In Press
Domene, J. F., Socholotiuk, K. D. & Young, R. A. (in press). Transition to adulthood: Similarities and differences between mother-daughter and mother-son dyads. Manuscript in press: Qualitative Research in Psychology.
Valach, L., & Young, R. A. (in press). Action: A bridge between vocational and mental health counselling. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. Available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/Qkk8UcHKqGi5XQ355I5D/ful
Young, R. A., Marshall, S. K., Stainton, T., Wall, J., Curle, D., Zhu, M., Munro, D., Murray, J., El Bouhali, A., Parada, F., & Zaidman-Zait, A. (in press). The transition to adulthood of young adults with IDD: Parents’ joint projects. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. doi: 10.1111/jari2395
2017
Young, R. A. (2017). Career counselling as and about goal-directed human action. In M. McMahon (Ed.), Career counseling: Constructivist approaches (2nd ed.). New York: Taylor & Frances/Routledge.
2016
Young, R. A. & Valach, L. (2016). Action and language: Contextual action theory in counselling. Revue Psychologie Française, 61, 31-42. doi.org/10.1016/j.psfr.2013.03.001
Wall, J. M., Law, A. K., Zhu M., Munro, D., Parada, F., & Young, R. A. (2016). Understanding goal-directed action in emerging adulthood: Conceptualization and method. Emerging Adulthood, 4, 30-39. doi: 10.1177/2167696815610695
Valach, L., Michel, K., & Young, R. A. (2016). Suicide as a distorted goal-directed process: Wanting to die, killing, and being killed. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 204, 812-819. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000528
Young, R. A., Valach, L., & Law, A. K. (2016). Contextual action theory: An integrative framework for qualitative health research. In K. Olsen, R. A. Young, & I. Schultz (Eds.). Handbook of Qualitative Health Research (pp. 41-60). New York: Springer Science + Business Media.
Young, R. A., Olsen, K., & Schultz, I. (Eds.). (2016). Generating new health knowledge. In K. Olsen, R. A. Young, & I. Schultz (Eds.). Handbook of Qualitative Health Research. New York: Springer Science + Business Media.
Young, R. A. (2016). Transition-to-adulthood as goal-directed action. In J. Masdonati, M. Bangali, & L. Cournoyer (Eds.), Education et vie du travail (Vol. 1, pp. 149-172). St. Foy, QU: Presses de l’Université Laval.
2015
Young, R. A., Marshall, S. K., Wilson, L. J., Green, A. R., Klubben, L., Parada, F., Polak, E., Socholotiuk, K., & Zhu, M. (2015). Transition to adulthood as a peer project. Emerging Adulthood, 3, 166-178. Doi: 10.1177/2167696814559304
Young, R. A., Domene, J. F., & Valach, L. (Eds.) (2015). Counseling and action: Toward life-enhancing work, relationships, and identity. New York: Springer Science+Business Media.
Young, R. A., Domene, J. F., & Valach, L. (2015). Counseling and action. In R. A. Young, J. F. Domene, & L. Valach (Eds.), Counseling and action: Toward life-enhancing work, relationships, and identity (pp. 1-10). New York: Springer Science+Business Media.
Domene, J. F., Valach, L., & Young, R. A. (2015). Action in counseling: A contextual action theory perspective. In R. A. Young, J. F. Domene, & L. Valach (Eds.), Counseling and action: Toward life-enhancing work, relationships, and identity (pp. 151-166). New York: Springer Science+Business Media.
Valach, L., Young, R. A., & Domene, J. F. (2015). Current counseling issues from the perspective of contextual action theory. In R. A. Young, J. F. Domene, & L. Valach (Eds.), Counseling and action: Toward life-enhancing work, relationships, and identity (pp. 167-193). New York: Springer Science+Business Media.
Valach, L., & Young, R. A. (2015). Suicide and counseling for suicdality. In R. A. Young, J. F. Domene, & L. Valach (Eds.), Counseling and action: Toward life-enhancing work, relationships, and identity (pp. 295-313). New York: Springer Science+Business Media.
Young, R. A., Valach, L., & Domene, J. F. (2015). Counseling processes and procedures. In R. A. Young, J. F. Domene, & L. Valach (Eds.), Counseling and action: Toward life-enhancing work, relationships, and identity (pp. 317-336). New York: Springer Science+Business Media.
2014
Marshall, S. K., Young, R. A., Wozniak, A., Lollis, S., Tilton-Weaver, L., Nelson, M., & Gossling, K. (2014). Parent-adolescent joint projects involving leisure time and activities during the transition to high school. Journal of Adolescence, 37, 1031–1042.
Young, R. A., & Valach, L. (2014). Identity and self-construction as action processes. In A. Di Fabio & J.-L. Bernaud (Eds.), The psychological construction of the identity in 21st century: A new intervention theory for developing the self in turbulent times. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
2011
Young, R. A., & Valach, L. (2011). Evaluating the processes and outcomes of vocational counselling: An action theory perspective. L’Orientation Scolaire et Professionnelle, 38, 281-306.
2010
Dyer, B., Pizzorno, M.C., Qu, K., Valach, L., Marshall, S.K. & Young, R.A. (2010). Unconscious processes in a career counselling case: An action-theoretical perspective. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 38 (3), 341-360.
2008
Marshall, S. K., Young, R. A., Domene, J., Zaidman-Zait, A. (2008). Adolescent possible selves as jointly constructed in parent-adolescent career conversations and related activities. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 8, 185-204.
Marshall, S. K., Young, R. A., & Tilton-Weaver, L. C. (2008). Balancing acts: Adolescents’ and mothers’ friendships projects. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23, 544-565.
Popadiuk, N. E., Young, R. A., & Valach, L. (2008). Clinician perspectives of the therapeutic use of the self-confrontation procedure with suicidal clients. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 30(1), 14-30.
Socholotiuk, K. D., Jones, M. I., & Myers, S. L. (2008). What about her friends? The role of friendships in recovery from adolescent anorexia. Child and Family Journal, 11(3), 49-55.
Young, R. A., Marshall, S. K., Domene, J. F., Graham, M., Logan, L., Zaidman-Zait, A., Mart, A., & Lee, C. M. (2008). Transition to adulthood as a parent-youth project: Governance transfer, career promotion, and relational processes. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55, 297-306
Young, R. A., Marshall, S. K., Domene, J., Graham, M., Logan, C., Zaidman-Zait, A., Templeton, L. (2008). Transition to adulthood as a family project: Governance transfer, career promotion and relationship. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55, 297-307.
Zaidman-Zait, A., & Young, R. A., (2008). Parental involvement in the habilitation process following children’s cochlear implantation: An action theory perspective. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 13, 39-60.
2007
Haverkamp, B. E., & Young, R. A. (2007). Paradigms, purpose, and role of the literature: Formulating a rationale for qualitative investigations. The Counseling Psychologist, 35, 295-327.
Young, R. A., Marshall, S. K., Domene, J. F., Graham, M., Logan, C., Templeton, T., Zaidman-Zait, A. Valach, L. (2007). Meaningful actions and motivated projects in the transition to adulthood: Two case illustrations. International Journal of Educational and Vocational Guidance, 7, 149-158.
Young, R. A., Marshall, S., & Valach, L. (2007). Making career theories more culturally sensitive: Implications for counseling. Career Development Quarterly, 56, 4-18.
2006
Valach, L., Michel, K., Young, R. A., & Dey, P. (2006). Linking life and suicide related goal directed systems. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 28(4), 353-372.
Valach, L., Michel, K., Young, R. A., & Dey, P. (2006). Suicide attempts as social goal-directed systems of joint careers, projects and actions. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 36(6), 651-660.
Young, R. A., Marshall, S., Domene, J. F., Arato-Bolivar, J., Hayoun, R., Marshall, E., Zaidman-Zait, A., & Valach, L. (2006). Relationships, communication, and career in the parent-adolescent projects of families with and without challenges. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 68, 1-23.
Young, R. A., & Valach, L. (2006). La notion de projet en psychologie de l’orientation. L’Orientation Scolaire et Professionnelle, 35, 495-509.
2005
Young, R. A., Valach, L., & Domene, J. F. (2005). The action-project method in counseling psychology. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 52, 215-223.
Young, R. A., Logan, C., Lovato, C. Y., Moffat, B., & Shoveller, J. A. (2005). Sun protection and outdoor activities as family health projects. Journal of Health Psychology, 10, 333-345.
2004
Valach, L., & Young, R. A. (2004). Some cornerstones in the development of a contextual action theory of career and counselling.International Journal of Educational and Vocational Guidance, 4, 61-81.
Young, R. A., & Collin, A. (2004). Introduction: Constructivism and social constructionism in the career field. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 64, 373-388.
Young, R. A., & Valach, L. (2004). The construction of career through goal-directed action. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 64, 499-514.
