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  1. Are backup plans a good or bad idea?

    Article • Perspectives on Psychological Science, January 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  2. Model of Selection, Optimization, and Compensation

    Article • December 2015, Wiley

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  3. Life Management Through Selection, Optimization, and Compensation

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  4. The Five Cs Model of Positive Youth Development

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  5. Self-Regulation Across Adolescence: Exploring the Structure of Selection, Optimization, and Compensation

    Article • Journal of Research on Adolescence, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  6. Longitudinal Analysis of a Very Short Measure of Positive Youth Development

    Article • Journal of Youth and Adolescence, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  7. GPS Growth Grids

    Article • January 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  8. TheGPS to SuccessGrowth Grids: Measurement Properties of a Tool to Promote Intentional Self-Regulation in Mentoring Programs

    Article • Applied Developmental Science, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  9. Comparing Alternate Approaches to Calculating Reliability for Dichotomous Data: The Sample Case of Adolescent Selection, Optimization, and Compensation

    Article • Applied Developmental Science, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  10. Creation of Short and Very Short Measures of the Five Cs of Positive Youth Development

    Article • Journal of Research on Adolescence, March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  11. More than Just a Simple Twist of Fate: Serendipitous Relations in Developmental Science

    Article • Human Development, January 2013, Karger Publishers

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  12. Relationships With Important Nonparental Adults and Positive Youth Development: An Examination of Youth Self-Regulatory Strengths as Mediators

    Article • Research in Human Development, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  13. The role of parenting and goal selection in positive youth development: A person-centered approach

    Article • Journal of Adolescence, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  14. A Vision for the American Juvenile Justice System

    Article • October 2011, Wiley

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  15. The role of adolescents’ hopeful futures in predicting positive and negative developmental trajectories: Findings from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development

    Article • The Journal of Positive Psychology, January 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  16. The development of intentional self-regulation in adolescence

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  17. “MXing it up”: How African adolescents may affect social change through mobile phone use

    Article • New Directions for Youth Development, December 2010, Wiley

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  18. Applications of Developmental Systems Theory to Benefit Human Development

    Article • August 2010, Wiley

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  19. Intentional Self Regulation in Middle Adolescence: The Emerging Role of Loss-based Selection in Positive Youth Development

    Article • Journal of Youth and Adolescence, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  20. Mentoring and Positive Youth Development

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano

  21. Equifinality in Positive Youth Development: Diverse Intentional Self-Regulation Pathways

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Christopher M Napolitano