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Viewing Purpose Through an Eriksonian Lens

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Kendall Cotton Bronk, Rebecca J. Reichard & Jia Qi Li. (2023) A co-citation analysis of purpose: trends and (potential) troubles in the foundation of purpose scholarship. The Journal of Positive Psychology 18:6, pages 1012-1026.
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Gaoxia Zhu & Anthony L. Burrow. (2023) Gains in youth resilience during self-driven learning may be moderated by their pathways to purpose. The Journal of Positive Psychology 18:6, pages 841-852.
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Kaylin Ratner, Anthony L. Burrow, Kayla A. Burd & Patrick L. Hill. (2021) On the conflation of purpose and meaning in life: A qualitative study of high school and college student conceptions. Applied Developmental Science 25:4, pages 364-384.
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Matthew J. Bundick, Kathleen Remington, Emily Morton & Anne Colby. (2021) The contours of purpose beyond the self in midlife and later life. Applied Developmental Science 25:1, pages 62-82.
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Jessica J. Summers & Lia D. Falco. (2020) The Development and Validation of a New Measure of Adolescent Purpose. The Journal of Experimental Education 88:1, pages 47-71.
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Emily Morton, Anne Colby, Matthew Bundick & Kathleen Remington. (2019) Hiding in plain sight: Older U.S. purpose exemplars. The Journal of Positive Psychology 14:5, pages 614-624.
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Patrick L. Hill & Sara J. Weston. (2019) Evaluating eight-year trajectories for sense of purpose in the health and retirement study. Aging & Mental Health 23:2, pages 233-237.
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Kaylin Ratner & Anthony L. Burrow. (2018) Autistic features in the general population: Implications for sensing purpose in life. The Journal of Positive Psychology 13:5, pages 494-501.
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Miriam R. Linver & Jennifer Brown Urban. (2018) “My Life Purpose Is…”: Assessment of Youth Purpose in Context. Research in Human Development 15:2, pages 95-100.
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Anthony L. Burrow, Patrick L. Hill, Kaylin Ratner & Rachel Sumner. (2018) A Better Tomorrow: Toward a Stronger Science of Youth Purpose. Research in Human Development 15:2, pages 167-180.
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Kendall Cotton Bronk, Brian R. Riches & Susan A. Mangan. (2018) Claremont Purpose Scale: A Measure that Assesses the Three Dimensions of Purpose among Adolescents. Research in Human Development 15:2, pages 101-117.
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Brandy P. Quinn. (2017) The beyond-the-self dimension of adolescent purpose: Absence and change. The Journal of Positive Psychology 12:6, pages 558-570.
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Seana Moran. (2017) Youth purpose worldwide: A tapestry of possibilities. Journal of Moral Education 46:3, pages 231-244.
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Patrick L. Hill, Grant W. Edmonds, Missy Peterson, Koen Luyckx & Judy A. Andrews. (2016) Purpose in life in emerging adulthood: Development and validation of a new brief measure. The Journal of Positive Psychology 11:3, pages 237-245.
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Seana Moran. (2014) What “Purpose” Means to Youth: Are There Cultures of Purpose?. Applied Developmental Science 18:3, pages 163-175.
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Patrick L. Hill, Rachel Sumner & Anthony L. Burrow. (2014) Understanding the pathways to purpose: Examining personality and well-being correlates across adulthood. The Journal of Positive Psychology 9:3, pages 227-234.
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Gabrielle N. Pfund. (2023) Applying an Allportian Trait Perspective to Sense of Purpose. Journal of Happiness Studies 24:4, pages 1625-1642.
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Kaylin Ratner, Qingyi Li, Gaoxia Zhu, Melody Estevez & Anthony L. Burrow. (2023) Daily Adolescent Purposefulness, Daily Subjective Well-Being, and Individual Differences in Autistic Traits. Journal of Happiness Studies 24:3, pages 967-989.
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Patrick L. Hill & Megan E. Wilson. 2023. Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior 1 3 .
Hong Wang, Xiaosong Gai & Songliang Li. (2022) Development and Validation of the Youth Purpose Orientation Scale Among Chinese Sample. Psychology Research and Behavior Management Volume 15, pages 3485-3496.
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Jonathan Sepulveda, Michelle Zhou, Amanda Amorosi, Julia Rauen, Meghan Boyer, Belle Liang, Terese Lund & Angela DeSilva Mousseau. (2022) The R and R of Purpose in College Students: Refining and Redefining Purpose Over Time. Journal of Adolescent Research, pages 074355842210937.
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Nuno Archer de Carvalho & Feliciano Henriques Veiga. (2022) Psychosocial Development Research in Adolescence: a Scoping Review. Trends in Psychology 30:4, pages 640-669.
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Kendall Cotton Bronk. 2022. Emerging Adulthood in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Crises: Individual and Relational Resources. Emerging Adulthood in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Crises: Individual and Relational Resources 9 23 .
Kaylin Ratner & Anthony L. Burrow. (2021) Derailment within the landscape of psychopathology. Current Opinion in Psychology 41, pages 21-27.
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Jana Krizanova, Daniel L. Rosenfeld, A. Janet Tomiyama & Jorge Guardiola. (2021) Pro-environmental behavior predicts adherence to plant-based diets. Appetite 163, pages 105243.
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David Collict, Gabrielle N. Pfund, Gibran Omar Rodriguez de los Reyes & Patrick L. Hill. (2020) Identity Formation Among Gay Men, Lesbian Women, Bisexual and Heterosexual Samples: Associations with Purpose in Life, Life Satisfaction, Pathways to Purpose and Implications for Positive Sexual Minority Identity. Journal of Happiness Studies 22:5, pages 2125-2142.
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Timothy Scott REILLY & Jenni Menon MARIANO. (2021) Fostering mature purpose beyond the classroom: considering family and other institutions in agentic purpose commitment. Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas) 38.
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Kaylin Ratner, Anthony L. Burrow & Patrick L. Hill. (2018) Autistic Traits and Purpose in Emerging Adulthood: Associations with Pathways to Purpose and Perceived Adult Status. Emerging Adulthood 8:5, pages 420-427.
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Gabrielle N. Pfund, Hannah Brazeau, Mathias Allemand & Patrick L. Hill. (2020) Associations between sense of purpose and romantic relationship quality in adulthood. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 37:5, pages 1563-1580.
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Rachel Sumner. 2020. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan 149 164 .
Mark Vincent B. Yu & Nancy L. Deutsch. 2020. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan 115 135 .
Lisa Kiang, Heather Malin & Amy Sandoz. 2020. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan 93 113 .
Gabrielle N. Pfund. 2020. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan 11 28 .
Kendall Cotton Bronk & Caleb Mitchell. 2020. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan 233 248 .
Leoandra Onnie Rogers. 2020. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan 165 181 .
Patrick L. Hill & Anthony L. Burrow. 2020. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan. The Ecology of Purposeful Living Across the Lifespan 1 9 .
Gabrielle N. Pfund & Nathan A. Lewis. 2020. Personality and Healthy Aging in Adulthood. Personality and Healthy Aging in Adulthood 27 42 .
Patrick L Hill, Grant W Edmonds & Sarah E Hampson. (2017) A purposeful lifestyle is a healthful lifestyle: Linking sense of purpose to self-rated health through multiple health behaviors. Journal of Health Psychology 24:10, pages 1392-1400.
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Kaylin Ratner, Jane Mendle, Anthony L. Burrow & Felix Thoemmes. (2019) Depression and Derailment: A Cyclical Model of Mental Illness and Perceived Identity Change. Clinical Psychological Science 7:4, pages 735-753.
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Kaylin Ratner & Anthony L. Burrow. 2019. The Cambridge Handbook of Wisdom. The Cambridge Handbook of Wisdom 519 550 .
Lester Sim, Su Yeong Kim, Minyu Zhang & Yishan Shen. (2018) Parenting and Centrality: The Role of Life Meaning as a Mediator for Parenting and Language Broker Role Identity. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 48:3, pages 510-526.
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Patrick L. Hill, Leah H. Schultz, Joshua J. Jackson & Judy A. Andrews. (2018) Parent-Child Conflict during Elementary School as a Longitudinal Predictor of Sense of Purpose in Emerging Adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 48:1, pages 145-153.
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Joaquín García-Alandete, Blanca Gallego Hernández de Tejada, Sandra Pérez Rodríguez & José H. Marco-Salvador. (2019) Meaning in life among adolescents: Factorial invariance of the purpose in life test and buffering effect on the relationship between emotional dysregulation and hopelessness. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy 26:1, pages 24-34.
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Anthony L. Burrow, Patrick L. Hill & Kaylin Ratner. 2018. Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Encyclopedia of Adolescence 2993 3002 .
Daniel L. Rosenfeld & Anthony L. Burrow. (2017) Vegetarian on purpose: Understanding the motivations of plant-based dieters. Appetite 116, pages 456-463.
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David M. Hansen & Nadia Jessop. 2017. Development of Self-Determination Through the Life-Course. Development of Self-Determination Through the Life-Course 27 46 .
Patrick L. Hill, Anthony L. Burrow & Rachel Sumner. (2016) Sense of Purpose and Parent–Child Relationships in Emerging Adulthood. Emerging Adulthood 4:6, pages 436-439.
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William J. Chopik. (2016) Age differences in conscientiousness facets in the second half of life: Divergent associations with changes in physical health. Personality and Individual Differences 96, pages 202-211.
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Kyla A. Machell, David J. Disabato & Todd B. Kashdan. (2015) Buffering the Negative Impact of Poverty on Youth: The Power of Purpose in Life. Social Indicators Research 126:2, pages 845-861.
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Patrick L. Hill, Anthony L. Burrow & Kendall Cotton Bronk. (2014) Persevering with Positivity and Purpose: An Examination of Purpose Commitment and Positive Affect as Predictors of Grit. Journal of Happiness Studies 17:1, pages 257-269.
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Anthony L. Burrow, Patrick L. Hill & Kaylin Ratner. 2016. Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Encyclopedia of Adolescence 1 10 .
Helen Q. Kivnick & Courtney K. Wells. (2014) Untapped Richness in Erik H. Erikson’s Rootstock. The Gerontologist 54:1, pages 40-50.
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Kendall Cotton BronkKendall Cotton Bronk. 2014. Purpose in Life. Purpose in Life 69 89 .
Patrick L. Hill, Anthony L. Burrow & Rachel Sumner. (2013) Addressing Important Questions in the Field of Adolescent Purpose. Child Development Perspectives 7:4, pages 232-236.
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Patrick L. Hill, Mathias Allemand, Sabine Zehnder Grob, Aristide Peng, Christoph Morgenthaler & Christoph Käppler. (2013) Longitudinal relations between personality traits and aspects of identity formation during adolescence. Journal of Adolescence 36:2, pages 413-421.
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