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Overview

Reed W. Larson is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with a significant emphasis on Safety Research, Social Psychology, and Education within these broader areas.

The scientist's work addresses key topics in youth development and social support, early childhood education and development, and outdoor and experiential education. Additional research interests include adventure sports and sensation seeking, youth education and societal dynamics, teacher education and leadership studies, as well as career development and diversity.

Among their recent papers are:

  • How challenges and peers contribute to social-emotional learning in outdoor adventure education programs (2020, Journal of Adolescence)
  • Helping Teens Overcome Anxiety Episodes in Project Work: The Power of Reframing (2020, Journal of Adolescent Research)
  • A qualitative examination of critical feedback processes in project-based youth programs (2020, Contemporary Educational Psychology)
  • Youth Programs Are Important Spaces for Emotional Learning (2021, Journal of Youth Development)
  • Responding to Teenagers' Emotional Meltdowns: How Outward Bound Instructors Facilitate Development of Anxiety Management Skills (2022, Journal of Adolescent Research)

Frequent publication venues for Reed W. Larson's research include:

  • Journal of Adolescent Research
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • Contemporary Educational Psychology
  • Journal of Youth Development
  • Journal of Child and Youth Care Work

Frequent co-authors in their work are Carolyn Orson, Gina McGovern, Aisha N. Griffith, Haley Johnson, and Ellen K. Buttitta. These collaborations contribute to research spanning several publications in youth program development and adolescent emotional well-being.

Best Publications

  • Validity and reliability of the Experience-Sampling Method.

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Reed Larson

  • Toward a psychology of positive youth development

    Reed W. Larson

  • How children and adolescents spend time across the world: work, play, and developmental opportunities.

    Reed W. Larson;Suman Verma

  • Thirty years of research on the subjective well-being of older Americans

    Reed Larson

  • Changes in Adolescents: Daily Interactions with Their Families from Ages 10 to 18: Disengagement and Transformation.

    Reed W. Larson;Maryse H. Richards;Giovanni Moneta;Grayson Holmbeck

  • The Experience Sampling Method

    Reed Larson;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • What Adolescents Learn in Organized Youth Activities: A Survey of Self-Reported Developmental Experiences.

    David M. Hansen;Reed W. Larson;Jodi B. Dworkin

  • Divergent Realities: The Emotional Lives Of Mothers, Fathers, And Adolescents

    Reed Larson;Maryse Heather Richards

  • Daily companionship in late childhood and early adolescence: changing developmental contexts.

    Reed Larson;Maryse H. Richards

  • The ecology of adolescent activity and experience.

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Reed Larson;Suzanne Prescott

  • Differing profiles of developmental experiences across types of organized youth activities.

    Reed W. Larson;David M. Hansen;Giovanni Moneta

  • Being Adolescent: Conflict And Growth In The Teenage Years

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Reed Larson

  • Continuity, Stability, and Change in Daily Emotional Experience across Adolescence

    Reed W. Larson;Giovanni Moneta;Maryse H. Richards;Suzanne Wilson

  • Adolescents' Accounts of Growth Experiences in Youth Activities

    Jodi B. Dworkin;Reed Larson;David Hansen

  • Organized activities as contexts of development : extracurricular activities, after-school, and community programs

    Joseph L. Mahoney;Reed W. Larson;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Emotional Transmission in the Daily Lives of Families: A New Paradigm for Studying Family Process

    Reed W. Larson;David M. Almeida

  • Boredom in the Middle School Years: Blaming Schools versus Blaming Students.

    Reed W. Larson;Maryse H. Richards

  • Bulimia: an analysis of moods and behavior.

    Craig Johnson;Reed Larson

  • Stress and "storm and stress" in early adolescence: The relationship of negative events with dysphoric affect.

    Reed Larson;Mark Ham

  • The solitary side of life: An examination of the time people spend alone from childhood to old age.

    Reed W Larson

  • A comparison of youth‐driven and adult‐driven youth programs: Balancing inputs from youth and adults

    Reed Larson;Kathrin Walker;Nickki Pearce

Frequent Co-Authors

Maryse H. Richards
Maryse H. Richards Loyola University Chicago
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Claremont Graduate University
Jeylan T. Mortimer
Jeylan T. Mortimer University of Minnesota
Marcela Raffaelli
Marcela Raffaelli University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B. Bradford Brown
B. Bradford Brown University of Wisconsin–Madison
Douglas A. Kleiber
Douglas A. Kleiber University of Georgia
Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Jacquelynne S. Eccles University of California, Irvine
James Youniss
James Youniss Catholic University of America
Roger C. Mannell
Roger C. Mannell University of Waterloo
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett Clark University

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