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McCrae, Julie S.; Lee, Bethany R.; Barth, Richard P.; Rauktis, Mary E. – Child Welfare, 2010
Using three waves of data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, this study examines differences in cognitive, academic, and affective well-being of youth first placed in nonkinship foster care (N=259) and youth first placed in group care (N=89). To compare nonrandomized groups, propensity score matching was used. Results…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Foster Care, Child Welfare, National Surveys
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Borkenau, Peter – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2007
In, "Idiographic Filters for Psychological Constructs," Nesselroade, Gerstorf, Hardy, and Ram study patterns of variation within individuals. In this context they make an important suggestion: to test for invariant relations among latent variables, but to allow the relations between these latent variables and their indicators to vary between…
Descriptors: Psychological Studies, Psychologists, Factor Analysis, Psychology
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Ruffman, Ted; Slade, Lance; Devitt, Kerry; Crowe, Elena – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2006
We used a longitudinal study with 55 middle- and upper middle-class children to investigate the relation between early mother characteristics (e.g. mental state talk, general parenting style) and later child characteristics (e.g. theory of mind, conflict/cooperation). Children were tested once when they were around 3 years and then again around 4…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Mothers, Conflict, Parenting Styles
Morgan, Margaret K., Ed.; And Others – 1974
Ten papers dealing with various aspects of cognitive and affective dimensions of the allied health student are presented. They are: "A Review of Research on Cognitive and Affective Dimensions of Education for the Health Related Professions" by Margaret K. Morgan, "Methodological Problems in the Study of Affective and Cognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Affective Behavior, Affective Measures