Peer-Reviewed Publications
Bae, K.*, Park, Y., Ryu, H.*, & Park, S. W. (in press). A longitudinal study of the relationship between identity development processes and self-esteem among korean college freshmen. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-025-02283-9 (click to download)
Park, Y., & Johnson, S. K. (2025) An exploratory investigation of associations between personal and social identity among White, heterosexual, cisgender young adults in the U.S. Emerging Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968251338594 (click to download)
Park, Y., Bae, K.*, Park, S. W. (2025). Longitudinal relations between identity development and psychological adjustment among South Korean young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Identity. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2024.2437031 (click to download)
Sladek, M. R., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Neville, H. A., Ison, A., Martinez-Fuentes, S., Mason, P., Park, Y., Safa, M. D., Satterthwaite-Freiman, M., Soto-Shed, E., & Wantchekon, K. A. (2024). Professional development for providing time and opportunities for change in U.S. teachers’ ethnic-racial identity. Identity. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2024.2366892 (click to download)
Park, Y. & Johnson, S. K. (2024). A theoretical framework of the role of racism in adolescent personal identity development: Applications to racially marginalized youth in the USA. Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1159/000536141 (click to download)
Park, Y., Kim, S., Kim, G., Johnson, S. K., & Park, S. W. (2023). Testing a process-oriented model of identity development in South Korean young adults. Current Psychology, 42(7), 5447–5461. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01838-w (click to download)
Park, Y., Klimstra, T. K., & Johnson, S. K. (2023). Longitudinal relations between identity distinctiveness, continuity, and coherence among Dutch adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52, 1844–1855. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01793-8 (click to download)
Johnson, S. K., Odjakjian, K., & Park, Y. (2022). I am whatever I say I am: The salient identity content of U.S. adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 32(2), 737-755. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12721 (click to download)
Yu, D., Yang, P.-J., Michaelson, L. E., Geldhof, G. J., Chase, P. A., Gansert, P. K., Osher, D. M., Berg, J. K., Tyler, C. P., Goncalves, C., Park, Y., Boyd-Brown, M. J., Cade, W., Theokas, C., Cantor, P., & Lerner, R. M. (2021). Understanding child executive functioning through use of the Bornstein specificity principle. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 73, 101240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101240 (click to download)
Park, S. W., & Park, Y. (2019). Materialism mediates the relation between identity uncertainty and low psychological well-being. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 33(2), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2019.33.2.001 (click to download)
Manuscripts Under Review/In Prep
Park, Y., Woods, T., Ross, J., & Rogers, O. (invited revision in prep). The Influence of Social Forces in Systems of Inequality on Math Identity Development among Underrepresented Students in the U.S.
Park, Y., Rogers, L. O., Sladek, M. R., Safa, D. M., Umaña-Taylor, A. J. The impact of ethnic-racial discrimination on adolescents’ global identity development.
Park, Y., Xie, H., & Park, S. W. Trajectories of personal identity development during the first year of college among South Korean emerging adults.
Book Chapters/Media
Buckingham, M. H., Le, T.U., Park, Y., Kim, E. J., Casey, D.K, Lerner, J V., & Lerner, R.M. (2025) When every youth thrives, we all thrive: Bridging science and practice. In M. E. Arnold and T. M. Ferrari (Eds)., Positive Youth Development: Integrating Research and Practice. New York: Springer Publications.
Kim, E. J., Lerner, J. V., Her, S., Zhang, R., Buckingham, M. H., Le, T. U., Park, Y., & Lerner, R. M. (2025). The development of a hopeful purpose. In M. E. Arnold and T. M. Ferrari (Eds)., Positive Youth Development: Integrating Research and Practice. New York: Springer Publications.
Lerner, R. M., Chase, P. A., Dowling, E. M., Tirrell, J. M., Buckingham, M. H., Yu, D., Park, Y., Gonçalves, C., & Gansert, P. (2023). Resilience and positive youth development: A dynamic, relational developmental systems-based perspective. In. S. Goldstein and R. Brooks (Eds.), Handbook of Resilience in Children (3rd ed.). New York: Springer Publications.
Chase, P. A., Yu, D., Tirrell, J. M., Buckingham, M. H., Gansert, P., Park, Y., Gonçalves, C., & Lerner, R. M. (2022). Conceptualizing and Measuring Character Virtues and Related Attributes Using the Bornstein Specificity Principle. In Jones S. M., Lesaux, N. K., & Barnes, S. P. (Eds.), Measuring Noncognitive Skills in School Settings: Assessments of Executive Function and Social-Emotional Competencies. Guilford Publications.
Park, Y., & Goncalves, C. (2020, February). Identifying paths of identity development. Developmental Psychologist, 7-8. https://www.apadivisions.org/division-7/publications/newsletters/developmental/2020/02/identifying-paths-development
Translated Books
Shek, D.T.L., Ma, H.K., Lee, T.Y., Law, B.M.F., & Liu, A.M.H. (2025). P.A.T.H.S. to adulthood: A Jockey Club youth enhancement scheme activity handbook 1 (Y. Park, S. Kim*, H. Kim*, S. Jang, S*, H. Moon*, & S.W. Park, Ed. & Trans.). Seoul, Korea: Hakjisa. (Original work published 2014)
Shek, D.T.L., Ma, H.K., Lee, T.Y., Law, B.M.F., & Liu, A.M.H. (2025). P.A.T.H.S. to adulthood: A Jockey Club youth enhancement scheme activity handbook 2 (Y. Park, S. Kim*, H. Kim*, S. Jang, S*, H. Moon*, & S.W. Park, Ed. & Trans.). Seoul, Korea: Hakjisa. (Original work published 2014)
Shek, D.T.L., Ma, H.K., Lee, T.Y., Law, B.M.F., & Liu, A.M.H. (2025). P.A.T.H.S. to adulthood: A Jockey Club youth enhancement scheme activity handbook 3 (Y. Park, S. Kim*, H. Kim*, S. Jang, S*, H. Moon*, & S.W. Park, Ed. & Trans.). Seoul, Korea: Hakjisa.(Original work published 2014)