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New Directions for the Study of Within-Individual Variability in Development: The Power of "N = 1"
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Barbot, Baptiste; Perchec, Cyrille – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2015
This article provides an introduction to the idiographic approach ("N = 1" research) in developmental psychology and an overview of methodological and statistical techniques employed to address the study of within-individual variability in development. Through a popularization of the idiographic approach and associated statistical…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Individual Development, Ideography, Research Methodology
Studying the Individual within the Peer Context: Are We on Target?
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Farmer, Thomas W. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2007
This volume is an eclectic group of chapters that use vastly different methodologies, focus on distinct content areas, and examine diverse conceptual issues. Yet, the five studies on social network presented in this article share a common center as each is aimed at elucidating its structural features and their contributions to development. In this…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Peer Relationship, Peer Groups, Social Networks
A Person-Oriented Approach: Methods for Today and Methods for Tomorrow
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Bergman, Lars R.; El-Khouri, Bassam M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
Methodological implications of a person-oriented, holistic-interactionistic perspective in research on individual development are outlined, desirable properties of a mathematical model of a phenomenon are discussed, and selected methods for carrying out person-oriented research are briefly overviewed. These methods are: (1) the classificatory…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Individual Development, Research Methodology, Multivariate Analysis
The Person Approach: Concepts, Measurement Models, and Research Strategy
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Magnusson, David – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
This chapter discusses the "person approach" to studying developmental processes by focusing on the distinction and complementarity between this holistic-interactionistic framework and what has become designated as the variable approach. Particular attention is given to measurement models for use in the person approach. The discussion on the…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Holistic Approach, Interaction, Models
Methodological and Ethical Issues in Research with Street Children.
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Hutz, Claudio S.; Koller, Silvia H. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999
Draws on research with Brazilian street children to present methodological and ethical challenges inherent in research with street children; provides suggestions for overcoming these challenges. Issues of concern include the following: definition and sampling, and lack of clarity in these areas; measurement aspects, including surveys,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Definitions
Children at the Margins of Society: Research and Practice.
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Earls, Felton; Carlson, Maya – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999
Presents research model for working with street children from a public-health and human-rights perspective. Suggests framework to guide health promotion in pursuit of child well-being, sampling and recruiting strategies in studying street and working children, conceptual issues related to studying these children, and supporting street children…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Labor, Children