Selected Publications (by date)

Journal Articles:

• Metzger, A., Alvis, L., Romm, K. F., Wray‐Lake, L., & Syvertsen, A. K. (2020). Adolescents’ Evaluations of Political Leaders: The Case of President Donald Trump. Journal of Research on Adolescence.

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• Romm, K. F., Metzger, A., & Alvis, L. M. (2020). Parental Psychological Control and Adolescent Problematic Outcomes: A Multidimensional Approach. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(1), 195-207.

• Alvis, L. M., & Metzger, A. (2019). Dimensions of adolescent civic reasoning: An examination of individual differences. Journal of Adolescent Research, 0743558419862485.
  

 

• Metzger, A., Ferris, K. A., & Oosterhoff, B. (2019). Adolescents' civic engagement: Concordant and longitudinal associations among civic beliefs and civic involvement. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 29(4), 879-896.​

 

• Olson, R., & Metzger, A. (2019). Disaggregating behavioral and psychological components of religious and spiritual development across adolescence: Variations by geographic location. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 11(1), 1

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• Oosterhoff, B., Metzger, A., & Alvis, L. (2019). Similarities and Differences in Adolescents’ Organized and Civic Activity Networks across Rural and Non-Rural Communities. Journal of youth and adolescence, 1-17.

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• Shubert, J., Wray-Lake, L., Syvertsen, A. K., & Metzger, A. (2019). The role of family civic context in character development across childhood and adolescence. Applied Developmental Science, 1-16.


• Wray-Lake, L., Wells, R., Alvis, L., Delgado, S., Syvertsen, A. K., & Metzger, A. (2018). Being a Latinx adolescent under a Trump presidency: Analysis of Latinx youth's reactions to immigration politics. Children and Youth Services Review, 87, 192-204.

 

• Metzger, A., Alvis, L. M., Oosterhoff, B., Babskie, E., Syvertsen, A., & Wray-Lake, L. (2018). The intersection of emotional and sociocognitive competencies with civic engagement in middle childhood and adolescence. Journal of youth and adolescence, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0842-5

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• Romm, K. F., & Metzger, A. (2018). Parental psychological control and adolescent problem behaviors: The role of depressive symptoms. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27(7), 2206-2216.

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• Romm, K. F., & Metzger, A. (2017). Parental Psychological Control and Adolescent Problem Behaviors: The Role of Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1-11.

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• Wray-Lake, L., Wells, R., Alvis, L., Delgado, S., Syvertsen, A. K., & Metzger, A. (2018). Being a Latinx adolescent under a trump presidency: Analysis of Latinx youth's reactions to immigration politics. Children and Youth Services Review, 87, 192-204.

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• McGrath, L.M.,Braaten, E.B., Doty, N.D., Willoughby, B.L., Wilson, H.K., O’Donnell, E.H., Colvin, M.K., Ditmars, H.L., Blais, J. E., Hill, E.N.,Metzger, A., Perlis, R. H.,Willcutt, E.G., Smoller, J.W., Waldman, I.E., Faraone, S.V., Seidman, L.J., Doyle,A.E.(in press). Extending the cross-disorder relevance of executive function to dimensional neuropsychiatric traits in youth. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

 

• Cottrell L, Rishel C, Lilly C, Cottrell S, Metzger A, Ahmadi H, Wang B, Li X, Stanton B.(2015). Do parents meet adolescents’ monitoring standards? Examination of the impact on teen risk disclosure and behaviors if they don’t. Plos One, 10, 1-9. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125750

 

• Oosterhoff, B..,Metzger, A., Babskie, E. Y.* (2015). What do citizens have to do? Parent and adolescent messages about civic duty. Journal of Adolescent Research, 30(3), 365-389. DOI: 10.1177/0743558414563931

 

• Metzger, A., Oosterhoff, B., Palmer, C., Ferris, K. (2014). Dimensions of citizenship: Associations among adolescents’ socio-political values and civic judgments. Political Science and Politics.

 

• Oosterhoff, B., Ferris, K. A., & Metzger, A. (2014). Adolescents’ sociopolitical values in the context of organized activity involvement. Youth and Society, Advanced online publication. DOI: 10.1177/0044118X14560528

 

• Ferris, K.A., Oosterhoff, B., & Metzger, A. (2013). Organized activity involvement among rural youth: Gender differences in associations between activity type and developmental outcomes. Journal of Research in Rural Education, 28(15), 1-16.

 

• Metzger, A., & Ferris, K.A. (2013). Adolescents' domain-specific judgments about different forms of civic involvement: Variations by age and gender. Journal of Adolescence, 36, 529-538.

 

• Vyas A, Madhavan S, Kelly K, Metzger A, et al. (2013). Do Appalachian women attending a mobile mammography program differ from those visiting a stationary mammography facility? Journal of Community Health, 38, 698-706. DOI: 10.1007/s10900-013-9667-z

 

• Vyas A, Madhavan S, Kelly K, Metzger A, et al. (2013) Predictors of Self-Reported Adherence to Mammography Screening Guidelines in West Virginia Women Visiting a Stationary Facility. West Virginia Medical Journal

 

• Grady, J. S., Karraker, K., & Metzger, A. (2012). Shyness trajectories in slow-to-warm-up infants: Relations with child sex and maternal parenting. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 33, (91-101).

 

• McGrath, L. M., Mustanski, B., Metzger, A., Kistner-Griffin, E., Pine, D., Cook, E., Wakschlag, L. (2012).  A latent modeling approach to genotype-phenotype relationships: Maternal problem behavior clusters, prenatal smoking, and MAOA genotype.  Archives of  Women’s Mental Health, 15, 269-282. DOI: 10.1007/s00737-012-0286-y

 

• Metzger, A., Ice, C., Cottrell, L.  (2012).  But I trust my teen: Parents’ attitudes and response to a parental monitoring intervention.  AIDS Research and Treatment, 2012. DOI: 10.1155/2012/396163

 

• Metzger, A., Wakschlag, L. S., Anderson, R., Darfler, A., Price, J., Flores, Z., Mermelstein, R.  (2012).   Information management strategies within conversations about cigarette smoking:  Parenting correlates and longitudinal associations with teen smoking.  Developmental Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/a0030720

 

• Richmond, M.J., Mermelstein, R.J., & Metzger, A. (2012). Heterogeneous friendship affiliation, problem behaviors, and emotional outcomes among high-risk adolescents, Prevention Science, 13, 267-277. DOI: 10.1007/s11121-011-0261-2

 

• Stahl, S. T., & Metzger, A. (2012). College students’ ageist behavior: The role of aging knowledge and perceived vulnerability to disease. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 0, 1-15. DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2012.718009

 

• Metzger, A., Dawes, N., Mermelstein, R., & Wakschlag, L. (2011). Longitudinal modeling of adolescents’ activity involvement, problem peer associations, and youth smoking, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 32(1), 1-9.

 

• Pritzker, S., & Metzger, A. (2011). Facilitating civic engagement among rural youth: A role for social workers. In L. Ginsberg (Ed.), Social work in rural communities, 5th ed. (pp. 185 - 210). Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education.

 

• Wakaschiag, L.S., Metzger, A., Darfler, A., Ho, J., Mermelstein, R., & Rathouz, P.J., (2011). The family talk about smoking (FTAS) paradigm: New directions for assessing parent-teen communications about smoking. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 13(2), 103-112.

 

• Metzger, A., Crean, H.F., & Forbes-Jones, E.L. (2009). Patterns of organized activity participation in urban, early adolescents: Associations with academic achievement, problem behaviors, and perceived adult support. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 29(3), 426-442.

 

• Metzger, A., & Smetana, J.G. (2009). Adolescent civic and political engagement: Associations between domain-specific judgments and behavior. Child Development, 80(2), 433-441.

 

• Smetana, J.G., Tasopoulos-Chan, M., Gettman, D.C., Villalobos, M., Campione-Barr, N., & Metzger, A. (2009).                                 Adolescents’ and parents’ evaluations of helping versus fulfilling personal desires in family situations. Child Development, 80(1), 280-294.

 

• Yau, J., Smetana, J.G., & Metzger, A. (2009). Young Chinese children’s authority concepts. Social Development, 18(1), 210-229. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9607.2008.00463.x

 

• Smetana , J. G ., & Metzger, A. (2008). Don't ask, don't tell (your mom and dad): Disclosure and non-disclosure in adolescent-parent relationships. In M. Kerr, H. Stattin, & R. Engels (Eds.), What can parents do: New insights into the role of parents in adolescent problem behavior (pp.65-87). New York: Wiley.

 

• Smetana, J.G., Campione-Barr, N., & Metzger, A. (2006). Adolescent development in interpersonal and societal contexts. Annual Review of Psychology, 57, 255-284. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.57.102904.190124

 

• Smetana, J.G., Metzger, A., Gettman, D.C., & Campione-Barr, N. (2006). Disclosure and secrecy in adolescent-parent relationships. Child Development, 77(1), 201-217.

 

• Smetana, J.G., & Metzger, A. (2005). Family and religious antecedents of civic involvement in middle class African American late adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 15(3), 325-352.

 

• Smetana, J.G., Metzger, A. & Campione-Bar, N. (2004). African American late adolescents’ relationships with parents: Developmental transitions and longitudinal patterns. Child Development, 75(3), 932-947.

Book Chapters:

• Metzger, A., & Smetana, J. G. (2010). Social cognitive development and adolescent civic engagement. (pp. 221-248). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc.

• Metzger, A. (2008). Domain-specific judgments of civic and political engagement in late adolescence: Associations with adolescent activity involvement. Dissertation Abstracts International, 68(8-B), 5613.

• Smetana, J.G., Campione-Barr, N., & Metzger, A. (2006).Adolescent development in interpersonal and societal contexts. (Vol. 57, pp. 255-284). Palo Alto, California: Annual Reviews.