Clare M. Mehta, PhD

Diller J.W., Mehta C.M. (in press). Interpretative phenomenological analysis for behavior analysts. Behavior Analysis in Practice

Arnett, J. J., Mehta, C. M., & Mio, J. (2025). The next big ideas in psychology: Introduction tothe special issue. Review of General Psychology, 10892680251361643. https://doi.org/10.1177/10892680251361643

Arnett, J. J., & Mehta, C. M. (2025). What makes an idea big in psychology? Review of General Psychology, 29(3), 249–255. https://doi.org/10.1177/10892680251359093

Mehta, C.M., Davis, G., & Smith, K. R. (2025). “Shouldn’t I know if I want to have kids or not?”: Reproductive decision making in child-free established adults. Journal of Adult Development. doi:10.1007/s10804-025-09530-0

Lariviere, K.,& Mehta C.M. (2023). “This is the age period where you start figuring out what you want” LDS women’s experiences of exploration during established adulthood. Journal of Adult Development, 31, 26–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-023-09443-w

Mehta, C. M. & Smith, K. (2023) Is gender segregation really a cross-cultural phenomenon? A closer look at the literature. Review of General Psychology, 27 (2), 135-154. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/108926802211213

Goedereis, E., Mehta, C.M., Jones, J., & Ayotte, B.J. (2023) “I want to focus on something that I feel really good about every day: Career development in established adulthood”. Acta Psychologia. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103863.

Onuoha, A. C., & Mehta, C. M. (2023). Book review: Girls’ identities and experiences of oppression in schools: Resilience, resistance, and transformation. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 47(1), 146–147. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843221136871

Mehta, C. M., & Arnett, J. J. (2023). Toward a new theory of established adulthood. Journal of Adult Development, 30, 1-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-023-09440-z

Mehta, C. M., & LaRiviere, K. (2022). “You have those adult responsibilities, but you’re still getting your feet on the ground”: The lived experience of established adulthood. Journal of Adult Development. 30, 36-52. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-022-09410-x

Lan, L., & Mehta, C.M. (2022). Constructing collective agency through narrative positioning in group meetings within a Chinese professional team. Language & Communication, 87, 179-190.

Davis, G. E., & Mehta, C. M. (2022). “We are okay to be ourselves”: Understanding gay men’s friendships with heterosexual and gay men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 23(2), 209–221. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000381

Hojjat, M., Ayotte, B., Page, M., Beauparlant, E., & Mehta, C. (2022). Women do not shy away from competition: Competition in same-gender and cross-gender friendship dyads. The Journal of Social Psychology, 162 (4), 393-406. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2021.1906202

Mehta, C.M., Burke, P., & Shrier, L. (2020).Contexts of marijuana use and cessation among frequently-using youth in primary care. Youth and Society, 45 (1),43-67. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X20951060

Mehta C.M., Wilson, J., & Smirles, K. (2020). Gender segregation and its correlates at mid-life and beyond. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 93(2), 675-699. doi: 10.1177/0091415020974624

Mehta, C.M., Wilson, J. (2020). Gender segregation and its correlates in established adulthood. Sex Roles 83, 240–253.doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-019-01099-9

Mehta, C.M. (2020). Flipping out and digging in: Combining the flipped class and project-based learning to teach adult development. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 91, 362-372, doi: 10.1177/0091415020919997

Mehta, C.M., Arnett, J.J., Palmer, C., & Nelson, L. (2020). Established adulthood: A new conception of ages 30 to 45. American Psychologist, 75, 431–444. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000600

Mehta, C. M., Smith, K.R. (2019) “As you grow up the divide still tends to happen”: A qualitative investigation of sex segregation in adults’ friendships. Gender Issues, 36,176–200. doi: /10.1007/s12147-018-9221-5

Ayotte, B., Mehta C.M., & Alfonso, J. (2017). Health communication with same-sex andother-sex friends in emerging adulthood. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 85, 231-247. doi: 10.1177/0091415016680066

Mehta, C.M. & Keener, E. (2017) Oh the places we’ll go! Where will Sandra Bem’s work lead us next? Sex Roles, 76, 637-642. doi:10.1007/s11199-017-0735-1

Mehta, C.M. Hojjat M., Smith, K.R., & Ayotte B. (2017). Associations between gender segregation and gender-typed traits in college students.  Sex Roles, 76, 694-704. doi:10.1007/s11199-016-0685-z

Keener, E.J., & Mehta, C.M. (2017). Sandra Bem: Revolutionary and generative feminist psychologist. Sex Roles, 76, 525-528. doi: 10.1007/s11199-017-0770-y

Mehta, C.M., & Dementieva, Y. (2017). The contextual specificity of gender: Femininityand masculinity in college students’ same- and other-gender peer contexts. Sex Roles, 76, 604-614. doi: 10.1007/s11199-016-0632-z

Mehta, C.M., Walls, C., Blood, E., Feldman, H., & Shrier, L.A.(2016).Affect and intimacyin emerging adult’s romantic relationships. Journal of Adult Development, 23, 101-110.

McDonell, A.M, & Mehta, C.M. (2016).We could never be friends: Representing cross-sex friendship on celebrity gossip websites. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 5, 74-84.

Kitts, R.L, Koleoglou, K.J., Holland, J. Nang, Q., Hutchinson, E., Mehta, C.M., Tran, C., & Fishman, L. (2015). The establishment of a novel program to address the career and professional development needs of research assistants at an academic hospital. JMIR: Medical Education 1, e13.

Mehta, C.M. (2015).Gender in context: Considering variability in Eagly and Wood’straditions of gender identity. Sex Roles, 73, 490-496. Invited manuscript

Mehta, C.M., Alfonso Barry, J., Delaney, R., & Ayotte, B.J. (2014). Associations betweengender segregation, gender identity, and substance use in college students. Sex Roles, 70, 98-109.

Mehta, C.M., Walls, C., Blood, E., & Shrier, L.A. (2014). Associations between affect, context, and sexual desire in depressed young women. Journal of Sex Research, 51, 577-585.

Keener, E., Mehta, C.M., & Strough, J. (2013). Should educators and parents encourageother-sex interactions? Sex segregation and sexism. Gender and Education, 25, 813-883.

Mehta, C.M., Keener, E., & Shrier, L. A. (2013). Perceived advantages and disadvantages of being a female graduate student in the US and the UK. Gender and Education, 25, 37-55.

Sunner. L. E., Walls, C., Blood, E.A., Mehta, C.M., Feldman, H., & Shrier, L. (2013). Feasibility and utility of momentary sampling of sex events in young couples. Journal of Sex Research, 50, 688-696.

Mehta, C.M., Sunner, L.A., Head, S., Crosby, R., & Shrier, L. (2011). “Sex is notsomething you do with someone you don’t care about”: Adolescent girls’ definitions of sex. Journal of Adolescent and Pediatric Gynecology, 24, 266-271.

Mehta, C.M., & Strough, J. (2010) Gender-typing and gender segregation in adolescence. Sex Roles, 63, 251-263.

Mehta, C.M., & Strough, J. (2009). Sex segregation in friendships and normativedevelopmental contexts across the lifespan. Developmental Review, 29, 201-220.

Strough, J., Mehta, C.M., McFall, J., & Schuller, K. (2008). Do older and younger adults make different decisions about sunk costs? Psychological Sciences, 19,650-652.

Doppler, E.E., Harkins, D., & Mehta, C.M. (2008) Emerging empowerment: Conflictresolution intervention and preschool teachers’ reports of conflict behavior. Early Childhood Education and Development, 19, 885-906.