In the last decade, 10 of the articles published in the Journal of Research on Adolescence have stood out from the rest as the most cited.
One of them was an article co-authored by members of 91亚色鈥檚 LaMarsh Centre for Child & Youth Research, psychology Professor Jennifer Connolly and Distinguished Research Professor Debra Pepler in the Faculty of Health, along with Professor Wendy Craig (MA 鈥89, PhD 鈥93) of Queen鈥檚 University and Adele Goldberg (MA 鈥91, PhD 鈥10).
Left: Debra Pepler
The article, 鈥鈥, is available in a virtual Special Issue: Decade in Review published this month and representing the best of the Journal of Research on Adolescence in celebration of its 20th anniversary.
The Society for Research on Adolescence and the journal's editorial team say the 10 articles embody 鈥渢he exemplary quality of scholarship upon which the journal has solidified its reputation as a leading publication in the field of adolescent research.鈥
鈥淢ixed-Gender Groups, Dating, and Romantic Relationships in Early Adolescence鈥, first published in the journal鈥檚 May 2004 issue, details a study on the dating-stage and developmental-contextual models of romantic relationships during early adolescence.
Right: Jennifer Connolly
The study looked at same-gender friendships, affiliation with mixed-gender groups, dating and romantic relationships in a sample of 1,284 young adolescents of diverse ethnocultural backgrounds. Data was collected cross-sectionally in Grades 5 through 8, as well as longitudinally in the fall and spring of an academic year.
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