Selected Publications
2024
Curbing the Campus Mental Health Crisis: The Role of Extracurricular Activity Participation Extracurricular Activity Participation
Rosanne Villemaire-Krajden, Erin Barker
Journal of Youth Development Journal of Youth Development
2023
Moderators of the Association Between Co-Rumination and Depressive Symptoms in Emerging Adult Friendships
Lori Hazel, Erin Barker, Kalee De France, & Dale Stack
Emerging Adulthood
2022
The Transition From University to Work: The Positive Influence of Purpose in Life and Social Support
Daria Karbainova & Erin Barker
Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Charting a Course, Weathering Storms, and Making Lemonade: A Person-Centered Mixed Methods Analysis of Emotional Wellbeing and Dispositional Strengths Following University Graduation
Sarah Newcomb-Anjo, Kathryn Mulvihill, Daria Karbainova, & Erin Barker
Journal of Adult Development
First-Year University Students' Mental Health Trajectories Were Disrupted at the Onset of COVID-19, but Disruptions Were Not Linked to Housing and Financial Vulnerabilities: A Registered Report
Andrea Howard, Kendra Carnrite, & Erin Barker
Emerging Adulthood
2021
Effects of Goal Appraisals and Goal Motivation on Dimensions of Identity Development: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Analysis of European American Emerging Adults
Kathryn Mulvihill, Gaelle Hortop, Maude Guilmette, Erin Barker, Diane Putnick, & Marc Bornstein
Journal of Adult Development
Mental health of students living with food insecurity during the transition to university.
Andrea Howard & Erin Barker
Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
2020
Brief report: Contextualizing university students’ depressive symptoms: History, continuity, stability, and risk.
Erin Barker & Jesse Renaud
Journal of College Student Psychotherapy
2019
Past and present participation in extracurricular activities is associated with adaptive self-regulation of goals, academic success, and emotional wellbeing among university students.
Maude Guilmette, Kathryn Mulvihill, Rosanne Villemaire-Krajden, & Erin Barker
Learning and Individual Differences
The rise and fall of depressive symptoms and academic stress in two samples of university students.
Maude Guilmette, Kathryn Mulvihill, Rosanne Villemaire-Krajden, & Erin Barker
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
The developmental origins and future implications of dispositional optimism in the transition to adulthood.
Jesse Renaud, Erin Barker, Charlene Hendricks, Diane L Putnick, & Marc H Bornstein
International Journal of Behavioral Development
2018
Athletes’ self-regulatory responses to unattainable athletic goals: effects of need-supportive vs. need-thwarting coaching and athletes’ motivation.
Kathryn Mulvihill, Maude Guilmette, Erin Barker, & Theresa Bianco
International Journal of Sport Psychology
2017
A person-centered analysis of risk factors that compromise wellbeing in emerging adulthood.
Sarah Newcomb-Anjo, Erin Barker, & Andrea Howard
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
2016
Tracking affect and academic success across university: Happy students benefit from bouts of negative mood.
Erin Barker, Andrea Howard, Nancy Galambos, & Carsten Wrosch
Developmental Psychology