Journal Articles & Edited Book Chapters

See below for select academic publications from Dr. Way & our lab, organized by primary topic.

For a full list of academic publications, please see Dr. Way’s Curriculum Vitae

Social & Emotional Development

  • Rogers, L. O., & Way, N. (2021). Child development in an ideological context: Through the lens of resistance and accommodation. Child Development Perspectives, 15(4), 242–248. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12433

  • Rogers, L. O., & Way, N. (2018). Reimagining social and emotional development: Accommodation and resistance to dominant ideologies in the identities and friendships of boys of color. Human Development, 61(6), 311–331. https://doi.org/10.1159/000493378

Identities

  • Del Toro, J., Hughes, D., & Way, N. (2020). Inter-relations between ethnic‐racial discrimination and ethnic‐racial identity among early adolescents. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13424

  • Rogers, L. O., Yang, R., Way, N., Weinberg, S. L., & Bennet, A. (2020). “We’re supposed to look like girls, but act like boys”: Adolescent girls’ adherence to masculinity norms. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30(S1), 270–285. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12475

  • Way, N. (2019). Reimagining boys in the 21st century. Men and Masculinities, 22(5), 926–929. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X19875170

  • Rogers, L. O., Scott, M. A., & Way, N. (2015). Racial and gender identity among Black adolescent males: An intersectionality perspective. Child Development, 86(2), 407–424. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12303

  • Rogers, L. O., & Way, N. (2015). Using semistructured interviews to examine adolescent racial-ethnic identity development. In C. E. Santos & A. J. Umaña-Taylor (Eds.), Studying ethnic identity: Methodological and conceptual approaches across disciplines (pp. 149–175). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/14618-007

  • Way, N., Cressen, J., Bodian, S., Preston, J., Nelson, J., & Hughes, D. (2014). “It might be nice to be a girl... Then you wouldn’t have to be emotionless”: Boys’ resistance to norms of masculinity during adolescence. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 15(3), 241–252. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037262

  • Way, N., Santos, C., Niwa, E. Y., & Kim-Gervey, C. (2008). To be or not to be: An exploration of ethnic identity development in context. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2008(120), 61–79. https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.216

curiosity & Listening

  • Nalani, A., Yoshikawa, H., & Way, N. (2024). Question asking in active listening scale for early adolescents: Behavioral measure development and initial validation. Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12938

  • Han, J., Way, N., Yoshikawa, H., & Clarke, C. (2023). Interpersonal curiosity and its association with social and emotional skills and well-being during adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Research, 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584231162572

  • Way, N., & Nelson, J. D. (2018). The Listening Project: Fostering curiosity and connection in middle schools. In N. Way, A. Ali, C. Gilligan, & P. Noguera (Eds.), The crisis of connection: Causes, consequences, and solutions (pp. 274–298). New York University Press.

socialization

  • Cui, L., Sun, Q., Way, N., Waters, T. E. A., Li, X., Zhang, C., Zhang, G., Chen, X., Okazaki, S., & Yoshikawa, H. (2022). Prospective within-family bidirectional effects between parental emotion socialization practices and Chinese adolescents' psychosocial adjustment. Development and Psychopathology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457942200061X

  • McFadden, K. E., Puzio, A., Way, N., & Hughes, D. (2021). Mothers’ gender beliefs matter for adolescents’ academic achievement and engagement: An examination of ethnically diverse U.S. mothers and adolescents. Sex Roles, 84(3–4), 166–182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-020-01157-7

  • Harding, J. F., Hughes, D. L., & Way, N. (2017). Racial/ethnic differences in mothers’ socialization goals for their adolescents. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 23(2), 281–290. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000116

  • Way, N., Okazaki, S., Zhao, J., Chen, X., Yoshikawa, H., Jia, Y., & Deng, H. (2013). Social and emotional parenting: Mothering in a changing Chinese society. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 4(1), 61–70. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031204 

  • Tamis-LeMonda, C. S., Way, N., Hughes, D., Yoshikawa, H., Kalman, R. K., & Niwa, E. Y. (2007). Parents’ goals for children: The dynamic coexistence of individualism and collectivism in cultures and individuals. Social Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00419.x


Discrimination & Stereotypes

  • Way, N., & Rogers, L. O. (2017). Resistance to dehumanization during childhood and adolescence: A developmental and contextual process. In N. Budwig, E. Turiel, & P. D. Zelazo (Eds.), New Perspectives on Human Development (1st ed., pp. 229–257). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316282755.014

  • Hughes, D., Del Toro, J., Harding, J. F., Way, N., & Rarick, J. R. D. (2016). Trajectories of discrimination across adolescence: Associations with academic, psychological, and behavioral outcomes. Child Development, 87(5), 1337–1351. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12591

  • Rogers, L. O., & Way, N. (2016). “I have goals to prove all those people wrong and not fit into any one of those boxes”: Paths of resistance to stereotypes among Black adolescent males. Journal of Adolescent Research, 31(3), 263–298. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558415600071

  • Niwa, E. Y., Way, N., & Hughes, D. L. (2014). Trajectories of ethnic-racial discrimination among ethnically diverse early adolescents: Associations with psychological and social adjustment. Child Development, n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12310

  • Rogers, L. O., & Way, N. (2014). “They say Black men won’t make it, but I know I’m gonna make it”: Ethnic and racial identity development in the context of cultural stereotypes. In K. C. McLean & M. Syed (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development (pp. 269–285). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/s23gt

  • Way, N., Hernández, M. G., Rogers, L. O., & Hughes, D. L. (2013). “I’m not going to become no rapper”: Stereotypes as a context of ethnic and racial identity development. Journal of Adolescent Research, 28(4), 407–430. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558413480836

Friendships & Relationships

  • Niwa, E.Y., Rogers, L.O., & Way, N. (2016). Peer relationships in cultural context. In Balter, L., & Tamis-LeMonda, C.S. (Eds.). (2016). Child psychology: A handbook of contemporary issues (3rd ed.). Psychology Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315764931

  • Way, N. (2013). Boys’ friendships during adolescence: Intimacy, desire, and loss. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23(2), 201–213. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12047

  • Gupta, T., Way, N., McGill, R. K., Hughes, D., Santos, C., Jia, Y., Yoshikawa, H., Chen, X., & Deng, H. (2013). Gender-typed behaviors in friendships and well-being: A cross-cultural study of Chinese and American boys. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23(1), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00824.x 

  • Rogers, L. O., Niwa, E. Y., & Way, N. (2017). The friendships of racial-ethnic minority youth in context. In N. J. Cabrera & B. Leyendecker (Eds.), Handbook on positive development of minority children and youth (pp. 267–280). Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43645-6_16

  • Way, N., Santos, C. E., & Cordero, A. (2013). “Sometimes you need to spill your heart out to somebody”: Close friendships among Latino adolescent boys. In P. Noguera, Aída Hurtado, & E. Fergus (Eds.), Invisible No More (0 ed., pp. 267–288). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203813492-22

  • McGill, R. K., Way, N., & Hughes, D. (2012). Intra- and interracial best friendships during middle school: Links to social and emotional well-being. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22(4), 722–738. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00826.x

research Methodology

  • Yoshikawa, H., Weisner, T. S., Kalil, A., & Way, N. (2008). Mixing qualitative and quantitative research in developmental science: Uses and methodological choices. Developmental Psychology, 44(2), 344–354. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.44.2.344

  • Way, N. (2005). Striving for engagement: Reflections from a qualitative researcher. Journal of Adolescent Research, 20(5), 531–537. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558405278369