & Scharf, M. (2000). Adolescent romantic behaviors and perceptions; Age-and gender-related differences, and links with family and peer relationships. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 10, 99 - 118.

Sprecher, S., Cate, R., & Levin, L. (1998). Parental divorce and young adults' beliefs about love. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 28(3-4), 107-120.

Sprecher, S., & Regan, P. C. (1996). College virgins: How men and women perceive their sexual status. Journal of Sex Research, 33, 3-15.

Stebleton, M. J., & Rothenberger, J. H. (1994). Truth or consequences: Dishonesty in dating and HIV/AIDS-related issues in a college-age population. Journal of American College Health, 42, 51-54.

Toomey, E., & Nelson, E. (2001). Family conflict and young adults' attitudes toward intimacy. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 34, 49‑69.

Thornton, A., Axinn, W. G., & Teachman, J. D. (1995). The influence of school enrollment and accumulation on cohabitation and marriage in early adulthood. American Sociological Review, 60, 762-774.

Trinke, S. J., & Bartholomew, K. (1997). Hierarchies of attachment relationships in young adulthood. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 14(5), 603-625

Turcotte, P., & Goldscheider, F. (1998). Evolution of factors influencing first union formation in Canada. Canadian Studies in Population, 25(2), 145-173.

van Schaick, K., & Stolberg, A. (2001). The impact of paternal involvement and parental divorce on young adults' intimate relationships. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 36, 99‑122.

Waldinger, R. J., Diguer, L., Guastella, F., Lefebvre, R., Allen, J. P., Luborsky, L., & Hauser, S. (2002). The same old song? --Stability and change in relationship schemes from adolescence to young adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 31(1), 17-29.

Whitbourne, S. K., & Tesch, S. A. (1985). A comparison of identity and intimacy statuses in college students and alumni. Developmental Psychology, 21, 1039-1044.

Whitehead, B. D., & Popenoe, D. (1999). Why wed? Young adults talk about sex, love, and first unions. Report of the National Marriage Project, Rutgers, NJ. http://marriage.rutgers.edu/Publications/pubwhywe.htm

Wiese, B. S., Freund, A. M., & Baltes, P. B. (2000). Selection, optimization, and compensation: An action-related approach to work and partnership. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 57(3), 273-300.

Wiseman, H. (1995). The quest for connectedness: Loneliness as process in the narratives of lonely university students. In R. Josselson & A. Lieblich (Eds.), Interpreting experience: The narrative study of lives (pp. 116-152). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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Divorce/Parental Separation

Amato, P. R. (1988). Long-term implications of parental divorce for adult self-concept. Journal of Family Issues, 9(2), 201-213.

Amato, P. R., & Booth, A. (1991). Consequences of parental divorce and marital

unhappiness for adult well-being. Social Forces, 69(3), 895-914.

Amato, P. R., & Keith, B. (1991). Parental divorce and adult well-being: A meta-analysis. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 53(1), 43-58.

Amato, P. R., & Keith, B. (1991). Separation from a parent during childhood and adult socioeconomic attainment. Social Forces, 70(1), 187-206.

Amato, P. R., Loomis, L., & Booth, A. (1995). Parental divorce, parental marital conflict, and offspring well-being during early adulthood. Social Forces, 73, 895-915.

Amato, P., Rezac, S., & Booth, A. (1995). Helping between parents and young adult offspring: The role of parental marital quality, divorce, and remarriage. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57, 363-374.

Aquilino, W. S. (1994). Impact of childhood family disruption on young adults' relationships with parents. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 56(2), 295-313.

Booth, A., & Amato, P. R. (1994). Parental marital quality, parental divorce, and relations with parents. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 56(1), 21-34.

Cherlin, A., Kiernan, K. E., & Chase-Landsdale, P. L. Parental divorce in childhood and demographic outcomes in young adulthood. Unpublished manuscript.

popctr.jhsph.edu/publications/wp/adobe/wp95-04.pdf

Cooney, T. M. (1988). Young adults and parental divorce: Exploring important issues. Human Relations, 41(11), 805-822.

Cooney, T. M., & Kurz, J. (1996). Mental health outcomes following recent parental divorce: The case of young adult offspring. Journal of Family Issues, 17, 495-513.

Cooney, T. M., Smyer, M. A., Hagestad, G. O., & Klock, R. (1986). Parental divorce in young adulthood: Some preliminary findings. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 56(3), 470-477.

Estaugh, V., & Power, C. (1991). Family disruption in early life and drinking in young adulthood. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 26(5-6), 639-644.

Jurkovic, G. J., Thirkield, A., & Morrell, R. (2001). Parentification of adult children of divorce: A multidimensional analysis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 30(2), 245-57.

Kot, L. & Shoemaker, H. M. (1999). Children of divorce: An investigation of the developmental effects from infancy through adulthood. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 31(1-2), 161-178.

Mahl, D. (2001). The influence of parental divorce on the romantic relationship beliefs of young adults. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 34, 89‑118.

Palosaari, U., & Aro, H. (1994). Effect of timing of parental divorce on the vulnerability of children to depression in young adulthood. Adolescence, 29(115), 681-90.

Pryor, J. (1999). Waiting until they leave home: The experiences of young adults whose parents separate. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 32, 47-61.

Richardson, S., & McCabe, M. (2001). Parental divorce during adolescence and adjustment in early adulthood. Adolescence, 36, 467‑489.

Shulman, S., Scharf, M., Lumer, D., & Maurer, O. (2001). How young adults perceive parental divorce: The role of their relationships with their fathers and mothers. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 34, 3-17.

Shulman, S., Scharf, M., Lumer, D., & Maurer, O. (2001). Parental divorce and young adulthood romantic relationships: The role of children's resolution of the divorce experience. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 71, 473-478.

Sprecher, S., Cate, R., & Levin, L. (1998). Parental divorce and young adults' beliefs about love. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 28(3-4), 107-120.

van Schaick, K., & Stolberg, A. (2001). The impact of paternal involvement and parental divorce on young adults' intimate relationships. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 36, 99‑122.

Wallerstein, J. (1987). Children of divorce: Report of a ten-year follow-up of early latency-age children. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 57(2), 199-211.

White, L. (1992). The effect of parental divorce and remarriage on parental support for adult children. Journal of Family Issues, 13, 234-50.

Zill, N., Morrison, D. R., & Coiro, M. J. (1993). Long-term effects of parental divorce on parent-child relationships, adjustment, and achievement in young adulthood, Journal of Family Psychology, 7(1), 91-103.

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Education/College

Aspinwall, L., & Taylor, S. (1992). Modeling cognitive adaptation: A longitudinal investigation of the impact of individual differences and coping on college adjustment and performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63(6), 989-1003.

Bachman, J. G., & O'Malley, P. M. (1977). Self-esteem in young men: A longitudinal analysis of the impact of educational and occupational attainment. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 35(6), 365-380.

Baxter Magolda, M. B. (1992). Knowing and reasoning in college: Gender related patterns in students’ intellectual development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Bell, K. L., Allen, J. P., Hauser, S. T., & O'Connor, T. G. (1996). Family factors and young adult transitions: Educational attainment and occupational prestige. In J. A. Graber & J. Brooks-Gunn (Eds.), Transitions through adolescence: Interpersonal domains and context (pp. 345-366). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Burge, D., Hammen, C., Davila, J., Daley, S., Paley, B., Herzberg, D., & Lindberg, N. (1997). Attachment cognitions and college and work functioning two years later in late adolescent women. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 26(3), 285-301.

Butlin, G. (1999). Determinants of postsecondary participation. Education Quarterly Review, 5(3), 9-35.

Cohler, B. J., & Taber, S. (1993). Residential college as milieu: Person and environment in the transition to young adulthood. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 10(3), 69-110.

Cook, T. D., & Furstenburg, F. (2001). Juggling school, work, and family: The transition adulthood in Italy, Sweden, Germany, and the United States. Unpublished manuscript.

www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/ papers/juggling.pdf

Cooksey, E. C., & Rindfuss, R. (2001). Patterns of work and schooling in young adulthood. Sociological Forum, 16(4), 731-755.

Davidson, W. B., Beck, H. P., & Silver, N.C. (1999). Development and validation of scores on a measure of six academic orientations in college students. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 59, 678-693.

Dwinell, P., & Higbee, J. L. (199). The relationship between developmental tasks and academic success among high risk freshmen. College Student Affairs Journal, 11(1), 37-44.

Evans, N. J., Forney, D. S., & Guido-DiBrito, F. (1998). Student development in college: Theory, research, and practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Fasick, F. (1988). Patterns of formal education in high school as rites de passage. Adolescence, 23(90), 457-468.

Fuligni, A., & Witkow, M. (2004). The postsecondary educational progress of youth from immigrant families. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 14, 159-183.

Gustafson, S. B. (1994). Female underachievment and overachievement: Parental contributions and long-term consequences. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 17(3), 469-484.

Halpern, S. (1998). The forgotten half revisited: American youth and young families, 1988-2008. Washington, DC: American Youth Policy Forum. (Analyzes current prospects for EA who enter the workplace after high school rather than attending college.)

Hamilton, S. F. (1987). Apprenticeship as a transition to adulthood in West Germany. American Journal of Education, 95(2), 315-345.

Hamilton, S. F. (1994). Employment prospects as motivation for school achievement: Links and gaps between school and work in seven countries. In R.K. Silbereisen & E. Todt (Eds.), Adolescence in context: The interplay of family, school, peers, and work in adjustment (pp. 267-283). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Hamilton, S. F., & Hamilton, M. A. (1999). Creating new pathways to adulthood by adapting German apprenticeship in the United States. In W. R. Heinz (Ed.), From Education to Work: Cross-National Perspectives (pp.194-213). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Hamilton, S. F., & Lempert, W. (1996). The impact of apprenticeship on youth: A prospective analysis. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 6, 427-455.

Hanson, S. L. (1994). Lost talent: Unrealized educational aspirations and expectations among U. S. youths. Sociology of Education, 67, 159-183.

Hofferth, S. L., Boisjoly, J., & Duncan, G. J. (1998). Parents' extrafamilial resources and

children's school attainment. Sociology of Education, 71(3), 246-68.

Holmstrom, L. L., Karp, D. A. & Gray, P. S. (2002). Why laundry, not Hegel? Social class, transition to college, and pathways to adulthood. Symbolic Interation, 25(4), 437-462.

Johnson, M. K. & Elder, G. H. (2002). Educational pathways and work value trajectories. Sociological Perspectives, 45, 113-38.

Kandel, D. B., et al., (1984). Continuity in discontinuities: Adjustment in young adulthood of former school absentees. Youth and Society, 15(3), 325-352.

Kaplan, D. S., Damphousse, K. R., & Kaplan, H. (1994). Mental health implications of not graduating from high school. Journal of Experimental Education, 62(2), 105-23.

Kaplan, D. S., Damphousse, K. R., Kaplan, H. B. (1996). Moderating effects of gender on the relationship between not graduating from high school and psychological dysfunction in young adulthood. Journal of Educational Psychology, 88(4), 760-774.

Lapsley, D. K., & Edgerton, J. (2002). Separation-individuation, adult attachment style, and college adjustment. Journal of Counseling and Development, 80(4), 484-493.

Lapsley, D. K., Rice, K. G., & Shadid, G. (1989). Psychological separation and adjustment to college. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 36, 286-294.

Liefbroer, A. C., & Corijn, M. (1999). What, where, and when? Specifying the impact of educational attainment and labour force participation on family formation. European Journal of Population/Revue, 15(1), 45-75.

Lopez, F. G., Campbell, V. L., & Watkins, C. E. (1989). Effects of marital conflict and family coalition patterns on college student adjustment. Journal of College Student Development, 30, 46-52.

Lubinski, D., Schmidt, D. B., & Benbow, C. P. (1996). A 20-year stability analysis of the study of values for intellectually gifted individuals from adolescence to adulthood. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81(4), 443-451.

Lubinski, D., Benbow, C. P., & Ryan, J. (1995). Stability of vocational interests among the intellectually gifted from adolescence to adulthood: A 15-year longitudinal study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 80(1), 196-200.

Marini, M. M. (1984). Women's educational attainment and the timing of entry into parenthood. American Sociological Review, 49, 491-511

Marshall, R. (1997). School to work processes in the United States. In R. Takanashi & D. A. Hamburg (Eds.), Preparing adolescents for the 21st century: Challenges facing Europe and the United States (pp. 195-226). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Milem, J. F., & Berger, J. B. (1997). A modified model of college student persistence: Exploring the relationship between Astin’s theory of involvement and Tinto’s theory of student departure. Journal of College Student Development, 38, 287-400.

Montgomery, M., & Côté, J. E. (2003). The transition to university: Outcomes and adjustments. In G. Adams & M. Berzonsky (Eds.), The Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence. Oxford: Blackwell.

Mortimer, J. T., & Krueger, H. (1999). Transition from school to work in the United States and Germany: Formal pathways matter. In M. Hallinan (Ed.), Handbook of the Sociology of Education (pp. 475-497). New York: Plenum Publishing Company.

Mortimer, J. T., & Kruger, H. (2000). Pathways from school to work in Germany and the United States. In H. Hallinan (Ed.), Handbook of the Sociology of Education (pp. 475-497). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

[Also see the following website for additional publications by Jeylan Mortimer: http://www.soc.umn.edu/lcc/jeylan.shtml]

Mowbray, C. T., Collins, M., & Bybee, D. (1999). Supported education for individuals with psychiatric disabilities: Long-term outcomes from an experimental study. Social Work Research, 23(2), 89-102.

Niles, S., & Herr, E. L. (1989). Using secondary school behaviors to predict career behaviors in young adulthood: Does "success" breed "success"? Career Development Quarterly, 37(4), 345-354.

Nunez, A. M., & Cuccaro-Alamin, S. (1998). First-generation students: Undergraduates whose parents never enrolled in college (NCES-98-082). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Educational Statistics.

Pascarella, E., Bohr, L., Nora, A., & Terenzini, P. (1995). Cognitive effects of 2-year and 4-year colleges: New evidence. Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 17(1), 83-96.

Pascarella, E. T., & Terenzini, P. T. (1991). How college affects students: Findings and insights from twenty years of research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Paschall, M. J., Flewelling, R. L., & Faulkner, D. L. (2000). Alcohol misuse in young adulthood: Effects of race, educational attainment, and social context. Substance Use & Misuse, 35(11), 1485-1506.

Perez, C. M., & Widom, C. S. (1994). Childhood victimization and long-term intellectual and academic outcomes. Child Abuse and Neglect, 18(8), 617-633.

Peterson, B. E., & Lane, M. D. (2001). Implications of authoritarianism for young adulthood: Longitudinal analysis of college experiences and future goals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27(6), 678-690.

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