Publications

Publications in international scientific journals

 

In press 

De Lise, F., Bacaro, V., & Crocetti, E. (2024). Don’t sleep on identity: Longitudinal associations between identity and sleep quality in adolescents with different cultural backgrounds. Applied Developmental Science, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2024.2435392

McAndrew, C. A., Eckstein, K., Maratia, F., Noack, P., Rubini, M., Crocetti, E. (2026). Teachers’ job commitment matters! Longitudinal evidence on the role of identity facets in facilitating classroom cultural diversity climate. Identity. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2026.2695597 

2026

Bobba, B., Yang, H., Prati, F., & Crocetti, E. (2026). Where is your best friend from? Implications of intragroup and intergroup friendships for adolescents’ identity and well-being. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 43(7), 1902-1935. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075261420515 

Bonechi, C., Crocetti, E., & Rubini, M. (2026). Portrayal of immigrants in Italian newspapers: The role of linguistic abstraction and valence of terms. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 45(3), 485-509. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X251413717  

Crocetti, E. (2026). Adolescent identity development processes, implications, and interventions. Nature Reviews Psychology, 5, 441–457. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-026-00569-8 

Crocetti, E., & Meeus, W. (2026). The Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS): Its origins and applications across domains, contexts, and times, Identity, 26(3), 216–235. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2026.2679957

De Lise, F., Klimstra, T., Johnson, S. & Crocetti, E. (2026). Going out of the comfort zone: A longitudinal mixed-methods analysis of adolescents’ identity development around study abroad experiences. Identity, 26(1), 18–41. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2025.2479817 

De Lise, F., Vignoles, V. L., Costin, V., & Crocetti, E. (2026). Identity motives and subjective well-being: Disentangling their longitudinal associations. European Journal of Personality, 40(2), 286-308. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251346369 

Maratia, F., Arcadu, M., & Crocetti, E. (2026). Exploring migrant integration through local governance: A mixed-method study with local administrators in Italy. Social Policy & Administration, 60(5), 926–940. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.70057 

Maratia, F., & Crocetti, E. (2026). If I know myself, I can welcome you: Identity roots of intergroup solidarity. Journal of Adolescence, 98(5) 1465-1478. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70154 

Mayer, A.M., Bobba, B., Jugert, P., Crocetti, E. (2026). Young Europeans – The interplay between short- and medium-term development of European identification across adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 55, 196–210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-025-02256-y  

Pagano, M., Bacaro, V., & Crocetti, E. (2026). Sleeping in multicultural societies: The longitudinal interplay between adolescents’ sleep health and intercultural interactions. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 26(1), 100680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2026.100680 

Yang, H., Bobba, B., Prati, F., & Crocetti, E. (2026). Intergroup, intragroup, and changing best friendships: Implications for prejudice and attitudes toward integration in ethnic majority and minority adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 55(7), 1789–1803. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-026-02354-5 

2025

Bacaro, V., De Lise, F., Natale, V., Tonetti, L., & Crocetti, E. (2025). Night owls and early birds: The role of adolescents’ chronotype on educational identity trajectories. International Journal of Psychology, 60(5), e70108. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70108 

Bobba, B. & Crocetti, E. (2025). The toll of prejudice: The longitudinal interplay between ethnic prejudice and well-being in adolescence. European Journal of Personality, 39(4), 614-634. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070241289965 

Crocetti, E., De Lise, F., Pagano, M., Bobba, B., Maratia, F., Meeus, W., & Bacaro, V. (2025). What’s your vocation? A meta-analysis of interventions tackling youth educational and professional identity. Identity, 25(2), 197–215. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2024.2394861  

Crocetti, E., Pagano, M., De Lise, F., Maratia, F., Bobba, B., Meeus, W., & Bacaro, V. (2025). Promoting adolescents’ personal and social identities: A meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions. Identity, 25(2), 167–196. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2024.2394888 

Maratia, F., Bobba, B., Cohen, A., Kwanele, B., Norris, A., Lizárraga, J. R., Elsinbawi, M., & Crocetti, E. (2025). From inclusive schools to inclusive societies: School diversity climate and adolescents' academic achievement and social well-being. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 108, 102215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102215 

Natale, V., Andreose, A., Bacaro, V., Giovagnoli, S., Giudetti, F., Grimaldi, M., Tonetti, L., Crocetti, E. (2025). Dissecting circadian and homeostatic processes in adolescents: An actigraphic study. Sleep Medicine, 134, 106738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2025.106738 

2024 

Bacaro, V., Miletic, K., & Crocetti, E. (2024). A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies on the interplay between sleep, mental health, and positive well-being in adolescents. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 24(1), 100424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100424 

Bobba, B., Branje, S., Crocetti, E. (2024). Parents' and classmates' influences on adolescents' ethnic prejudice: A longitudinal multi‐informant study. Child Development, 95(5), 1522-1538. https.//doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14087

Bobba, B., Miniati, A., & Crocetti, E. (2024). When ethnic minorities hit the headlines: The longitudinal associations between news features and adolescents’ ethnic prejudice. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 34(4), 1456-1470. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.13013 

Bobba, B., Thijs, J., & Crocetti, E. (2024a). A war on prejudice: The role of media salience in reducing ethnic prejudice. Journal of Adolescence, 96(3), 457-468. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12234 

Bobba, B., Thijs, J., & Crocetti, E. (2024b). Us, them and we: How national and human identifications influence adolescents’ ethnic prejudice. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63(4), 1804-1827. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12755 

De Lise, F., Luyckx, K. & Crocetti, E. (2024). Identity matters for well-being: The longitudinal associations between Identity processes and well-being in adolescents with different cultural backgrounds. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 53, 910–926. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01901-8 

Maratia, F., Bobba, B., & Crocetti, E. (2024). A near-mint view toward integration: Are adolescents more inclusive than adults? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(11), 2729–2741. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001472  

Maratia, F. & Crocetti, E. (2024). One way or another…or both: Different roles of fathers, mothers, and adolescents in the intergenerational transmission of inclusive attitudes. Family Process, 63(4), 2505-2526. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.13023 

Natale, V., Andreose, A., Bacaro, V., Giovagnoli, S., Giudetti, F., Grimaldi, M., Tonetti, L., & Crocetti, E. (2024). Morningness–eveningness preference and motor wake–sleep inertia in adolescents. Sensors, 24(23), 7668. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24237668 

Pagano, M., Zagrean, I., Barni, D., & Crocetti, E. (2024). Like parents, like children… this is not always the case! A longitudinal study on the family transmission of intergroup contact. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 34(4) 1598–1610. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.13029  

Tonetti, L., Andreose, A., Bacaro, V., Grimaldi, M., Natale, V., & Crocetti, E. (2024). External validity of the reduced Morningness–Eveningness Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents: An actigraphic study. Journal of Sleep Research, 33(3), e13948. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13948  

2023 

Bacaro, V., Andreose, A., Grimaldi, M., Natale, V., Tonetti, L., & Crocetti, E. (2023). The association between sleep patterns, educational identity, and school performance in adolescents. Brain Sciences, 13(2), 178. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13020178 

Bacaro, V., Carpentier, L., & Crocetti, E. (2023). Sleep well, study well: A systematic review of longitudinal studies on the interplay between sleep and school experience in adolescence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(6), 4829. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064829 

Bobba, B., Bacaro, V., & Crocetti, E. (2023). Embedded in contexts: A systematic review of the longitudinal associations between contextual factors and sleep. Adolescent Research Review, 8, 403–422. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-023-00204-0 

Crocetti, E., Albarello, F., Meeus, W., & Rubini, M. (2023). Identities: A developmental social-psychological perspective. European Review of Social Psychology, 34(1), 161-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2022.2104987 

De Lise, F., Bacaro, V., Crocetti, E. (2023). The social side of sleep: A systematic review of the longitudinal associations between peer relationships and sleep quality. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 2017. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032017 

Grimaldi, M., Bacaro, V., Natale, V., Tonetti, L., & Crocetti, E. (2023). The longitudinal interplay between sleep, anthropometric indices, eating behaviors, and nutritional aspects: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrients, 15(14), 3179. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15143179 

Maratia, F., Bacaro, V., & Crocetti, E. (2023). Sleep is a family affair: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies on the interplay between adolescents’ sleep and family factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(5), 4572. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054572 

Pagano, M., Bacaro, V., & Crocetti, E. (2023). “Using digital media or sleeping… that is the question”. A meta-analysis on digital media use and unhealthy sleep in adolescence. Computers in Human Behavior, 146, 107813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107813 

Tonetti, L., Andreose, A., Bacaro, V., Grimaldi, M., Natale, V., & Crocetti, E. (2023). Different effects of social jetlag and weekend catch-up sleep on well-being of adolescents according to the actual sleep duration. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(1), 574. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010574 

 

Publications in conference proceedings

Bacaro, V., Carpentier, L., Natale, V., Tonetti, L., & Crocetti, E. (2022). The relationship between ecological contexts of adolescents and sleep quality. Sleep Medicine, 100, S99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2022.05.276 

Bacaro, V., Bobba, B., Carpentier, L., de Lise, F., Golfieri, F., Karatas, S., Maratia, F., Pagano, M., Tonetti, L., Natale, V., & Crocetti, E. (2022). The interplay between sleep quality and adolescents’ psychosocial development:  A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Sleep Medicine, 100, S97–S98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2022.05.272