Davis, W.J., Cox, M., Tevington, P., Urban, J.B., & Linver, M.R. (accepted for publication). “That’s Just a Part of Growing Up”: A Study of Non-formal Educators’ Lay Theories of Adolescent Development. Journal of Adolescent Research.
Linver, M.R., Urban, J.B., Gama, L., & Swomsley, V. (In press). Predicting positive youth development from self-regulation and sense of purpose. Journal of Research on Adolescence. doi: 10.1111/jora.12621
Urban, J. B., Archibald, T., Hargraves, M., Buckley, J., Hebbard, C., Linver, M. R., & Trochim, W. M. (2021). Introduction to Relational Systems Evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation, 2021, 11-18.
Urban, J. B., Hargraves, M., Buckley, J., Archibald, T., Hebbard, C., & Trochim, W. M. (2021). The Systems Evaluation Protocol for evaluation planning. New Directions for Evaluation, 2021, 31-45.
Urban, J.B., Linver, M.R.., Moroney, D., Nichols, T., Hargraves, M., Roberts, E.D., Quinn, J., Brown, M., Gama, L., Doubledee, R., & Cox, M. (2020). Developing and testing a theory of change for Boy Scouts of America. Applied Developmental Science. Doi: 10.1080/10888691.2020.1844008
Linver, M.R., & Urban, J.B. (2018). “My life purpose is…”: Assessment of youth purpose in context. Journal of Research in Human Development, 14(20, 95-100. DOI: 10.1080/15427609.2018.1445927
Linver, M.R., Urban, J.B., MacDonnell, M., Robers, E.D., Quinn, J., Samtani, S., Doubledee, R., Gama, L., & Morgan, D. (2018). Mixed methods in youth purpose: An examination of adolescent self-regulation and purpose. Journal of Research in Human Development, 15(20, 118-138. DOI; 10.1080/15427609.2018.1445925
Lich, K.H., Urban, J.B., Frerichs, L., & Dave, G. (2017). Extending systems thinking in planning and evaluation using Group Concept Mapping and System Dynamics to tackle complex problems. Evaluation and Program Planning, 60, 254-264.
Lerner, R.M., Lerner, J., Urban, J.B., & Zaff, J. (2016). Evaluating programs aimed at promoting positive youth development: A relational development systems-based view. Applied Developmental Science, 20(3), 175-187.
Trochim, W.M., & Urban, J.B. (2016). Advancing evaluation of character building programs. Commissioned paper for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop on Approaches to the Development of Character. Washington, DC.
Bowers, E. P., Geldhof, G. J., Chase, P. A., Gestsdottir, S., Urban, J. B., & Lerner, R. M. (2015). Self regulation during adolescence: Variations associated with individual & context relations. In J. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences (2nd ed.). London, UK: Elsevier.
Urban, J.B., Osgood, N., Okamoto, J., Mabry, P., & Lich, K.L. (2014). Developmental systems science: Extending developmental science with systems science methodologies. In P.C.M. Molenaar, R.M. Lerner, & K.M. Newell (Eds.). Handbook of Developmental Systems Theory and Methodology. New York: The Guildford Press.
Trochim, W., Urban, J.B., Hargraves, M., Hebbard, C., Buckley, J., Archibald, T., Johnson, M., & Burgermaster, M. (2012). The guide to the systems evaluation protocol. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Digital Print Services.
Birnbaum, A., & Linver, M.R. (2012). Adolescent physical development and health. In G. L. Creasey & P. A. Jarvis (Eds.), Adolescent development and school achievement in urban communities: Resilience in the neighborhood (pp. 53-64). NY: Routledge.
Mueller, M.K., Lewin-Bizan, S., & Urban, J.B. (2011). Youth activity involvement and positive youth development. In R.M. Lerner, J.V. Lerner, & J.B. Benson (Eds.). Advances in Child Development and Behavior: Positive youth development: Research and applications for promoting thriving in adolescence, Vol 41 (pp. 231-249). Burlington: Academic Press.
Mueller, M.K., Phelps, E., Bowers, E.P., Agans, J., Urban, J.B., & Lerner, R.M. (2011). Youth development program participation and intentional-self regulation skills: Contextual and individual bases of pathways to positive youth development. Journal of Adolescence, 34, 1115-1125.
Lerner, R.M., Lerner, J.V., Bowers, E., Lewin-Bizan, S., Gestsdottir, S., & Urban, J.B. (2011). Self-regulation processes and thriving in childhood and adolescence: A view of the issues. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 133, 1-10.
Urban, J.B. & Mabry, P. (Eds.). (2011). Embracing systems science: New methodologies for developmental science. Research in Human Development, 8(1).
Gestsdottir, S., Urban, J.B., Bowers, E., Lerner, J.V., & Lerner, R.M. (2011). Intentional self regulation, ecological assets, and thriving in adolescence: A developmental systems model. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 133, 61-76.
Lerner, R.M., Lerner, J.V., Bowers, E., Lewin-Bizan, S., Gestsdottir, S., & Urban, J.B. (Eds.). (2011). Thriving in childhood and adolescence: The role of self regulation processes. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 133.
Brown, T. L., Linver, M.R., & Evans, M. (2010). The role of gender in the racial and ethnic socialization of African American adolescents. Youth and Society, 41, 357-381.
Urban, J.B., Lewin-Bizan, S. & Lerner, R.M. (2010). The role of intentional self regulation, lower neighborhood ecological assets, and activity involvement in youth developmental outcomes. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39(7), 783-800. doi:10.1007/s10964-010-9549-y
Linver, M.R., Roth, J.L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2009). Patterns of Adolescents’ Participation in Organized Activities: Are Sports Best When Combined with Other Activities? Developmental Psychology, 45, 354-367.
Urban, J.B., Lewin-Bizan, S., & Lerner, R.M. (2009). The role of neighborhood ecological assets and activity involvement in youth developmental outcomes: Differential impacts of asset poor and asset rich neighborhoods. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 30(5), 601-614.
Urban, J.B. (2008). Components and characteristics of youth development programs: The voices of youth-serving policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and adolescents. Applied Developmental Science, 12(3), 128-139.
Bradshaw, C., Brown, J.S., and Hamilton, S. (2008). Bridging positive youth development and mental health services for youth with serious behavior problems. Child & Youth Care Forum, 37(5-6), 209-263.
Bradshaw, C., Brown, J.S., and Hamilton, S. (2006). Applying positive youth development and life-course research to the treatment of adolescents involved with the judicial system. Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling, 27(1), 2-16.
Brown, J.S. (2006). Rethinking concept mapping for youth participatory evaluation in the context of youth development programs. Journal of Youth Development: Bridging Research and Practice, 1(2). Retrieved from http://www.nae4ha.org/directory/jyd/index.html
Brooks-Gunn, J., Linver, M.R., & Fauth, R.C. (2005). Children’s competence and SES in the family and neighborhood. In A.J. Elliot & C.S. Dweck (Eds.), Handbook of competence and motivation (pp. 414-435). NY: Gulliford Press.
Linver, M.R., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Cabrera, N. (2004). The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory: The derivation of conceptually designed subscales. Parenting: Science and Practice, 4, 99-114.
Roth, J.L., Brooks-Gunn, J., Linver, M.R., & Hofferth, S.L. (2003). What happens during the school day?: Time diaries from a national sample of elementary school teachers. Teachers College Record,105, 317-343.
Archibald, A.B., Linver, M.R., Graber, J.A., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2002). Parent-adolescent relationships and adolescent eating problems: Testing reciprocal effects. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 12, 451-461.
Linver, M.R., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Kohen, D.E. (2002). Family processes as pathways from income to young children’s development. Developmental Psychology, 38, 719-734.
