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Markovitch, Noam; Luyckx, Koen; Klimstra, Theo; Abramson, Lior; Knafo-Noam, Ariel – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Identity formation is a key developmental task in adolescence. Although many adolescents in modern societies face issues of identity, there are substantial individual differences in identity exploration and commitment. Little is known about the origins of these individual differences. The current study investigated the genetic and environmental…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Identification (Psychology), Adolescent Development, Genetics
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Krahn, Gloria L.; Gabriel, Roy M. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
To avoid reduction in observational data resulting from correlational techniques for analyzing interpersonal interactions, a data-transformation method based on multidimensional scaling techniques was applied to the Family Interaction Coding System. Two resulting dimensions, prosocial-deviance and high-low involvement, were applied to observations…
Descriptors: Correlation, Multidimensional Scaling, Research Problems, Statistical Analysis
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Davison, Mark L.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Multidimensional scaling and factor analysis were applied to Rest's objective test of Kohlbergian moral development. The responses of 160 junior high, senior high, college undergraduate, and graduate students were analyzed in order to investigate whether stage and item scores displayed a hierarchial sequential structure. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Stages, Factor Analysis, Moral Development
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Howard, Darlene V.; Howard, James H. Jr. – Developmental Psychology, 1977
Dissimilarity judgments of all possible pairs of 10 animal names were obtained from first-, third-, and sixth-grade children, and college students. Analysis with multidimensional scaling procedures revealed a semantic space consisting of the features of size, domesticity, and predativity. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, College Students, Elementary Education
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Green, James A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Adults' perceptions of infants' cries were evaluated by means of multidimensional scaling. Twenty-four nonparents and 20 parents judged the similarity of all possible pairs of 12 recorded cries. Subjects also rated the cries on 29 attributes, including perceived aversiveness, possible caretaking responses, affective responses, and semantic…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Measures, Auditory Discrimination, Infants
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Russell, James A.; Bullock, Merry – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Studies the dimensions of meaning attributed to facial expressions of emotion in preschoolers and adults. Subjects indicated the similarity or dissimilarity among different emotions by placing photographs of emotional facial expressions into preordained groups. For each age group, multidimensional scaling yielded a two-dimensional structure…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education, Facial Expressions
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Guttman, Ruth; Kahneman, Irah – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Study deals with a comparative developmental analysis of performances on the same task by four age groups. (MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology