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Bakker, Merel; Torbeyns, Joke; Verschaffel, Lieven; De Smedt, Bert – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Children start preschool with large individual differences in their early numerical abilities. Little is known about the importance of heterogeneous patterns that exist within these individual differences. A person-centered analytic approach might be helpful to unravel these patterns and the cognitive and environmental factors that are associated…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Preschool Education
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Brandmaier, Andreas M.; Ram, Nilam; Wagner, Gert G.; Gerstorf, Denis – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Well-being is often relatively stable across adulthood and old age, but typically exhibits pronounced deteriorations and vast individual differences in the terminal phase of life. However, the factors contributing to these differences are not well understood. Using up to 25-year annual longitudinal data obtained from 4,404 now-deceased…
Descriptors: Well Being, Individual Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Structural Equation Models
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Santos, António J.; Vaughn, Brian E.; Peceguina, Inês; Daniel, João R. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
This study examines the temporal stability (over 3 years) of individual differences in 3 domains relevant to preschool children's social competence: social engagement/motivation, profiles of behavior and personality attributes characteristic of socially competent young children, and peer acceptance. Each domain was measured with multiple…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Interpersonal Competence, Friendship, Young Children