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The Utility of Person-Specific Analyses for Investigating Developmental Processes: An Analytic Primer on Studying the Individual
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Gayles, Jochebed G.; Molenaar, Peter C. M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
The fields of psychology and human development are experiencing a resurgence of scientific inquiries about phenomena that unfold at the level of the individual. This article addresses the issues of analyzing intraindividual psychological/developmental phenomena using standard analytical techniques for interindividual variation. When phenomena are…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Individual Differences, Developmental Psychology, Factor Analysis
Social-Emotional Adjustment and Attachment in Children Adopted from China: Processes and Predictors of Change
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Cohen, Nancy J.; Farnia, Fataneh – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
This study examined the processes and predictors of change in maternal ratings of internalizing and externalizing symptoms and attachment security in 70 infant girls adopted from China at a mean age of 13.5 months. These children's mental and language development were also directly assessed. The adopted children were assessed within the first…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Females, Family Characteristics, Risk
Post-Institutionalized Chinese and Eastern European Children: Heterogeneity in the Development of Emotion Understanding
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Camras, Linda A.; Perlman, Susan B.; Fries, Alison B. Wismer; Pollak, Seth D. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
Post-institutionalized Chinese and Eastern European children participated in two emotion understanding tasks. In one task, children selected facial expressions corresponding to four emotion labels (happy, sad, angry, scared). The second task required children to match facial expressions to stories describing situations for these emotions. While…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Children
A Cohort-Sequential Multivariate Latent Growth Curve Analysis of Normative CBCL Aggressive and Delinquent Problem Behavior: Associations with Harsh Discipline and Gender
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Prinzie, P.; Onghena, P.; Hellinckx, W. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
The aim of this study was to examine the normative developmental trajectories of aggressive and delinquent behavior in young children. Cohort-sequential univariate latent growth modeling (LGM) analyses were employed to conceptualize and analyze intraindividual changes in children's aggressive and delinquent behavior and interindividual differences…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Behavior Problems, Discipline, Delinquency