Adolescent Adjustment Project

The Journal of Research on Adolescence recently published two of our articles online entitled, “Adolescent psychological functioning and membership in latent adolescent-parent communication dual trajectory classes” and “Self-competence and depressive symptoms in middle-late adolescence: Disentangling the direction of effect.” For a list of all AAP publications, please visit the Publications page.

https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2018/july/jess-schulz-education-research-social-media-depression/

A new AAP article entitled, “Technology use typologies and psychological adjustment during adolescence” is now available online in Youth & Society. Check out more publications from AAP on the publications page!

We have just returned from presenting our research at the Society for Research on Adolescence conference in snowy Minneapolis! Check out our presentations on the presentations page!

Kelly Nedorostek recently received the Connecticut Academy of Family Practice Award for her poster that she presented based on AAP data at UConn’s Medical/Dental Student Scientific Research Day. The PDF of the poster can be found here.

The new AAP article, published in the Journal of Adolescence, entitled, “Family functioning and adolescent internalizing symptoms: A latent profile analysis” is available online here until April 21, 2018! Be sure to check it out!

Laura Finan’s dissertation, using AAP data, has just been accepted for publication in Developmental Psychology! The dissertation is entitled, “Trajectories of depressive symptoms from adolescence to emerging adulthood: the influence of parents, peers, and siblings.” Please check out the Publications page for the full reference.

Dr. Jessica Schulz used the AAP data for her dissertation at University of Delaware. Her dissertation titled “Social Media Use and Depression in Emerging Adults” was recently recognized as one of the most downloaded dissertations. In November of 2017, it was in the top 25 most accessed/downloaded dissertations out of 2.1 million available!

Ainsley Backman and Ashley Trinh presented the latest AAP findings at the Family Medical Education Consortium in Cleveland, OH. Check out our posters on the Presentations page!

The AAP article entitled, Body Image Dissatisfaction and Anxiety Trajectories During Adolescence is now available online. Be sure to take a look!