Nicole K Watkins

Biographic Data

ID375726
NAMENicole K Watkins
GIVEN NAMESNicole K
FAMILY NAMEWatkins
SIGNATUREWATKINS N K
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Scranton
ORCID0000-0001-7537-6211
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Parental Attachment for Emerging Adults in Psychiatric Residential Treatment

    Open AccessAlannah Shelby Rivers, Payne Winston‐lindeboom et al.ARTICLEThe Family Journal2026

    Some emerging adults (ages 18–29) develop severe psychological symptoms for which psychiatric residential treatment may be needed. Attachment theory suggests that experiences with caregivers have long-term effects on psychological well-being, but little is known about parental attachment for these residential emerging adults. The goal of the current study was to test an integrative model of parental attachment in relation to anxiety and depressiv…

  • Experiencing Parental Divorce During Emerging Adulthood and Depressive Symptom Trajectories for Males and Females

    Open AccessNicole K Watkins, Jonathon J Beckmeyer et al.ARTICLEEmerging Adulthood2025

    Although associations between parental divorce before children reach age 18 and increased risk of depression are well documented, less is known about when parental divorce occurs when children are emerging adults. Our study examined how change in parental marital status during emerging adulthood (EA) was associated with depressive symptom trajectories from adolescence through EA. Data were drawn from 2600 emerging adults, ages 18–25, who particip…

  • Adolescent residential treatment outcomes

    Open AccessPayne Winston-Lindeboom, Payne Winston‐lindeboom et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025References: 3

  • Exploring the associations between being single, romantic importance, and positive well‐being in young adulthood

    Open AccessNicole K Watkins, Jonathon J Beckmeyer et al.ARTICLEFamily Relations2024

  • “If you had the chance to like, not show people like a bad part of you… you would do it”

    Open AccessRoyette Tavernier, Danielle Greene et al.ARTICLEEmerging Adulthood2024

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, social media became an especially salient tool for interpersonal connections due to public policy limitations on in-person contact; but little is known about how emerging adults from various socio-demographic minority groups in the U.S. engaged with social media as a tool for identity construction during the pandemic. This qualitative interview study examined the role of social media engagement in perceptions of onli…

  • Attachment to parental figures in emerging adults from Brazil, India, and Nigeria

    Open AccessAlannah Shelby Rivers, Payne Winston-Lindeboom et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2024Cited by: 1References: 50

    Attachment theory suggests that experiences with parents and other caregivers are relevant for psychological functioning into adulthood, especially in relation to anxiety and depressive symptoms. However, this work has largely focused on Western countries and has often neglected relationships with paternal figures. The goal of the current study was to test four competing models of parental figure attachment (monotropy, only one attachment relates…

  • Perceived Efficacy in Initiating Romantic Relationships and Single Emerging Adults’ Well-Being

    Open AccessNicole K Watkins, Jonathon J BeckmeyerARTICLEEmerging Adulthood2023

    Using data from 313 single emerging adults living in the United States, we explored initiation-efficacy (i.e., perceived abilities related to initiating romantic relationships) and if it was associated with well-being (life satisfaction, happiness with romantic experiences, and loneliness). Most participants indicated that it is not easy to ask someone out or tell someone they are interested in them and talking with someone they have feelings for…

  • Examining the Direction of Effects Between Covid-19 Experiences, General Well-Being, Social Media Engagement, and Insomnia Symptoms Among University Students

    Open AccessRoyette Tavernier, Nicole K Watkins et al.ARTICLEEmerging Adulthood2021

    The present longitudinal study assessed the direction of effects between COVID-19 experiences, general well-being, socio-emotional motives for online communication, problematic social media use, and insomnia symptoms, among a sample of emerging adults at university. Participants ( N = 619; 64% female; 66% White) completed an online survey 5 months apart during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results from an autoregressive cross-lagged model showed that po…

  • Assessing Young Adults' Beliefs Regarding the Importance of Romantic Relationships

    Open AccessNicole K Watkins, Jonathon J BeckmeyerARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2020Cited by: 6References: 39

    In the current study, we provided initial evidence for the factor structure and validity of the Brief Measure of Relationship Importance, a new measure of young adults' beliefs about the values and costs of being in romantic relationships. Based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, this measure consisted of two subscales: relationship desire (two items; viewing relationships as important and satisfying parts of one's life) and relatio…

  • Timing of Remarriage Among Divorced and Widowed Parents

    Nicole K Watkins, Mary WaldronARTICLEJournal of Divorce & Remarriage2017

    Research on timing of parental remarriage is important to understanding consequences of remarriage for children. In this study, survival analyses were conducted predicting timing of parental remarriage from parental loss in a sample of 3,774 offspring whose parents divorced or whose mother or father died during childhood. Transition to remarriage was quicker for parents who divorced compared to those who were widowed, especially for fathers. By e…