Aaron Metzger

Research Interests

I am interested in adolescent social and moral development. My current research focuses in on adolescent civic behavior and civic development. Specifically, my dissertation is exploring the relationship between adolescents’ civic behavior and their conceptualizations of different forms of civic behavior.

Publications/Manuscripts

• SRCD 2007 - Longitudinal Patterns of Urban Early Adolescent Organized Activity Involvement (poster)
• Metzger, A., Crean, H., Forbes-Jones, E. (Under review). Patterns of urban prosocial activity participation in early adolescence: Associations with academic achievement, problem behaviors, and adult support.
• Smetana, J.G., & Metzger, A. (in press). Don't ask, don't tell (your mother or father): Disclosure and nondisclosure in adolescent-parent relationships. In H. Stattin & M. Kerr (eds.) Hot Topics in Developmental Psychology.
• Smetana, J. G., Campione-Barr, N., Metzger, A. (2006). Adolescent Development in Interpersonal and Societal Contexts. Annual Review of Psychology, 57, 255-284.
• Smetana, J.G., Metzger , A., Gettman, D., Campione-Barr, N. (2006) Disclosure and Secrecy in Adolescent-Parent Relationships. Child Development, 77, 201-217. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Review Press.
• Smetana, J. G., Metzger, A. (2005). Family and Religious Antecedents of Civic Involvement In Middle Class African American Late Adolescents, Journal of Research in Adolescence, 15, 325-352.
• Smetana, J.G., Campione-Barr, N. & Metzger, A. (2004). African American late adolescents’ relationships with parents: Developmental transitions and longitudinal patterns. Child Development, 75, 255-284.