Esther S. Chang

Soka University of America

Publications

  1. Lee, J., Miller, L., & Chang, E. S. (2006). Religious identity among Christian Korean American adolescents. Psychological Reports, 98, 43-56.
  2. Lee, J., Chang, E. S., & Miller, L. (2006). Ethnic-religious status and identity formation: A qualitative study of Korean American Christian youth. Journal of Youth Ministry, 5, 9-40.
  3. Chang, E.S., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., Dooley, D., & Heckhausen, J. (2006). What do they want in life?: The life goals of a multi-ethnic, multi-generational sample of high school seniors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35, 321-332.
  4. Germo, G., Chang, E.S., Keller, M., & Goldberg, W.A. (2007). Child sleep arrangements and family life: Perspectives from mothers and fathers. Infant and Child Development, 16, 433–456.
  5. Lench, H. & Chang, E.S. (2007). Belief in an unjust world: When beliefs in a just world fail. Journal of Personality Assessment, 89, 1-10.
  6. Heckhausen, J. & Chang, E.S. (2009). How ambition can help overcome social inequality in the transition to adulthood. Research on Human Development, 6, 235-251.
  7. Chang, E.S., Heckhausen, J., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. (2010). Shared agency with parents for educational goals: Ethnic differences and implications for college adjustment. Journal of Youth and Adolesence, 39, 1293-1304. doi: 10.1007/s10964-009-9488-7
  8. Chang, E.S., Greenberger, E., Chen, C., Heckhausen, J., & Farruggia, S.P. (2010). Non-parental adults as social resources for adolescents in the transition after high school. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 20, 1065-1082.doi: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00662.x
  9. Chang, E.S. & Greenberger, E. (2012). Parenting satisfaction at midlife among European and Asian American mothers with a college-enrolled child. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 3, 263-274.  doi: 10.1037/a0026555
  10. Chang, E.S. (2013). Negotiating family obligations and educational goals among college-enrolled youth on Jeju Island, Korea. Journal for Research on Adolescence, 23, 25-34.
  11. Heckhausen, J., Chang E.S., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. (2013). Striving for Educational and Career Goals During the Transition After High School: What is Beneficial? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1385-1398. doi:10.1007/s10964-012-9812-5
  12. Chang, E.S., Chen, C., & Kim, E. (2015). Have You Set Your Life Priorities Straight? Ethnic and Intergenerational Differences in Life Goal Priorities. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 46, 541-553.
  13. Chang, E.S. (2016). Kirogi women’s psychological well-being: The relative contributions of marital quality, mother-child relationship quality, and youth’s educational adjustment. Journal of Family Issues. doi: 10.1177/0192513X16632265
  14. Chang, E.S. & Lee, B. (2016). Parenting goals and perceived shared and non-shared agency among kirogi mothers of a youth. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. doi: 10.1080/02673843.2016.1245149
  15. Lemus, D., Farruggia, S.P., Germo, G.R., & Chang, E.S. (2017). The plans, goals, and concerns of pre-emancipated youth in foster care. Children and Youth Services Review, 78, 48-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.05.003
  16. Shao, J.*, Chang, E.S., & Chen, C. (2018). The relative importance of parent-child dynamics and minority stress on the psychological adjustment of LGBs in China. Journal of Counseling Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000281
  17. Chang, E.S. & Germo, G. (2021). Generativity and shared agency with foster youth for education.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.
  18. Chang, E.S., Shane, J., Villarreal, B., & Heckhausen, J. (2022). Shared agency for occupational goals with parents, romantic partners, and important non-parental adults. Frontiers in Psychology, section: Developmental Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.902288 **Note. Edited by: Kai S. Cortina 
  19. Shao, J., Chang, E.S., & Tsong, Y., Chen, C., & Borelli, J.L. (2023). The mother-daughter shared agency in weight management scale (SAWMS): Development, validation, and implications for body dissatisfaction. Journal of Eating Disorders.

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