Flourishing as a Scholar

This edited book provides guidelines as well as best practices for how to conduct research on emerging adults (18-29-year-olds). Each chapter provides a step-by-step tutorial on a technique related to sampling, collecting data, or analyzing data for the study of emerging adulthood. This book covers quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method research designs with a breadth and depth that will benefit emerging and established scholars who are interested in learning new methods that capture the diversity and complexity of the lives of emerging adults.

Angela Sorgente is an assistant professor of Psychometrics in the department of Psychology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy where she teaches classes in research methods and statistics. Her research focuses on quantitative methodology, finite mixture models, structural equation modeling, and measurement. She mainly applies these competences to the study of emerging adults' financial well-being. She has held summer schools and webinars as well as published papers on methodology and tatistical techniques, such as Latent Class Analysis, Latent Transition Analysis, reliability indexes, inter-rater agreement indexes, and contemporary view of validity.
Shannon Claxton is an associate professor in the department of Social Sciences at Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa, USA where she teaches classes in psychology, research methods, and probability and statistics. Her research focuses on the romantic and sexual relationships that are common during emerging adulthood.
She also has an interest in quantitative methodology and has published papers on methodology in emerging adulthood related to dyadic data and structural equation modeling.
Joseph R. Schwab is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, MA, USA. His research focuses on the narrative construction of identity in adolescence and adulthood, exploring how individuals at different points in the lifespan create meaning and purpose in their lives through the stories they tell about morality, religion and spirituality, gender, race, adulthood, and life struggles. He also writes about best practices in research methods, with particular attention to meta-theoretical and methodological issues in qualitative and mixed-method research.
Rimantas Vosylis is full professor at the Institute of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, situated in the city of Vilnius, Lithuania. With a passion for illuminating the intricacies of human development, Dr. Vosylis has
dedicated his academic career to investigating how family circumstances shape the psychosocial developmental trajectories and broader experiences of adolescence and emerging adulthood.
Dr. Vosylis's scholarly journey began with his doctoral thesis, where he delved into the intricate connections between the pathways individuals take toward adult roles and the corresponding experiences they encounter. Over the years, his research interests have evolved to encompass a specialized focus on financial issues during emerging adulthood. He passionately explores the development of financial capabilities in this pivotal life stage and how the financial landscape shapes the experiences of those navigating this critical phase of development.
Dr. Vosylis is also a dedicated educator, sharing his wealth of knowledge with undergraduate and postgraduate psychology students for over a decade. He has played a pivotal role in teaching future researchers by giving courses on research methods and statistics.

- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- About the Companion Website
- Introduction
- 1.: Phuong Linh L. Nguyen and Moin Syed: Transparency and Open Science Practices in Research on Emerging Adulthood
- 2.: Mona M. Abo-Zena and Alexandrea R. Golden: . Its a Match? Understanding and Selecting Qualitative, Quantitative, or Mixed Methods Approaches for Culturally Relevant Research on/with Emerging Adults
- 3.: Claudia López-Madrigal, Javier García-Manglano, and Seth J. Schwartz: Sampling Emerging Adults Using Quantitative Methods: Theoretical, Empirical, and Applied Considerations
- 4.: Syeda S. Raza and Dalal Katsiaficas: Strategies for Involving Emerging Adults with Participatory Action Research
- 5.: Margarita Azmitia: Research with Hard-to-Reach Emerging Adult Populations: Developing Trust and Respectful Collaborations
- 6.: Angela Sorgente and Bruno D. Zumbo: The Alphas and Omegas of Validity and Reliability: Contemporary Advances in Evaluating and Selecting Instruments for Quantitative Research with Emerging Adults
- 7.: Joseph R. Schwab: Qualitative Data Collection Strategies for the Study of Emerging Adults: An Overview of Four Main Types of Qualitative Data
- 8.: Jan-Ole Harald Gmelin and E. Saskia Kunnen: Measuring Emerging Adults Daily Life: Studying Real-Time Processes Using Intensive Methods of Data Collection
- 9.: Jon E. Grahe, Seungyeon Lee, Rita Obeid, Joseph McFall, and Jessica Fagan: Studying Emerging Adulthood with a Crowd
- 10.: Tiago Ferreira, Filipa Nunes, and Paula Mena Matos: Best Practices in Structural Equation Modeling with Cross-Sectional, Emerging Adult Data
- 11.: Semira Tagliabue, Michela Zambelli, Silvia Donato, and Margherita Lanz: Understanding Emerging Adults Relationships: Analyzing Dyads
- 12.: Yibin (Amanda) Ni, Danielle Manapat, Frank Infurna, and Kevin J. Grimm: Testing Measurement Invariance Across Time and Groups of Emerging Adults
- 13.: Nathan D. Leonhardt, Jeremy B. Yorgason, and Brian J. Willoughby: Navigating the Maze: Choosing the Model for Analyzing Change in Emerging Adulthood Samples
- 14.: Annabelle H. T. Christiaens, Stefanie A. Nelemans, and Susan Branje: Identifying Meaningful Groups of Emerging Adults: Applications of Latent Class Analysis and Latent Profile Analysis
- 15.: Jennifer A. Bellingtier and Fiona S. Rupprecht: Analyzing Intensive Longitudinal Data in Emerging Adult Research: A Beginners Guide to Multilevel and Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling
- 16.: Luzelle Naudé: Thematic Analysis: Generating Patterns of Meaning in Emerging Adult Research
- 17.: Monique Landberg: Grounded Theory in Emerging Adult Research
- 18.: Dom Conroy, Jonathan A. Smith, and Stephen M. Butler: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in Emerging Adult Research
- 19.: Kit Turner, Nic M. Weststrate, and Kate C. McLean: Mixed Methods Approaches to Emerging Adult Research
- 20.: Theo A. Klimstra and Sara K. Johnson: Longitudinal Mixed Methods in the Study of Young Adults
- Index