College of Public Health and Human Sciences

E. P. Bowers, Geldhof, G. J., Schmid, K. L., Napolitano, C. M., Minor, K., and Lerner, J. V., “Relationships With Important Nonparental Adults and Positive Youth Development: An Examination of Youth Self-Regulatory Strengths as Mediators”, Research in Human Development, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 298 - 316, 2012.

G. J. Geldhof, Bowers, E. P., Boyd, M. J., Mueller, M. K., Napolitano, C. M., Schmid, K. L., Lerner, J. V., and Lerner, R. M., “Creation of Short and Very Short Measures of the Five Cs of Positive Youth Development”, Journal of Research on Adolescence, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 163 - 176, 2013.

L. J. Hilliard, Bowers, E. P., Greenman, K. N., Hershberg, R. M., Geldhof, G. J., Glickman, S. A., Lerner, J. V., and Lerner, R. M., “Beyond the Deficit Model: Bullying and Trajectories of Character Virtues in Adolescence”, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 991 - 1003, 2014.

C. M. Napolitano, Bowers, E. P., Arbeit, M. R., Chase, P., Geldhof, G. J., Lerner, J. V., and Lerner, R. M., “The GPS to Success Growth Grids: Measurement Properties of a Tool to Promote Intentional Self-Regulation in Mentoring Programs”, Applied Developmental Science, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 46 - 58, 2014.

E. P. Bowers, Geldhof, G. J., Johnson, S. K., Lerner, J. V., and Lerner, R. M., “Special issue introduction: Thriving across the adolescent years: a view of the issues.”, Journal of youth and adolescence, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 859-68, 2014.

R. M. Lerner, Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., Geldhof, G. J., óttir, S., Lerner, J. V., King, P. Ebstyne, Williams, K., Iraheta, G., and Sim, A. T. R., “The End of the Beginning: Evidence and Absences Studying Positive Youth Development in a Global Context”, Adolescent Research Review, 2018.

J. M. Tirrell, Geldhof, G. J., King, P. Ebstyne, Dowling, E. M., Sim, A. T. R., Williams, K., Iraheta, G., Lerner, J. V., and Lerner, R. M., “Measuring Spirituality, Hope, and Thriving Among Salvadoran Youth: Initial Findings from the Compassion International Study of Positive Youth Development”, Child & Youth Care Forum, vol. 47, 2018.

P. Ebstyne King, Yoo, Y., Vaughn, J. Medina, Tirrell, J. M., Geldhof, G. J., Iraheta, G., Williams, K., Sim, A., Stephenson, P., Dowling, E., Lerner, R. M., and Lerner, J. V., “Evaluating the measure of diverse adolescent spirituality in samples of Mexican and Salvadoran youth.”, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2019.

J. M. Tirrell, Dowling, E. M., Gansert, P., Buckingham, M., Wong, C. A., Suzuki, S., Naliaka, C., Kibbedi, P., Namurinda, E., Williams, K., Geldhof, G. J., Lerner, J. V., King, P. Ebstyne, Sim, A. T. R., and Lerner, R. M., “Toward a Measure for Assessing Features of Effective Youth Development Programs: Contextual Safety and the “Big Three” Components of Positive Youth Development Programs in Rwanda”, Child & Youth Care Forum, 2019.

P. Ebstyne King, Vaughn, J. Medina, Yoo, Y., Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., Lerner, R. M., Geldhof, G. J., Lerner, J. V., Iraheta, G., Williams, K., and Sim, A. T. R., “Exploring Religiousness and Hope: Examining the Roles of Spirituality and Social Connections among Salvadoran Youth”, Religions, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 75, 2020.

R. M. Lerner, Tirrell, J. M., Gansert, P. K., Lerner, J. V., King, P. Ebstyne, Geldhof, G. J., Dowling, E. M., and Sim, A. T. R., “Longitudinal Research About, and Program Evaluations of, Positive Youth Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Methodological Issues and Options”, Journal of Youth Development, vol. 16, no. 2-3, pp. 100 - 123, 2021.