Longitudinal Research on Individual Development

Present Status and Future Perspectives

David Magnusson, Paul Casaer (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

268 Seiten

2006
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-03453-1 (ISBN)

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Longitudinal research is an essential element in the investigation of human development over time, with considerable advantages over more widely used cross-sectional research designs. This book examines the scope for longitudinal studies in a range of developmental fields, emphasizing the advantages of this approach for the investigation of causal mechanisms and processes and the dynamics of development over the lifespan. It also discusses methodological issues and some of the practical and ethical problems that longitudinal research may present. The distinguished contributors review normal and disordered development in the emotional, cognitive and social domains, including valuable discussions of gene-environment interactions, the maturation of the human brain, and issues relating to ageing.

List of principal contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1. Human ontogeny: a longitudinal perspective D. Magnusson; 2. Genes, experience and development S. Scarr; 3. The human brain and longitudinal research in human development P. Casaer; 4. Longitudinal research and a biology of human brain development and behaviour V. S. Caviness, P. A. Filipek and D. N. Kennedy; 5. Cognitive, social and emotional development F. E. Weinert and W. Schneider; 6. Developmental psychopathology: some historical and current perspectives N. Garmezy; 7. Developmental psychopathogy as a research perspective M. Rutter; 8. Longitudinal research on human aging: the power of combining real-time, microgenetic and simulation approaches A. Kruse, U. Lindenberger and P. B. Baltes; 9. Development, aging and control: empirical and theoretical issues J. Brandtstädter; 10. Some methodological issues in longitudinal research: looking ahead L. R. Bergman; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.12.2006
Reihe/Serie	European Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development
Zusatzinfo	9 Tables, unspecified; 21 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	410 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
ISBN-10	0-521-03453-1 / 0521034531
ISBN-13	978-0-521-03453-1 / 9780521034531
Zustand	Neuware