College of Health

S. Gestsdóttir, Geldhof, G. J., Lerner, J. V., and Lerner, R. M., “What drives positive youth development? Assessing intentional self-regulation as a central adolescent asset”, International Journal of Developmental Science, pp. 1–11, 2017.

S. Gestsdóttir, Geldhof, G. J., Paus, T., Freund, A. M., Adalbjarnardottir, S., Lerner, J. V., and Lerner, R. M., “Self-regulation among youth in four Western cultures: Is there an adolescence-specific structure of the Selection-Optimization-Compensation (SOC) model?”, International Journal of Behavioral Development, vol. 39, pp. 346–358, 2015.

G. J. Geldhof, Bowers, E. P., Gestsdóttir, S., Napolitano, C. M., and Lerner, R. M., “Self-regulation across adolescence: Exploring the structure of selection, optimization, and compensation”, Journal of research on adolescence, vol. 25, pp. 214–228, 2015.

G. J. Geldhof, Bowers, E. P., Gestsdóttir, S., Napolitano, C. M., and Lerner, R. M., “Self-Regulation Across Adolescence: Exploring the Structure of Selection, Optimization, and Compensation”, Journal of Research on Adolescence, p. n/a - n/a, 2014.

R. M. Lerner, Bowers, E. P., Geldhof, G. J., Gestsdóttir, S., and Desouza, L., “Promoting positive youth development in the face of contextual changes and challenges: the roles of individual strengths and ecological assets.”, New directions for youth development, vol. 2012, no. 135, pp. 119-28, 2012.

S. Gestsdóttir, Geldhof, G. J., Birgisdottir, F., and Andrésdóttir, J. C., “Intentional Self-Regulation and Executive Functions: Overlap and Uniqueness in Predicting Positive Development Among Youth in Iceland”, The Journal of Early Adolescence, 2022.

F. Birgisdottir, Gestsdóttir, S., and Geldhof, G. J., “Early predictors of first and fourth grade reading and math: The role of self-regulation and early literacy skills”, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, vol. 53, pp. 507 - 519, 2020.

S. Gestsdóttir, von Suchodoletz, A., Wanless, S. B., Hubert, B., Guimard, P., Birgisdottir, F., Gunzenhauser, C., and McClelland, M. M., “Early Behavioral Self-Regulation, Academic Achievement, and Gender: Longitudinal Findings From France, Germany, and Iceland”, Applied Developmental Science, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 90 - 109, 2014.

E. P. Bowers, Gestsdóttir, S., Geldhof, G. J., Nikitin, J., von Eye, A., and Lerner, R. M., “Developmental trajectories of intentional self regulation in adolescence: the role of parenting and implications for positive and problematic outcomes among diverse youth.”, Journal of adolescence, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 1193-206, 2011.

K. K. Stefansson, Gestsdóttir, S., Geldhof, G. J., Skulason, S., and Lerner, R. M., “A Bifactor Model of School Engagement: Assessing General and Specific Aspects of Behavioral, Emotional and Cognitive Engagement among Adolescents”, International Journal of Behavioral Development, vol. 40, pp. 471–480, 2016.

A. von Suchodoletz, Gestsdóttir, S., Wanless, S. B., McClelland, M. M., Birgisdottir, F., Gunzenhauser, C., and Ragnarsdottir, H., “Behavioral self-regulation and relations to emergent academic skills among children in Germany and Iceland”, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 62 - 73, 2013.