Stephanie PlentyAssistant professor
About me
I am an associate professor (docent) of sociology within the Level of Living (LNU) research group at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) and also a member of the CILS4EU project at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS). I received my PhD in Psychology from the Australian National University in 2010.
My work sits at the nexus of psychology and sociology, addressing inequalities in adolescents’ and young adults’ well-being, and the importance of social contexts for positive development. Specific areas include school engagement and achievement, mental health, social integration and employment. My work on social contexts focuses on socioeconomic and immigrant background, social relationships and school contextual effects.
Research Areas
Mental well-being; Social relationships; Social and ethnic stratification; Academic engagement; School context; Adolescents; Young adults
Selected Recent Publications
Plenty, S., Bracegirdle, C., Dollmann, J. & Spiegler, O. (2021). Changes in young adults' mental well-being before and during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: disparities between ethnic groups in Germany, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 15, 69. doi.org/10.1186/s13034-021-00418-x
Plenty, S. M., Brolin Låftman, S., & Magnusson, C. (2021). Internalising and externalising problems during adolescence and the subsequent likelihood of being Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET): The mediating role of school performance. Social Science & Medicine – Population Health, 15, 100873. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100873
Plenty, S. M. & Jonsson, J. O. (2021). Students’ Occupational Aspirations: Can family relationships account for differences between immigrant and socioeconomic groups? Child Development, 92, 157-173. doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13378
Plenty, S. M. (2018). Too much or too little? A short-term longitudinal study of youth's own economic resources and risk behaviour. Journal of Adolescence, 66, 21-30.
Plenty S. M., Andersson A. B., Hjalmarsson S., Mood C., Rudolphi F., & Treuter G. (2018). “How are our young adults doing? A report on labour market activities and living conditions” Research Report 2018:1. Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm; and the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University.
Plenty, S. M. & Jonsson, J. O. (2017) Social exclusion among peers: The role of immigrant status and classroom immigrant density. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46, 1275-1288.
Plenty, S. M. & Mood, C. (2016). Money, peers and parents: Social and economic aspects of inequality in youth wellbeing. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45, 1294-1308.
