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- Burk, William J., et al.
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Beyond dyadic interdependence : actor-oriented models for co-evolving social networks and individual behaviors
- 2007
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In: International Journal of Behavioral Development. - : SAGE Publications. - 0165-0254 .- 1464-0651. ; 31:4, s. 397-404
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Actor-oriented models are described as a longitudinal strategy for examining the co-evolution of social networks and individual behaviors. We argue that these models provide advantages over conventional approaches due to their ability to account for inherent dependencies between individuals embedded in a social network (i.e., reciprocity, transitivity) and model interdependencies between network and behavioral dynamics. We provide a brief explanation of actor-oriented processes, followed by a description of parameter estimates, model specification, and selection procedures used by the Simulation Investigation for Empirical Network Analyses (SIENA) software program (Snijders, Steglich, Schweinberger, & Huisman, 2006). To illustrate the applicability of these models, we provide an empirical example investigating the co-evolution of friendship networks and delinquent behaviors in a longitudinal sample of Swedish adolescents with the goal of simultaneously assessing selection and influence processes. Findings suggest both processes play a substantive role in the observed dynamics of delinquent behaviors, with influence having a relatively stronger role than selection (especially in reciprocated friendships).
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- Chuang, Susan S., et al.
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Personality development from childhood to adolescence: A longitudinal study of ego-control and ego-resiliency in Sweden
- 2006
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In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT. - : SAGE Publications. - 0165-0254 .- 1464-0651. ; 30:4, s. 338-343
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We investigated the development of ego-control (EC) and ego-resiliency (ER) over a 13-year period in a cohort of Swedish children first assessed at 2 years of age. Children became more ego-controlled over time although individual differences in EC remained stable. Children’s levels of resiliency increased from 2 to 3 years of age and then declined when they were 7 and 8 years of age. Boys continued to become less resilient in adolescence whereas girls became more resilient. Individual differences in boys’ resiliency levels were more stable over the 13-year span than girls’. The inter-correlations between EC and ER were only significant for boys at 2 and 15 years of age. The external validity of EC and ER was demonstrated by significant associations with ratings of the children’s adaptation to school as well as with their measures of their internalizing and externalizing behavior problems.
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- Masche, J. Gowert, 1967-
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Reciprocal influences between developmental transitions and parent-child relationships in young adulthood
- 2008
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In: International Journal of Behavioral Development. - 0165-0254 .- 1464-0651. ; 32:5, s. 401-411
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Inconsistent findings exist on the effects of young adult-parent relationships on developmental status transitions into adulthood. Such transitions in turn predicted less conflicted and closer young adult-parent relationships. But systematic investigations of reciprocal effects between developmental transitions and young adult-parent relationships are lacking. A total of 477 participants initially aged 20-32 (M = 23.9, SD = 1.5) were interviewed twice, once in 1993 and again in 1995/1996. Subsamples were drawn that had not yet undergone the transitions to work, leaving home, cohabitation with a romantic partner, marriage and parenthood at Time 1. It was assessed whether the levels of mutual trust, instrumentality of relationships, and critical discussions at Time 1 predicted developmental transitions by Time 2, and whether developmental transitions were followed by changes in the relationship measures. The more the participants trusted in their parents, the more likely they were to marry or to have children. Cohabitation was followed by decreased instrumentality. Higher discussion frequency predicted cohabitation and was a consequence of starting to work and leaving home. The results are discussed with regard to individuation theory of adolescent and young adult-parent relationship development.
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- Masche, J. Gowert
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Reciprocal influences between developmental transitions and parent-child relationships in young adulthood
- 2008
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In: International Journal of Behavioral Development. - : SAGE Publications Ltd. - 0165-0254 .- 1464-0651. ; 32:5, s. 401-411
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Inconsistent findings exist on the effects of young adult-parent relationships on developmental status transitions into adulthood. Such transitions in turn predicted less conflicted and closer young adult-parent relationships. But systematic investigations of reciprocal effects between developmental transitions and young adult-parent relationships are lacking. A total of 477 participants initially aged 20-32 (M = 23.9, SD = 1.5) were interviewed twice, once in 1993 and again in 1995/1996. Subsamples were drawn that had not yet undergone the transitions to work, leaving home, cohabitation with a romantic partner, marriage and parenthood at Time 1. It was assessed whether the levels of mutual trust, instrumentality of relationships, and critical discussions at Time 1 predicted developmental transitions by Time 2, and whether developmental transitions were followed by changes in the relationship measures. The more the participants trusted in their parents, the more likely they were to marry or to have children. Cohabitation was followed by decreased instrumentality. Higher discussion frequency predicted cohabitation and was a consequence of starting to work and leaving home. The results are discussed with regard to individuation theory of adolescent and young adult-parent relationship development.
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- Overbeek, Geertjan, et al.
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Co-occurrence of depressive moods and delinquency in early adolescence : the role of failure expectations, manipulativeness, and social contexts
- 2006
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In: International Journal of Behavioral Development. - : Sage Publications. - 0165-0254 .- 1464-0651. ; 30:5, s. 433-443
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This study examined the co-occurrence of depression and delinquency in early adolescents, focusing on longitudinal associations with failure expectations and manipulativeness, and on perceptions of relationships with parents, school and teachers, and peers. Data were used from 1,059 Swedish adolescents aged 13 to 15, who participated in 2 waves (T1 - 1998; T2 - 2000) of an ongoing longitudinal research. Results showed that depression and delinquency co-occurred in about 9% of respondents, and that depression and delinquency followed separate developments throughout early adolescence. Development of co-occurring depression and delinquency was positively linked to a later constellation of high failure expectations and manipulativeness across a 2-year period. Additionally, the development of combined failure expectations and manipulativeness was positively linked to a later co-occurrence of depression and delinquency across a 2-year period. Further, the cooccurrence of depression and delinquency was predicted by lower-quality relationships with parents and negative attitudes towards school and teachers, whereas a constellation of high failure expectations and manipulativeness was linked to earlier negative interactions with parents and feeling isolated from peers.
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- Persson, Gun
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Developmental perspectives on prosocial and aggressive motives in preschoolers’ peer interactions.
- 2005
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In: International Journal of Behavioral Development. - : SAGE Publications. - 1464-0651 .- 0165-0254. ; 29:1, s. 80-91
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Preschoolers’ prosocial and aggressive behaviors were explored longitudinally, with a focus on the inferred underlying motives of these behaviors. Forty-four children (initially 22–40 months) were observed in naturalistic interactions with peers, during a two-month period for each of three consecutive years. Three categories of prosocial behavior (requested, altruistic, and non-altruistic) and three categories of aggressive behavior (reactive, proactive instrumental, and proactive hostile aggression) were explored for: (a) internal consistency; (b) developmental changes; (c) individual stability; (d) gender differences; and (e) interrelations. Internal consistency was moderately high for aggression and low for prosocial behavior. All types of prosocial behavior were enacted with increasing frequency as children grew older, whereas no developmental changes were revealed for the enactment of aggressive behavior. Individual stability was found for aggression and for prosocial altruistic behavior. A single gender difference was found: Girls outperformed boys on altruistic behavior at the end of the preschool period. Patterns of intercorrelations indicated that (a) prosocial requested behavior was unrelated to aggression; (b) prosocial altruistic behavior was negatively related to aggression, in particular to proactive hostile aggression; (c) prosocial non-altruistic behavior was sometimes positively related to aggression. The theoretical significance of focusing on underlying motives rather than on behavioral forms is discussed.
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- Zettergren, Peter, et al.
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Girls' stable peer status and their adulthood adjustment: A longitudinal study from age 10 to age 43.
- 2006
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In: International Journal of Behavioral Development. - : SAGE Publications. - 0165-0254 .- 1464-0651. ; 30:4, s. 315-325
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Stable peer status clusters of rejected, popular, and average girls from ages 10 to 13 were identified and associated to young and middle adulthood adjustment. The study included a representative sample of 445 females from the longitudinal research program Individual Development and Adaptation. Results showed that, by young adulthood, rejected girls were at increased risks for criminal offending and especially alcohol abuse (two and eight times increased risk, respectively). In midlife, popular girls had achieved a more successful vocational career than average girls. However, for most midlife adjustment areas, like social relations and subjective well-being, there were no significant differences between the stable childhood clusters. To test an incidental explanatory model, childhood confounding variables (aggression, withdrawal, academic achievement, and SES) were introduced and explained some of the significant relations.
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- Bergman, Lars R, et al.
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The application of a person-oriented approach in longitudinal research on individual development.
- 2005
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In: Supplement to International Journal of Behavioral Development. - 0165-0254. ; 29, s. 10-13
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The article gives an overview of person-oriented methods in longitudinal research on individual development. Theoretical and research strategic fundaments of the person-oriented approach are reviewed and this approach is contrasted to the ordinary variable-oriented approach. The importance of a balanced representation of core variables of the system under study is emphasized as is their representation in the form of relevant patterns in the methodological realization of the approach. One basic and robust method to carry out a person-oriented study is presented, namely LICUR. In LICUR, longitudinal data with the same variable pattern measured at the different ages are used. First a residue of "unclassifiable" objects is removed (usually 1-3% of the observations), then cross-sectional classifications are performed at each age separately, and, finally, the different classifications are linked across age. In this way, both structural and individual stability and change can be studied. Finally, future perspectives are discussed, focusing on the development of new methods based on a paradigm taken from the study of nonlinear dynamical systems.
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- Diamantopoulou, S, et al.
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ADHD symptoms and peer relations of children in a community sample: Examining associated problems, self-perceptions, and gender differences
- 2005
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In: International Journal of Behavioral Development. - 0165-0254. ; 29, s. 388-398
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This study examined children's peer relations in relation to gender, symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), associated behaviour problems, prosociality, and self-perceptions, in a community sample. Six hundred and thirty-five 12-year-old children (314 girls) provided peer nominations and rated feelings of loneliness and self-perceptions regarding global self-worth and behavioural conduct. We obtained teacher ratings of ADHD symptoms, conduct and internalising problems, and prosociality. ADHD symptoms, conduct problems, internalising problems, and low levels of prosociality were all related to higher levels of peer dislike. Despite ADHD symptoms being related to more peer dislike, children with high levels of ADHD symptoms did not report more feelings of loneliness. The self-perceptions of children with high levels of ADHD were not related to peer dislike. Although high levels of ADHD symptoms were not related to peer dislike in girls, peers tolerated higher levels of ADHD symptoms among boys than among girls, providing support for the "gender appropriateness hypothesis'' regarding the impact and influence of ADHD symptomatology upon the peer relations of children within a community sample.
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