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McCall, Robert B.; Appelbaum, Mark I. – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Discusses procedures and considerations involved with secondary analyses of longitudinal databases. Procedures involve (1) formulating questions; (2) creating a feasibility matrix; (3) reformulating questions; (4) creating derived variables; (5) performing data reduction; (6) analyzing data; and (7) interpreting results. Problems associated with…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Developmental Psychology, Longitudinal Studies, Predictor Variables

O'Connor, Thomas G.; Rutter, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Comments on problems raised in this special issue, focusing on the distinctive aspects of the risk research reported. Highlights issues like sample characteristics, measurement strategies, specificity of risk factors, and risk mechanisms. Discusses the challenges of integrating alternative models of risk, with special references to research into…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns

Wachs, Theodore D. – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Comments on research problems raised in this special issue. Suggests that recent research highlights the nature of the multiple processes underlying variability in child and adolescent adjustment. Views variability as a function of covarying influences from multiple domains, operating on specific developmental outcomes across a background of time…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Development

Lerner, Richard M. – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Comments on the special theme issue examining the roles of socialization, biology, and culture as they affect adaptive and maladaptive developmental outcomes. Proposes a theory-guided research approach, based on four assumptive components of contemporary developmental theories: systematic change and relative plasticity; relationism and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Development

Graber, Julia A.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Comments on this special theme issue examining the roles of socialization, biology, and culture as they affect adaptive and maladaptive developmental outcomes. Presents models for predicting and understanding behavioral and affective change at transitions occurring especially from middle childhood through adolescence. Provides examples…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents