We are excited to announce the time and place of our two innovative sessions!
Both sessions will take place on Friday, October 11, 2019, in Niagara room
Time: 8:00 – 9:00 am
The first, titled "Innovative Methodology Presented by Emerging Scholars – A Primer on Sequence Analysis, Validity, Dyadic Data Analysis, and Thematic Analysis", chaired by Shannon Claxton), will contain four presentations:
Paper 1: Using sequence analysis (SA) to study role trajectories in emerging adulthood: How does SA compare to latent class analyses and what benefits it may provide? – Rimantas Vosylis
Paper 2: Contemporary view of validity: How should we change our way to develop and validate instruments? An application to the measurement of the emerging adults’ financial well-being – Angela Sorgente, Margherita Lanz
Paper 3: An introduction to analyzing dyadic data with the actor-partner interdependence model – Shannon Claxton
Paper 4: Understanding lived experiences in emerging adulthood: How to effectively use thematic analysis to analyze qualitative data – Achu Alexander, Clare Mehta.
This session is designed for emerging scholars by emerging scholars, although anyone interested in discovering new methodological techniques is welcome to attend. The goal of this session is to introduce innovative methodological techniques that may be applied in the study of emerging adulthood in order to introduce scholars to avenues for future research.
Specifically, the session will cover methods of sequence analysis, establishing validity, analyzing dyadic data, and thematic analysis. Each paper will introduce the methodological technique using an example with data from emerging adults. Although the papers differ significantly in their focus (e.g., adult roles in emerging adulthood, emerging adults’ financial well-being, relationship satisfaction and attachment styles in emerging adult romantic couples, and qualitative data analysis of Indian American emerging adults), they all provide a brief introduction to an innovative methodological technique that may be of interest to emerging scholars who are starting their research careers (and to those who are not emerging scholars but are interested in trying new methodological techniques in order to better capture the experiences of emerging adults).
Each of these methodologies has been selected because it is particularly useful to those studying emerging adulthood. For example, sequence analysis allows researchers to evaluate the different trajectories that emerging adults may take. An understanding of our contemporary view of validity helps researchers to appropriately develop and validate instruments used for studying emerging adults. Dyadic data analysis allows researchers to evaluate the effects of the important dyadic relationships (including romantic and sexual relationships and parent-child relationships) that are common during emerging adulthood. Finally, thematic analysis allows researchers to design and interpret rich qualitative studies of the lives of emerging adults. Together, these four methodologies provide a rich toolbox of techniques that can be used to study the experiences of emerging adults
Time: 9:15 – 10:30 am
The second titled “Tips from the Experts: How to Make an Extraordinary Contribution to the Study of Emerging Adulthood” and the goal of it is to provide emerging scholars (those who are currently in a program of study or who are within 4 years of graduation) with tips for early career success and to allow them to interact with leaders in the field. Participants of this session will have an opportunity to receive tips on early career success and interact with leaders in the emerging adulthood field, including Drs. Elisabetta Crocetti, Larry Nelson, Moin Syed, and Rita Žukauskienė.
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The Emerging Scholar Topic Network aims to bring together resources for career advice, to create networking opportunities, and to establish collaborations to strengthen international research on emerging adulthood.
We are extremely excited about this group, and we are planning several projects to help us meet these goals. This website showcases news related to the topic network and our current projects, useful information for emerging scholars, and a list of publications and information about members of the network so that members can get to know each other and begin collaborations.
Please feel free to invite interested colleagues to become a part of our network! New members can join by sending an e-mail to coordinator@ssea.org
Both sessions will take place on Friday, October 11, 2019, in Niagara room
Time: 8:00 – 9:00 am
The first, titled "Innovative Methodology Presented by Emerging Scholars – A Primer on Sequence Analysis, Validity, Dyadic Data Analysis, and Thematic Analysis", chaired by Shannon Claxton), will contain four presentations:
Paper 1: Using sequence analysis (SA) to study role trajectories in emerging adulthood: How does SA compare to latent class analyses and what benefits it may provide? – Rimantas Vosylis
Paper 2: Contemporary view of validity: How should we change our way to develop and validate instruments? An application to the measurement of the emerging adults’ financial well-being – Angela Sorgente, Margherita Lanz
Paper 3: An introduction to analyzing dyadic data with the actor-partner interdependence model – Shannon Claxton
Paper 4: Understanding lived experiences in emerging adulthood: How to effectively use thematic analysis to analyze qualitative data – Achu Alexander, Clare Mehta.
This session is designed for emerging scholars by emerging scholars, although anyone interested in discovering new methodological techniques is welcome to attend. The goal of this session is to introduce innovative methodological techniques that may be applied in the study of emerging adulthood in order to introduce scholars to avenues for future research.
Specifically, the session will cover methods of sequence analysis, establishing validity, analyzing dyadic data, and thematic analysis. Each paper will introduce the methodological technique using an example with data from emerging adults. Although the papers differ significantly in their focus (e.g., adult roles in emerging adulthood, emerging adults’ financial well-being, relationship satisfaction and attachment styles in emerging adult romantic couples, and qualitative data analysis of Indian American emerging adults), they all provide a brief introduction to an innovative methodological technique that may be of interest to emerging scholars who are starting their research careers (and to those who are not emerging scholars but are interested in trying new methodological techniques in order to better capture the experiences of emerging adults).
Each of these methodologies has been selected because it is particularly useful to those studying emerging adulthood. For example, sequence analysis allows researchers to evaluate the different trajectories that emerging adults may take. An understanding of our contemporary view of validity helps researchers to appropriately develop and validate instruments used for studying emerging adults. Dyadic data analysis allows researchers to evaluate the effects of the important dyadic relationships (including romantic and sexual relationships and parent-child relationships) that are common during emerging adulthood. Finally, thematic analysis allows researchers to design and interpret rich qualitative studies of the lives of emerging adults. Together, these four methodologies provide a rich toolbox of techniques that can be used to study the experiences of emerging adults
Time: 9:15 – 10:30 am
The second titled “Tips from the Experts: How to Make an Extraordinary Contribution to the Study of Emerging Adulthood” and the goal of it is to provide emerging scholars (those who are currently in a program of study or who are within 4 years of graduation) with tips for early career success and to allow them to interact with leaders in the field. Participants of this session will have an opportunity to receive tips on early career success and interact with leaders in the emerging adulthood field, including Drs. Elisabetta Crocetti, Larry Nelson, Moin Syed, and Rita Žukauskienė.
**********************************************************************************
The Emerging Scholar Topic Network aims to bring together resources for career advice, to create networking opportunities, and to establish collaborations to strengthen international research on emerging adulthood.
We are extremely excited about this group, and we are planning several projects to help us meet these goals. This website showcases news related to the topic network and our current projects, useful information for emerging scholars, and a list of publications and information about members of the network so that members can get to know each other and begin collaborations.
Please feel free to invite interested colleagues to become a part of our network! New members can join by sending an e-mail to coordinator@ssea.org
