Peer-Reviewed Publications
Bae, K.*, Park, Y., Ryu, H.*, & Park, S. W. (in press). Interrelations between self-esteem and personal identity development in first-year college students in South Korea. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-025-02283-9 (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 (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 (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 (download)
Park, Y. & Johnson, S. K. (2024). Personal identity development of racially minoritized adolescents. Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1159/000536141 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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.
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)