Lindsay T Hoyt
Biographic Data
| ID | 244832 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lindsay T Hoyt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lindsay T |
| FAMILY NAME | Hoyt |
| SIGNATURE | HOYT L T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fordham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5465-4876 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 100 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 35 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A Sentiment Analysis Study on Gender and Racial Inequities in College Students’ Perceptions of the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated health inequities among emerging adult college students, and their experiences navigating intersectional systems of marginalization and institutional environments may have shaped their emotional wellbeing. We applied sentiment analysis of students’ reflections during the first 18 months of the pandemic to categorize and quantify the most common emotions, including by gender, race/ethnicity, and the type of instit…
Ethnic‐racial socialization and sociopolitical development among emerging adult college students of color
This study used multilevel growth modeling to examine associations between ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) and sociopolitical development among undergraduates of color (N = 125) attending predominantly White institutions during the 2016 United States presidential election. Across the election cycle, awareness of inequality increased, whereas civic action declined. Preparation for bias was associated with higher initial awareness of inequality a…
Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Latinx Youth’s Sociopolitical Development
The current study drew from sociopolitical development theory to examine the relations between ethnic-racial socialization and youths’ critical reflection and motivation. We also examined variability by reporter (adolescent or parent), youth’s age and gender, and familial immigrant status. Data derived from a sample of 290 Latinx families, including one adolescent ( M = 13.17 years; SD = 1.42) and one parent ( M = 40.02 years; SD = 6.27) in the U…
White Youths’ Allyship on Instagram During the 2020 Black Lives Matter Movement
During the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement resurgence in 2020, some white youth engaged in BLM-related allyship online. Using photovoice-inspired methodology and reflexive thematic analysis, we examined Instagram posts and reflections from 29 white youth with college experience (ages 18–22; 72% women; 7% transgender or gender diverse; 58% LGBQ+) from across the USA. First, we identified overarching content and motives for white youths’ posts. S…
Discriminatory experiences, critical consciousness development, and well-being among emerging adults in and beyond the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic
As part of the developmental stage of emerging adulthood, youth may cultivate critical consciousness (CC) to transform oppressive systems. CC development may be influenced by discriminatory experiences and may affect well-being. To better understand longitudinal CC development and its relationship to discrimination and well-being (i.e., perceived stress, anxiety, hopefulness), we studied a U.S. national longitudinal cohort of emerging adult colle…
Covid-19-Related Experiences and Perspectives of Peruvian College Students
The COVID-19 pandemic drastically affected higher education and higher education students around the world, but few studies of college students’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic have been conducted in Latin America. This study describes the COVID-19-related experiences and perspectives of Peruvian college students. We surveyed 3,427 full-time college students (average age: 23 years) attending a multi-campus Peruvian university in fall 202…
Navigating the Institutional Review Board and other institutional entities
Youth-led participatory action research (YPAR) engages young people as partners in rigorous research inquiry to guide and inform collective action. Scholars interested in YPAR have notable investment in social justice and activist values, which at times come in direct tensions within their doctoral training and/or professional roles within academia. One monumental hurdle in conducting YPAR is obtaining approval from the Institutional Review Board…
Who has to act? A qualitative exploration of emerging adults' critical consciousness during the Covid‐19 pandemic
The COVID‐19 pandemic and violence against people of Color during 2020 brought troubling racial inequities to the forefront of American discourse. In line with the Critical Consciousness (CC) and Social Justice Youth Development (SJYD) frameworks, emerging adults may have developed their capacity for critical reflection, motivation, and action against systemic inequities. We drew from interviews with 27 emerging adults (ages 18–23) across the US,…
White adolescents' racial contexts
This study takes a person-centered approach to investigate White youths' racial contexts by utilizing a latent profile analysis among a sample of White adolescents (N = 323, ages 16–17; 52% female, 48% male; data collected 1996–1998). Racial contexts were composed of parent, peer, and school influences, which revealed three distinct profiles: a Race Conscious profile, a Race Silent profile, and a Low Race Engagement profile. These profiles predic…
Sociopolitical Influences in Early Emerging Adult College Students’ Pandemic-Related Civic Engagement
The COVID-19 pandemic has had wide-ranging impacts on college-going emerging adults and their communities, which may prompt them to engage civically. Using spring 2020 survey data from a national sample of college students aged 18–22 ( N = 707), we document the prevalence of pandemic-related civic engagement as well as differences in engagement by sociopolitical perspectives. The majority of participants (70.4%) reported engaging civically at lea…
Emotional Distancing”
We analyzed qualitative data from 707 USA college students aged 18-22 in late April 2020 regarding if and how their relationships had changed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most (69%) participants experienced relationship changes, most of whom (77%) described negative changes: less overall contact, feeling disconnected, and increased tension, some of which was due to conflict over pandemic-related public health precautions. Physical dista…
Enacting maturity during adolescence
A challenge of early adolescence is the “developmental mismatch” between adolescents’ need for autonomy and the lack of opportunities to enact maturity via adult-like roles. We identified ways that young people enact maturity, from a youth perspective via focus groups (N = 41, aged 11–17 years), and used data to develop and test a new measure of enacting maturity (EM) using an online survey (N = 420; aged 11–18 years; 58.6% female; 49.5% White). …
Unsuitable’ environments
Exploring civic behaviors amongst college students in a year of national unrest
This study examined the role of demographics, civic beliefs, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in association with distinct forms of civic participation. College students were recruited across 10 institutions of higher education to complete an online survey. Bivariate, multivariable linear, and logistic regressions were performed. Findings indicated that participants from traditionally marginalized backgrounds were more likely to engage in …
Associations between critical consciousness and well‐being in a national sample of college students during the Covid‐19 pandemic
Critical consciousness (CC) may promote well-being, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a national survey of 707 college students conducted in April 2020, we first validated the Short Critical Consciousness Scale (ShoCCS) among youth groups not often specifically examined in CC measurement (i.e., Asian, immigrant-origin, LGBQ+, and women youth). Next, we examined associations between ShoCCS subscales and validated measures of both anxie…
“Constant Stress Has Become the New Normal”
Profiles of Childhood Maltreatment
This study examines associations between childhood maltreatment and developmental trajectories of sexual risk behaviors (SRBs) in a sample of 882 sexually active adolescent girls, predominantly Hispanic or Black, assessed every 6 months between 13 and 23 years. Latent profile analyses revealed four distinct maltreatment profiles: Low Maltreatment (76%), Moderate Emotional Neglect Only (15%), Severe Physical/Emotional Abuse (3%), and Severe Sexual…
Can White Guilt Motivate Action? The Role of Civic Beliefs
Applying a Developmental Lens to Youth-Led Participatory Action Research
In light of the increasing global population of young people, practitioners and policy makers face formidable challenges in promoting positive youth development and the successful transition to adulthood. Youth participatory research is one promising and rapidly growing approach for generating evidence to inform policy and intervention strategies to best serve youth populations. Here, we consider how developmental science contributes to our under…
A Descriptive Study of Covid-19–Related Experiences and Perspectives of a National Sample of College Students in Spring 2020
PURPOSE: This is one of the first surveys of a USA-wide sample of full-time college students about their COVID-19-related experiences in spring 2020. METHODS: We surveyed 725 full-time college students aged 18-22 years recruited via Instagram promotions on April 25-30, 2020. We inquired about their COVID-19-related experiences and perspectives, documented opportunities for transmission, and assessed COVID-19's perceived impacts to date. RESULTS: …
Do beliefs about sexual orientation predict voting behavior? Results from the 2016 U.S. presidential election
Timing of puberty in boys and girls
Puberty is marked by substantial increases and emerging sex differences in psychological disorders and risky behaviors. However, few studies have examined these effects beyond adolescence, and the previous literature has been dominated by samples of White girls. The current study examines the broadest known set of health sequelae related to traditional pubertal markers and peer-relative pubertal timing in a representative sample of 14,545 U.S. yo…
So Much to Do Before I Sleep
Adolescent sleep deprivation is a pressing public health issue in the United States as well as other countries. The contexts of adolescents' lives are changing rapidly, but little is known about the factors that adolescents themselves believe affect their sleep. This study uses a social-ecological framework to investigate multiple levels of perceived influence on sleep patterns of urban adolescents. Data were drawn from interviews and surveys con…
Impacts of Adolescent and Young Adult Civic Engagement on Health and Socioeconomic Status in Adulthood
The present study examines links between civic engagement (voting, volunteering, and activism) during late adolescence and early adulthood, and socioeconomic status and mental and physical health in adulthood. Using nationally representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, a propensity score matching approach is used to rigorously estimate how civic engagement is associated with outcomes among 9,471 adoles…
Participatory approaches to youth civic development in multicultural societies
Young people across the globe are developing civic beliefs and participating in society in diverse and multicultural contexts. Participatory approaches to civic development are designed to teach civics through authentic civic experiences. This chapter will highlight two participatory approaches: youth participatory action research (YPAR) and action civics (AC). Theory and evidence for both approaches is reviewed and illustrative case studies are …
Adolescents' expectations for the future predict health behaviors in early adulthood
Timing of puberty in boys and girls
Puberty is marked by substantial increases and emerging sex differences in psychological disorders and risky behaviors. However, few studies have examined these effects beyond adolescence, and the previous literature has been dominated by samples of White girls. The current study examines the broadest known set of health sequelae related to traditional pubertal markers and peer-relative pubertal timing in a representative sample of 14,545 U.S. yo…
Can White Guilt Motivate Action? The Role of Civic Beliefs
Puberty and perimenopause
Latino early adolescents’ psychological and physiological responses during the 2016 U.S. presidential election
This study provides preliminary evidence that macrolevel factors, such as the recent presidential election, may relate to adolescents' daily stress physiology. Further research is needed to better understand adolescents' responses to sociopolitical change. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Who has to act? A qualitative exploration of emerging adults' critical consciousness during the Covid‐19 pandemic
The COVID‐19 pandemic and violence against people of Color during 2020 brought troubling racial inequities to the forefront of American discourse. In line with the Critical Consciousness (CC) and Social Justice Youth Development (SJYD) frameworks, emerging adults may have developed their capacity for critical reflection, motivation, and action against systemic inequities. We drew from interviews with 27 emerging adults (ages 18–23) across the US,…
Developmental Trajectories of Executive Functioning and Puberty in Boys and Girls
Associations between critical consciousness and well‐being in a national sample of college students during the Covid‐19 pandemic
Critical consciousness (CC) may promote well-being, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a national survey of 707 college students conducted in April 2020, we first validated the Short Critical Consciousness Scale (ShoCCS) among youth groups not often specifically examined in CC measurement (i.e., Asian, immigrant-origin, LGBQ+, and women youth). Next, we examined associations between ShoCCS subscales and validated measures of both anxie…
Applying a Developmental Lens to Youth-Led Participatory Action Research
In light of the increasing global population of young people, practitioners and policy makers face formidable challenges in promoting positive youth development and the successful transition to adulthood. Youth participatory research is one promising and rapidly growing approach for generating evidence to inform policy and intervention strategies to best serve youth populations. Here, we consider how developmental science contributes to our under…
The long arm of childhood
The current study examines the extent to which participation in preschool at age 4 is associated with blood pressure, body mass index, and awakening cortisol at age 15. We capitalize on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development to examine differences in adolescent health among children who attended preschool, parental care, or home-based care at age 4 (n = 742). Using qu…
Exploring civic behaviors amongst college students in a year of national unrest
This study examined the role of demographics, civic beliefs, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in association with distinct forms of civic participation. College students were recruited across 10 institutions of higher education to complete an online survey. Bivariate, multivariable linear, and logistic regressions were performed. Findings indicated that participants from traditionally marginalized backgrounds were more likely to engage in …
Discriminatory experiences, critical consciousness development, and well-being among emerging adults in and beyond the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic
As part of the developmental stage of emerging adulthood, youth may cultivate critical consciousness (CC) to transform oppressive systems. CC development may be influenced by discriminatory experiences and may affect well-being. To better understand longitudinal CC development and its relationship to discrimination and well-being (i.e., perceived stress, anxiety, hopefulness), we studied a U.S. national longitudinal cohort of emerging adult colle…
Do beliefs about sexual orientation predict voting behavior? Results from the 2016 U.S. presidential election
So Much to Do Before I Sleep
Adolescent sleep deprivation is a pressing public health issue in the United States as well as other countries. The contexts of adolescents' lives are changing rapidly, but little is known about the factors that adolescents themselves believe affect their sleep. This study uses a social-ecological framework to investigate multiple levels of perceived influence on sleep patterns of urban adolescents. Data were drawn from interviews and surveys con…
Adolescent Sleep Barriers
Adolescents' expectations for the future predict health behaviors in early adulthood
Positive Youth, Healthy Adults
Positive and Negative Affect and Arousal
OBJECTIVES: Psychobiological research with adolescent populations tends to focus on negative mood, stress, and psychopathology, but the role of positive emotions is insufficiently understood. The current study examines the relative contributions of both negative and positive affective experiences to the basal activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, measured by levels of cortisol across the waking day. METHODS: A sample of 315 ethnica…
Puberty and perimenopause
Positive upshots of cortisol in everyday life
Cortisol, the major physiological end product of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, is usually associated with stress and negative affect. However, a new body of research highlights the complex, adaptive significance of elevated cortisol within individuals in everyday life. Whereas most studies do not have the power to test the dynamic transactions between cortisol and affect within a person throughout the entire waking day, we employed an …
The long arm of childhood
The current study examines the extent to which participation in preschool at age 4 is associated with blood pressure, body mass index, and awakening cortisol at age 15. We capitalize on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development to examine differences in adolescent health among children who attended preschool, parental care, or home-based care at age 4 (n = 742). Using qu…
Adolescent Sleep Barriers
Impacts of Adolescent and Young Adult Civic Engagement on Health and Socioeconomic Status in Adulthood
The present study examines links between civic engagement (voting, volunteering, and activism) during late adolescence and early adulthood, and socioeconomic status and mental and physical health in adulthood. Using nationally representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, a propensity score matching approach is used to rigorously estimate how civic engagement is associated with outcomes among 9,471 adoles…
Participatory approaches to youth civic development in multicultural societies
Young people across the globe are developing civic beliefs and participating in society in diverse and multicultural contexts. Participatory approaches to civic development are designed to teach civics through authentic civic experiences. This chapter will highlight two participatory approaches: youth participatory action research (YPAR) and action civics (AC). Theory and evidence for both approaches is reviewed and illustrative case studies are …
Next Steps in Puberty Research
Decades of puberty research have yielded key scientific discoveries. Building on the field's rich history, we highlight four understudied populations: youth of color, boys, sexual minority youth, and gender minority youth. We explore why scientific study has been slow to evolve in these groups and propose paths forward for exciting new work. For ethnically racially diverse youth, we discuss the need to incorporate culture and context. For boys, w…
Latino early adolescents’ psychological and physiological responses during the 2016 U.S. presidential election
This study provides preliminary evidence that macrolevel factors, such as the recent presidential election, may relate to adolescents' daily stress physiology. Further research is needed to better understand adolescents' responses to sociopolitical change. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Developmental Trajectories of Executive Functioning and Puberty in Boys and Girls
A Descriptive Study of Covid-19–Related Experiences and Perspectives of a National Sample of College Students in Spring 2020
PURPOSE: This is one of the first surveys of a USA-wide sample of full-time college students about their COVID-19-related experiences in spring 2020. METHODS: We surveyed 725 full-time college students aged 18-22 years recruited via Instagram promotions on April 25-30, 2020. We inquired about their COVID-19-related experiences and perspectives, documented opportunities for transmission, and assessed COVID-19's perceived impacts to date. RESULTS: …
Do beliefs about sexual orientation predict voting behavior? Results from the 2016 U.S. presidential election
Timing of puberty in boys and girls
Puberty is marked by substantial increases and emerging sex differences in psychological disorders and risky behaviors. However, few studies have examined these effects beyond adolescence, and the previous literature has been dominated by samples of White girls. The current study examines the broadest known set of health sequelae related to traditional pubertal markers and peer-relative pubertal timing in a representative sample of 14,545 U.S. yo…
So Much to Do Before I Sleep
Adolescent sleep deprivation is a pressing public health issue in the United States as well as other countries. The contexts of adolescents' lives are changing rapidly, but little is known about the factors that adolescents themselves believe affect their sleep. This study uses a social-ecological framework to investigate multiple levels of perceived influence on sleep patterns of urban adolescents. Data were drawn from interviews and surveys con…
“Constant Stress Has Become the New Normal”
Profiles of Childhood Maltreatment
This study examines associations between childhood maltreatment and developmental trajectories of sexual risk behaviors (SRBs) in a sample of 882 sexually active adolescent girls, predominantly Hispanic or Black, assessed every 6 months between 13 and 23 years. Latent profile analyses revealed four distinct maltreatment profiles: Low Maltreatment (76%), Moderate Emotional Neglect Only (15%), Severe Physical/Emotional Abuse (3%), and Severe Sexual…
Can White Guilt Motivate Action? The Role of Civic Beliefs
Applying a Developmental Lens to Youth-Led Participatory Action Research
In light of the increasing global population of young people, practitioners and policy makers face formidable challenges in promoting positive youth development and the successful transition to adulthood. Youth participatory research is one promising and rapidly growing approach for generating evidence to inform policy and intervention strategies to best serve youth populations. Here, we consider how developmental science contributes to our under…
White adolescents' racial contexts
This study takes a person-centered approach to investigate White youths' racial contexts by utilizing a latent profile analysis among a sample of White adolescents (N = 323, ages 16–17; 52% female, 48% male; data collected 1996–1998). Racial contexts were composed of parent, peer, and school influences, which revealed three distinct profiles: a Race Conscious profile, a Race Silent profile, and a Low Race Engagement profile. These profiles predic…
Sociopolitical Influences in Early Emerging Adult College Students’ Pandemic-Related Civic Engagement
The COVID-19 pandemic has had wide-ranging impacts on college-going emerging adults and their communities, which may prompt them to engage civically. Using spring 2020 survey data from a national sample of college students aged 18–22 ( N = 707), we document the prevalence of pandemic-related civic engagement as well as differences in engagement by sociopolitical perspectives. The majority of participants (70.4%) reported engaging civically at lea…
Emotional Distancing”
We analyzed qualitative data from 707 USA college students aged 18-22 in late April 2020 regarding if and how their relationships had changed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most (69%) participants experienced relationship changes, most of whom (77%) described negative changes: less overall contact, feeling disconnected, and increased tension, some of which was due to conflict over pandemic-related public health precautions. Physical dista…
Enacting maturity during adolescence
A challenge of early adolescence is the “developmental mismatch” between adolescents’ need for autonomy and the lack of opportunities to enact maturity via adult-like roles. We identified ways that young people enact maturity, from a youth perspective via focus groups (N = 41, aged 11–17 years), and used data to develop and test a new measure of enacting maturity (EM) using an online survey (N = 420; aged 11–18 years; 58.6% female; 49.5% White). …
Unsuitable’ environments
Psychology (29 works) · Developmental psychology (18 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Youth Development and Social Support (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Pandemic (8 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (7 works)