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Maureen E. Kenny

Maureen E. Kenny

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Psychology

D-Index
44
Citations
7943
World Ranking
6970
National Ranking
3773

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Maureen E. Kenny is affiliated with Boston College in the United States and has focused their research primarily within the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology. Their scholarly contributions encompass a total of 26 publications in Social Sciences and 17 in Psychology, with a particular emphasis on various subfields such as Safety Research, Education, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Clinical Psychology.

Their research topics address key areas of Career Development and Diversity, Higher Education and Employability, Youth Development and Social Support, Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation, Youth Education and Societal Dynamics, Higher Education Research Studies, and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality.

Maureen E. Kenny's publication record includes papers such as:

  • Decent education as a precursor to decent work: An overview and construct conceptualization, 2022, Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • A replicable strategy for mapping air pollution's community-level health impacts and catalyzing prevention, 2022, Environmental Health
  • Applying the Psychology of Working Theory for Understanding Adaptive Career Progress of Youth, 2022, Journal of Career Assessment
  • Editorial, 2023, Australian Journal of Career Development
  • Youth Perceptions of Their Futures, Society, and the Work Landscape: A Psychology of Working Perspective, 2022, Journal of Career Development

The researcher often publishes in specific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Australian Journal of Career Development (6 publications)
  • Journal of Career Assessment (3 publications)
  • Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion (3 publications)
  • Journal of Career Development (2 publications)
  • The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (2 publications)

Collaborations have involved co-authors such as Mary Beth Medvide, Annamaria Di Fabio, Brenda Tsai, Stuart C. Carr, and Allison Masters, with the number of joint publications ranging from three to five.

Maureen E. Kenny's contributions to the academic community have also been recognized through their status as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, an award received in the year 2000.

Best Publications

  • The Role of Perceived Barriers and Relational Support in the Educational and Vocational Lives of Urban High School Students.

    Maureen E. Kenny;David L. Blustein;Anna Chaves;Jennifer M. Grossman

  • The extent and function of parental attachment among first-year college students

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  • Contributions of parental attachment and family structure to the social and psychological functioning of first-year college students

    Maureen E. Kenny;Gail A. Donaldson

  • Attachment to Parents and Adjustment in Late Adolescent College Students Current Status, Applications, and Future Considerations

    Maureen E. Kenny;Kenneth G. Rice

  • Expanding the Impact of the Psychology of Working: Engaging Psychology in the Struggle for Decent Work and Human Rights:

    David L. Blustein;Maureen E. Kenny;Annamaria Di Fabio;Jean Guichard

  • Best Practice Guidelines on Prevention Practice, Research, Training, and Social Advocacy for Psychologists

    Sally M. Hage;John L. Romano;Robert K. Conyne;Maureen Kenny

  • Parental Attachment, Self‐Worth, and Depressive Symptoms Among Emerging Adults

    Maureen E. Kenny;Selcuk R. Sirin;Selcuk R. Sirin

  • Promoting well-being: The contribution of emotional intelligence

    Annamaria Di Fabio;Maureen E. Kenny

  • Setting the Stage: Career Development and the Student Engagement Process

    Maureen E. Kenny;David L. Blustein;Richard F. Haase;Janice Jackson

  • The Contributions of Emotional Intelligence and Social Support for Adaptive Career Progress among Italian Youth.

    Annamaria Di Fabio;Maureen E. Kenny

  • College seniors' perceptions of parental attachments: The value and stability of family ties.

    Maureen E. Kenny

  • Achievement Motivation among Urban Adolescents: Work Hope, Autonomy Support, and Achievement-Related Beliefs.

    Maureen E. Kenny;Lynn Y. Walsh-Blair;David L. Blustein;Janine Bempechat

  • Promoting Emotional Intelligence and Career Decision Making among Italian High School Students.

    Annamaria Di Fabio;Maureen E. Kenny

  • From Decent Work to Decent Lives: Positive Self and Relational Management (PS&RM) in the Twenty-First Century

    Annamaria eDi Fabio;Maureen E Kenny

  • Contributions of the relational context to career adaptability among urban adolescents.

    Maureen E. Kenny;Meredith Bledsoe

  • Relationship between parental attachment and eating disorders in an inpatient and a college sample.

    Maureen E. Kenny;Kathleen Hart

  • Decent work in Italy: Context, conceptualization, and assessment

    Annamaria Di Fabio;Maureen E. Kenny

  • Urban adolescents' constructions of supports and barriers to educational and career attainment.

    Maureen E. Kenny;Leyla Gualdron;David Scanlon;Elizabeth Sparks

  • Attachment, Social Support, and College Adjustment among Black Students at Predominantly White Universities.

    Holly Heard Hinderlie;Maureen Kenny

  • The next frontier: prevention as an instrument of social justice.

    Maureen E. Kenny;Sally M. Hage

  • Gender Role Stress in Relation to Shame, Guilt, and Externalization

    Paul W. Efthim;Maureen E. Kenny;James R. Mahalik

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Blustein
David L. Blustein Boston College
Annamaria Di Fabio
Annamaria Di Fabio University of Florence
Richard M. Lerner
Richard M. Lerner Tufts University
David O. Scanlon
David O. Scanlon University College London
Ryan D. Duffy
Ryan D. Duffy University of Florida
James R. Mahalik
James R. Mahalik Boston College
Kelsey L. Autin
Kelsey L. Autin University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Kenneth G. Rice
Kenneth G. Rice Georgia State University
Michael A. Smyer
Michael A. Smyer Bucknell University

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