Handbook Of Research Methods In Developmental Science

by Teti, Douglas M.

• ISBN13: 9780631222613
• ISBN10: 0631222618
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 11/19/2004
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Handbook of Research Methods in Developmental Science is a collection of newly written articles that provide an overview of methods and approaches associated with the study of human development. Contains accessible contributions from some of the most renowned developmental scientists in the field. Provides basic information on the strengths and challenges inherent in traditional and complex research design. Discusses successful intervention approaches that have been used to promote intellectual, social, and linguistic development. Includes cutting-edge research that is forging new and exciting directions in developmental research. Provides students and scholars with a working understanding of research approaches and issues in the developmental sciences.

Author Biography

Douglas M. Teti is Professor of Human Development at the Pennsylvania State University. He is currently an Associate Editor of the journal Developmental Psychology, and is co-author of Development in Infancy (with Michael Lamb and Marc Bornstein, Fourth Edition 2002).

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	viii
Preface	xii
Part I Developmental Designs	1	(100)
Issues in the Use of Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Designs	3	(18)
Kelly Robinson Todd Schmidt
Douglas M. Teti
Methodological Issues in Aging Research	21	(19)
K. Warner Schaie
Grace I. L. Caskie
Using Microgenetic Designs to Study Change Processes	40	(26)
Manuela Lavelli
Andrea P.F. Pantoja
Hui-Chin Hsu
Daniel Messinger
Alan Fogel
Developmental Science and the Experimental Method	66	(15)
Allison Holmes
Douglas M. Teti
Quasi-Experimental Designs in Developmental Research: Design and Analysis Considerations	81	(20)
Steven C. Pitts
Justin H. Prost
Jamie J. Winters
Part II General Issues in Developmental Measurement	101	(110)
Measurement of Individual Difference Constructs in Child Development, or Taking Aim at Moving Targets	103	(20)
John E. Bates
Claire Novosad
Who Should Collect Our Data: Parents or Trained Observers?	123	(15)
Ronald Seifer
Validating Young Children's Self-Concept Responses: Methodological Ways and Means to Understand their Responses	138	(23)
Herbert Marsh
Raymond Debus
Laurel Bornholt
Developmental Perspectives on Parenting Competence	161	(22)
Douglas M. Teti
Keng-Yen Huang
Methods of Contextual Assessment and Assessing Contextual Methods: A Developmental Systems Perspective	183	(28)
Richard M. Lerner
Elizabeth Dowling
Jana Chaudhuri
Part III Developmental Intervention: Traditional and Emergent Approaches in Enhancing Development	211	(106)
Enhancing Children's Socioemotional Development: A Review of Intervention Studies	213	(20)
Femmie Juffer
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
Marinus H. van Ijzendoorn
Early Childhood Education: The Journey from Efficacy Research to Effective Practice	233	(16)
Craig T. Ramey
Sharon L. Ramey
Fostering Early Communication and Language Development	249	(22)
Steven F. Warren
Dale Walker
Enhancing Social Competence	271	(24)
Elizabeth A. Stormshak
Janet A. Welsh
NICU-Based Interventions for High-Risk Infants	295	(22)
Christine Reiner Hess
Part IV Analytic Issues and Methods in Developmental Psychology	317	(104)
Assessing Growth in Longitudinal Investigations: Selected Measurement and Design Issues	319	(21)
Donald P. Hartmann
Latent Growth Curve Analysis Using Structural Equation Modeling Techniques	340	(27)
John J. McArdle
Modeling Developmental Change Over Time: Latent Growth Analysis	367	(12)
Philip W. Wirtz
Interdependence in Development: Data Analytic Strategies for Dyadic Designs	379	(15)
Deborah A. Kashy
Jennifer G. Boldry
Analysis of Behavioral Streams	394	(27)
Roger Bakeman
Deborah F. Deckner
Vicenc Quera
Part V New Directions in Developmental Research	421	(113)
Emotion-Related Regulation: The Construct and its Measurement	423	(20)
Nancy Eisenberg
Amanda Sheffield Morris
Tracy L. Spinrad
Person-Environment ``Fit'' and Individual Development	443	(24)
Theodore D. Wachs
New Developments in the Study of Infant Memory	467	(22)
Patricia J. Bauer
Understanding Children's Testimony Regarding their Alleged Abuse: Contributions of Field and Laboratory Analog Research	489	(20)
Michael E. Lamb
Karen L. Thierry
New Research Methods in Developmental Science: Applications and Illustrations	509	(25)
Marc H. Bornstein
Chun-Shin Hahn
O. Maurice Haynes
Nanmathi Manian
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Index	534