Jonathon J Beckmeyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 770942 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathon J Beckmeyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathon J |
| FAMILY NAME | Beckmeyer |
| SIGNATURE | BECKMEYER J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | West Virginia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5233-6361 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Exploring the Role of Satisfaction With Love, Education, Work, and Leisure in Flourishing During Emerging Adulthood and Early Established Adulthood
Using data from 857 young adults (18 to 35 years-old), we explored how satisfaction with education, work, romantic, and leisure experiences were associated with flourishing. We found associations between satisfaction and flourishing, even when accounting for having completed salient developmental tasks related to education, work, romantic relationships, and leisure. Although we did not find that gender (cisgender women compared to cisgender men) …
Adolescents’ Experiences with Romantic Activities: A Typology Approach and Associations with Well-Being
The purpose of this study was to provide adolescent researchers and those who work with adolescents in applied contexts with a picture of contemporary adolescents’ romantic involvement. Data were from 354 adolescents (15 to 18 years-old), living in the United States. We conducted a latent profile analysis of nine romantic activities, identifying three patterns of romantic involvement: romantic explorers; abstainers; and digitally and dyadically e…
Experiencing Parental Divorce During Emerging Adulthood and Depressive Symptom Trajectories for Males and Females
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…
Examining equifinality and multifinality using outcome‐partitioned person‐centered analyses: A proof‐of‐concept with youth developmental assets and health
Early general systems theorists proposed a key difference between living systems and physical systems is the widespread presence of equifinality and multifinality among living organisms. That is, in living systems, there are often variable pathways to the same outcomes (equifinality), or the same starting conditions can lead to disparate outcomes (multifinality). Family scientists, however, frequently use methods (adapted from the physical scienc…
Positive Youth Development for Youth Living in Structurally Diverse Families
Research on family structure diversity and youth well‐being has largely aligned with deficit orientations, emphasizing that living in structurally diverse families is a potential risk‐factor for youth well‐being and development. In this article, I advocate for increased strengths‐based scholarship on youth living in structurally diverse families by centering this research with positive youth development (PYD) frameworks. Broadly, PYD frameworks o…
Identifying a typology of helpful post‐divorce family assets: Implications for divorce education
Divorce education programs seek to provide parents with information about various aspects of the divorce process, its consequences, and strategies for successful adjustment. Within those broad content areas, however, there are myriad of potential promotive‐, protective‐, and risk‐factors that programs could address. Thus, divorce education programs could benefit from further guidance about the content areas divorcing parents may find the most hel…
Rethinking utility in divorce education: Use of multi‐program evaluation data to uncover markers of post‐divorce adjustment
For children in the United States, family instability following parental relationship dissolution is common and efforts to promote effective post‐divorce co‐parenting arrangements have grown substantially in recent decades. To help families navigate transitions through the divorce process, most states require divorcing parents to complete divorce education programming. In the present study we used pre‐post data from three divorce education progra…
Parental Alcohol Communication and Student Drinking: Examining Potential Differences between Underage and Legal Drinking Age Students
BACKGROUND: We explored associations between parental alcohol communication (PCA) and student drinking behavior and protective behavioral strategies (PBS) use. METHODS: = 251) completed an anonymous online survey in Fall 2021. Participants reported frequency of discussing 14 alcohol-related topics with parents, past 30-day drinking behaviors, and PBS use. RESULTS: We identified two forms of PCA: general alcohol information and alcohol risk inform…
Contextualizing singlehood among young adults: Exploring the meanings and perceived reasons for being single
Exploring the associations between being single, romantic importance, and positive well‐being in young adulthood
Characteristics of adolescent romantic partnerships and their associations with partnership qualities
The purpose of our study was to identify characteristics of adolescents’ romantic partnerships that are associated with the quality of those partnerships. 101 romantically involved adolescents (15 to 18 years old, 47.5% female) were recruited from Qualtrics Panel Services for an online, cross-sectional study of family and social relationships. Most adolescents had same-age and different-gender romantic partners, lived geographically close to thei…
Positive and Negative Experiences in Adolescent Romantic Partnerships: Implications for Well-Being
Bridging Parental Conflict: Findings from a Parent Education Course Developed by Family Therapists Working with High-Conflict Coparents
Divorced Coparents’ Experiences during the Early Phase of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Using data collected from divorced parents (N = 491; 49.7% mothers) during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, March 31st through April 3rd 2020, we evaluated divorced parents’ perceptions of how the COVID-19 pandemic was affecting their post-divorce coparenting relationships. Overall, 67.8% of parents reported no impacts of the pandemic on their coparenting relationship, with 21% reporting a negative effect, and 9% a positive effect. Coparenting…
Perceived Efficacy in Initiating Romantic Relationships and Single Emerging Adults’ Well-Being
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…
Understanding singlehood as a complex and multifaceted experience: Insights from relationship science
Singlehood is often framed as not being in a relationship and treated as the referent category in research on the impacts of romantic involvement. However, growing research illustrates the multifaceted and complex experience of singlehood. Within our own research on the interconnections between romantic and individual development during young adulthood, the diverse nature of singlehood has emerged despite not being an initial focus of our researc…
Sexting and the Dynamics of Emerging Adults’ Romantic Partnerships
Can't You See I'm Getting Bored? The Social Context as a Moderator of Adolescent Leisure Boredom and Alcohol Use
The current study sought to better understand how leisure boredom is associated with alcohol use and how peer factors moderated the relationship between state and trait leisure boredom and past month alcohol use. The 2004 to 2008 multi-cohort study sample included 3,837 high school students (50% female; 91% mixed race; Mage = 14 years; SD = .83) in the Cape Town area of South Africa. Results of generalized multilevel models found peer factors (ti…
“It Was Just Really Hard to Be Pregnant in a Smaller Town …”: Pregnant and Parenting Teenagers’ Perspectives of Social Support in Their Rural Communities
Teenage pregnancy has a history of being a "social problem" in the United States, with there being higher rates in rural communities. Social support, a contributor to improving mental health outcomes, can significantly impact a teenager's pregnancy and parenting experience. Using House's (1981) social support framework, this study explores the teenagers' perceptions of how their rural community reacted and responded to them as pregnant and parent…
Empowering, Pragmatic, or Disappointing: Appraisals of Singlehood During Emerging and Established Adulthood
Although singlehood is common during emerging and established adulthood, it is often positioned as less desirable than being partnered. Using data from 168 single emerging (18-29 years-old) and established (30-35 years-old) adults from the United States, we explored how they appraised being single (i.e., viewing singlehood as empowering, allowing for personal goals, and/or being disappointing) and explored how demographic, romantic, and well-bein…
Sex and Relationships Pre- and Early- Covid-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Probability Sample of U.S. Undergraduate Students
Domains of Ongoing Communication Between Former Spouses: Associations With Parenting Stress and Children's Post-Divorce Well-Being
Using data from 708 divorced parents (52.4% mothers), we examined how ongoing communication (i.e., topics and frequency of communication) with former spouses was associated with parenting stress and child internalizing and externalizing behavior. Based on hierarchical multiple regression models, ongoing communication was not associated with parenting stress but was associated with child externalizing and internalizing behavior. Specifically, comm…
A Multidimensional Perspective on Former Spouses' Ongoing Relationships: Associations With Children's Postdivorce Well‐Being
Objective To determine which aspects of divorced parents' ongoing relationships with their former spouses were associated with children's and youth's postdivorce well‐being. Background Research on the associations between former spousal relationships and children's postdivorce well‐being has focused extensively on postdivorce coparenting, with less emphasis on other aspects of these multidimensional relationships. Method Divorced parents ( N = 64…
Lessons From the Field: Developing a Multisite Divorce Education Evaluation Tool
Objective In this Lessons from the Field, we describe the lessons we learned from developing the Divorce Education Assessment Collaborative (DEAC) and creating a longitudinal evaluation plan for divorce education programs across geographically, programmatically, and format‐diverse programs. Background Although divorce education programs are commonly mandated for divorcing parents, variability in program content, format, and design can make it dif…
Identifying a Typology of Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships: Implications for Relationship Education
Objective Our objective was to use multiple romantic relationship dimensions to identify a typology of emerging adult romantic relationships. Background Emerging adult romantic relationships vary in terms of their relational dynamics, emotional and physical intimacy, and commitment. Understanding the diversity in emerging adult romantic relationships is crucial for developing effective relationship education for emerging adults as they make decis…
Sex and Relationships Pre- and Early- Covid-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Probability Sample of U.S. Undergraduate Students
The Prevalence of Using Pornography for Information About How to Have Sex: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey of U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults
Understanding singlehood as a complex and multifaceted experience: Insights from relationship science
Singlehood is often framed as not being in a relationship and treated as the referent category in research on the impacts of romantic involvement. However, growing research illustrates the multifaceted and complex experience of singlehood. Within our own research on the interconnections between romantic and individual development during young adulthood, the diverse nature of singlehood has emerged despite not being an initial focus of our researc…
Communication technology use in post-divorce coparenting relationships: A typology and associations with post-divorce adjustment
Divorced parents are increasingly expected to carry out shared physical custody of minor children by maintaining ongoing communication with their ex-spouse. Digital and cellular technologies have created new mediums for divorced parents to carry out communication (e.g., texting, email, and social media). In this study, we identified a typology of divorced parents' use of five communication mediums with their former spouse using latent class analy…
Assessing Young Adults' Beliefs Regarding the Importance of Romantic Relationships
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…
Postdivorce Coparenting Relationships and Parent-Youth Relationships: Are Repartnership and Parent-Youth Contact Moderators
Using data from 392 divorced mothers and fathers, living in the United States, with a child between 10 and 18 years old, we first identified three types of postdivorce coparenting relationships ( cooperative, moderately engaged, and conflictual and disengaged) based on coparenting communication, cooperation, and conflict. We then tested if three aspects of parent-youth relationships differed between those groups. Parental warmth and support, pare…
Experiences With Coparenting Scale: A Semantic Differential Measure of Postdivorce Coparenting Satisfaction
Using data from 280 divorced or separated parents, we provide initial evidence of the psychometric properties and validity of the Experiences with Coparenting Scale (ECS), an 11-item semantic differential measure of divorced parents' satisfaction with their coparenting relationships. The ECS consisted of a single factor with high internal reliability. ECS scores were significantly associated with self-reported coparenting behaviors and intentions…
Preconception Motivation and Pregnancy Wantedness: Pathways to Toddler Attachment Security
This research was designed to increase our understanding of how the motivational antecedents to childbearing and emotional responses to pregnancy affect the subsequent attachment bond of a toddler to his or her mother. Using a sample of 1,364 mothers and their newborns from the Study of Early Child Care, we tested a mother-child influence framework hypothesized to mediate between the mother's preconception motivation and pregnancy wantedness and …
Family Structure and Family Management Practices: Associations With Positive Aspects of Youth Well-Being
Using data from a national sample of 15-year-olds ( N = 681), we tested if four family management practices (parental knowledge, behavioral control, parental academic involvement, and unsupervised time with peers) differed between family structures (i.e., biological-parent, stepfather, or single-mother family). We then identified the family management practices associated with positive youth well-being (psychosocial maturity, positive friendship …
Sexting and the Dynamics of Emerging Adults’ Romantic Partnerships
Can't You See I'm Getting Bored? The Social Context as a Moderator of Adolescent Leisure Boredom and Alcohol Use
The current study sought to better understand how leisure boredom is associated with alcohol use and how peer factors moderated the relationship between state and trait leisure boredom and past month alcohol use. The 2004 to 2008 multi-cohort study sample included 3,837 high school students (50% female; 91% mixed race; Mage = 14 years; SD = .83) in the Cape Town area of South Africa. Results of generalized multilevel models found peer factors (ti…
Sexting with Romantic Partners During College: Who Does It, Who Doesn’t and Who Wants To
Pleasure During Adolescents’ Most Recent Partnered Sexual Experience: Findings from a U.S. Probability Survey
Positive and Negative Experiences in Adolescent Romantic Partnerships: Implications for Well-Being
Do Adolescents and Young Adults Learn About Condoms from Healthcare Providers? Findings from a US Probability Sample
Preconception Motivation and Pregnancy Wantedness: Pathways to Toddler Attachment Security
This research was designed to increase our understanding of how the motivational antecedents to childbearing and emotional responses to pregnancy affect the subsequent attachment bond of a toddler to his or her mother. Using a sample of 1,364 mothers and their newborns from the Study of Early Child Care, we tested a mother-child influence framework hypothesized to mediate between the mother's preconception motivation and pregnancy wantedness and …
Identifying Demographic and Attitudinal Correlates of Young Adults’ Safer-Sex Self-Efficacy
Objectives: Using data from young-adult college students (N = 207), we identifieddemographic and attitudinal correlates of safer-sex self-efficacy. Female respondents reported higher levels of safer-sex self-efficacy than males. Methods: Participants completed a self-report survey about their sexual attitudes, values, and experiences.Results: In regression analyses only, the importance of safer-sex practices was related tosafer sex self-efficacy …
Using biological samples for youth Atod survey validation
Objective: To identify the conditions under which (1) youth would prefer to participate and (2) parents would allow their child to participate in the collection of biological samples for the purposes of validating a self-report alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) survey. Design: Focus groups were held with youth in grades six through 12 and parents of youth entering those grades in the pending academic year. Setting: This study was conducted …
Experiences With Coparenting Scale: A Semantic Differential Measure of Postdivorce Coparenting Satisfaction
Using data from 280 divorced or separated parents, we provide initial evidence of the psychometric properties and validity of the Experiences with Coparenting Scale (ECS), an 11-item semantic differential measure of divorced parents' satisfaction with their coparenting relationships. The ECS consisted of a single factor with high internal reliability. ECS scores were significantly associated with self-reported coparenting behaviors and intentions…
Parenting from Prison
Due to the rapid growth of prison populations over the past 25 years, scholars have more recently turned their attention to the issue of parental separation as a result of incarceration. Parental separation as a result of incarceration is a potentially adverse childhood experience affecting at least 1.7 million children and adolescents. In this chapter, the authors provide a contextualized discussion of parenting from prison. First, the authors s…
Romantic Relationship Status and Emerging Adult Well-Being: Accounting for Romantic Relationship Interest
Using data from 744 unmarried emerging adults, we tested the associations between their romantic relationship status and well-being while accounting for single participants’ romantic relationship interest. Specifically, we compared the depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, and loneliness of those who were (1) romantically involved, (2) single not/slightly interested in a romantic relationship, and (3) single very interested in a romantic relati…
Family Structure and Family Management Practices: Associations With Positive Aspects of Youth Well-Being
Using data from a national sample of 15-year-olds ( N = 681), we tested if four family management practices (parental knowledge, behavioral control, parental academic involvement, and unsupervised time with peers) differed between family structures (i.e., biological-parent, stepfather, or single-mother family). We then identified the family management practices associated with positive youth well-being (psychosocial maturity, positive friendship …
Postdivorce Coparenting Relationships and Parent-Youth Relationships: Are Repartnership and Parent-Youth Contact Moderators
Using data from 392 divorced mothers and fathers, living in the United States, with a child between 10 and 18 years old, we first identified three types of postdivorce coparenting relationships ( cooperative, moderately engaged, and conflictual and disengaged) based on coparenting communication, cooperation, and conflict. We then tested if three aspects of parent-youth relationships differed between those groups. Parental warmth and support, pare…
Exploring the associations between middle adolescent romantic activity and positive youth development
Overall, results supported the expectation that romantic involvement is associated with PYD during middle adolescence. However, the potential benefits of romantic involvement may be limited to the on-time romantic activities of romantic socializing and dating.
Parental Academic Involvement and Youth Well-Being in Post-Divorce Families
Using data from 340 divorced parents (58.2% mothers) with a child between 10- and 18-years-old, we tested if parental academic involvement was associated with youth post-divorce well-being. Results demonstrated that mothers’ academic involvement was associated with less youth internalizing and externalizing behavior. Additionally, fathers’ academic involvement was associated with less youth externalizing behavior. We also tested if parental warmt…
Assessing Young Adults' Beliefs Regarding the Importance of Romantic Relationships
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…
A Multidimensional Perspective on Former Spouses' Ongoing Relationships: Associations With Children's Postdivorce Well‐Being
Objective To determine which aspects of divorced parents' ongoing relationships with their former spouses were associated with children's and youth's postdivorce well‐being. Background Research on the associations between former spousal relationships and children's postdivorce well‐being has focused extensively on postdivorce coparenting, with less emphasis on other aspects of these multidimensional relationships. Method Divorced parents ( N = 64…
Lessons From the Field: Developing a Multisite Divorce Education Evaluation Tool
Objective In this Lessons from the Field, we describe the lessons we learned from developing the Divorce Education Assessment Collaborative (DEAC) and creating a longitudinal evaluation plan for divorce education programs across geographically, programmatically, and format‐diverse programs. Background Although divorce education programs are commonly mandated for divorcing parents, variability in program content, format, and design can make it dif…
Identifying a Typology of Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships: Implications for Relationship Education
Objective Our objective was to use multiple romantic relationship dimensions to identify a typology of emerging adult romantic relationships. Background Emerging adult romantic relationships vary in terms of their relational dynamics, emotional and physical intimacy, and commitment. Understanding the diversity in emerging adult romantic relationships is crucial for developing effective relationship education for emerging adults as they make decis…
Feeling Stuck: Exploring the Development of Felt Constraint in Romantic Relationships
Objective This research investigates the processes leading to felt constraint in romantic relationships. Background Romantic commitment can be driven by a genuine desire to remain romantically involved with a partner, or it can be motivated by real or perceived constraints (e.g., shared property, psychological control or coercion, perceived obligations to one's partner) that make leaving relationships challenging. When relationship commitment and…
What Is Rough Sex, Who Does It, and Who Likes It? Findings from a Probability Sample of U.S. Undergraduate Students
Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Users’ Knowledge, Conversations with Healthcare Providers, and Condom Use: Findings from a U.S. Nationally Representative Probability Survey
Objectives To describe long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) users’ knowledge, patient-provider interactions, and condom use associated with LARC use. Methods: Data are from the 2018 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, a probability survey of Americans aged 14–49. Results: Of 1,451 sexually active women, 11.2% used intrauterine devices, and 3.1% used implants. Approximately 19-26% of LARC users reported inaccurately on LARC longe…
Do Adolescents and Young Adults Learn About Condoms from Healthcare Providers? Findings from a US Probability Sample
Sexting with Romantic Partners During College: Who Does It, Who Doesn’t and Who Wants To
Pleasure During Adolescents’ Most Recent Partnered Sexual Experience: Findings from a U.S. Probability Survey
The Prevalence of Using Pornography for Information About How to Have Sex: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey of U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults
Communication technology use in post-divorce coparenting relationships: A typology and associations with post-divorce adjustment
Divorced parents are increasingly expected to carry out shared physical custody of minor children by maintaining ongoing communication with their ex-spouse. Digital and cellular technologies have created new mediums for divorced parents to carry out communication (e.g., texting, email, and social media). In this study, we identified a typology of divorced parents' use of five communication mediums with their former spouse using latent class analy…
“It Was Just Really Hard to Be Pregnant in a Smaller Town …”: Pregnant and Parenting Teenagers’ Perspectives of Social Support in Their Rural Communities
Teenage pregnancy has a history of being a "social problem" in the United States, with there being higher rates in rural communities. Social support, a contributor to improving mental health outcomes, can significantly impact a teenager's pregnancy and parenting experience. Using House's (1981) social support framework, this study explores the teenagers' perceptions of how their rural community reacted and responded to them as pregnant and parent…
Empowering, Pragmatic, or Disappointing: Appraisals of Singlehood During Emerging and Established Adulthood
Although singlehood is common during emerging and established adulthood, it is often positioned as less desirable than being partnered. Using data from 168 single emerging (18-29 years-old) and established (30-35 years-old) adults from the United States, we explored how they appraised being single (i.e., viewing singlehood as empowering, allowing for personal goals, and/or being disappointing) and explored how demographic, romantic, and well-bein…
Sex and Relationships Pre- and Early- Covid-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Probability Sample of U.S. Undergraduate Students
Psychology (38 works) · Developmental psychology (33 works) · Social Psychology (27 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (22 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (19 works) · Romance (14 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (9 works)