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Pacewicz, Christine E.; Myers, Nicholas D. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2021
Longitudinal measurement enables the examination of behavioral or psychological change. One approach to examining longitudinal measurements is the use of latent growth curve modeling (LGCM). This approach affords the assessment of inter- and intraindividual change. Yet, this approach likely is underused in exercise science. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Exercise Physiology, Longitudinal Studies, Statistical Analysis, Change
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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
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van den Akker, Alithe L.; Dekovic, Maja; Prinzie, Peter; Asscher, Jessica J. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
This study investigated the type and stability of temperament profiles in toddlers, and relations of profile probability to negative and positive parenting trajectories. Mothers (N = 96) rated their child's (41 girls and 54 boys) Sociability, Anger Proneness, and Activity Level four times during 1 year. The assessment of parenting included both…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Toddlers, Parent Child Relationship, Personality
Coleman, J. C. – Brit J Educ Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age, Females
Hershkowitz, Rina – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
The ideas presented in this lecture are based on the observation of processes of construction and consolidation of knowledge by individual students learning in groups within classrooms along a sequence of activities. Whereas the uniformity of the basic elements used to describe the knowledge construction processes may be seen as inclusive, there…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Cognitive Structures, Learning Processes, Individual Differences
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Olafson, Lori; Latta, Margaret Macintyre – Middle School Journal, 2002
Highlights two studies examining multiple meanings of schooling for 36 adolescent girls in 3 school sites. Focuses on how peer relationships affect the sense of self through hierarchical social groupings, how school tasks either obliterate the self as a participant or provide opportunities for self- discovery, and how teachers can honor…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Conformity, Educational Environment, Females
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Talpade, Medha – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2006
Past research indicates a significantly higher prevalence of early sexual maturation in African American (AA) girls, which is associated with a number of psychological and behavioral problems as well as with health problems such as childhood obesity and diabetes. Both nutrition and body image perceptions have never before been empirically…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Females, Puberty, Obesity
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Unger, Rhoda K.; Sussman, Lori E. – Sex Roles, 1986
Examines cognitive barriers to an individual's personalizing information about social discrimination against groups in which he/she is a member. Results suggest that individuals are more aware of discrimination against others than against themselves and are more likely to attribute personal efficacy and control to themselves than to others. (SA)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Behavior Change, Cognitive Development, Females
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Weinberg, Sharon Lawner; And Others – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1993
Recently developed multidimensional-scaling methodology was used to explore the underlying structure of moral reasoning responses to 12 moral dilemmas by 111 graduate students in law and social work and to relate that structure to individual differences. Results indicate that moral reasoning must be viewed from multidimensional and interactional…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Ethics, Females, Graduate Students