Handbook of Research Methods in Developmental Science (Blackwell Handbooks of Research Methods in Psychology)

Handbook of Research Methods in Developmental Science......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
List of Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Part I Developmental Designs......Page 17
1 Issues in the Use of Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Designs......Page 19
2 Methodological Issues in Aging Research......Page 37
3 Using Microgenetic Designs to Study Change Processes......Page 56
4 Developmental Science and the Experimental Method......Page 82
5 Quasi-Experimental Designs in Developmental Research: Design and Analysis Considerations......Page 97
Part II General Issues in Developmental Measurement......Page 117
6 Measurement of Individual Difference Constructs in Child Development, or Taking Aim at Moving Targets......Page 119
7 Who Should Collect Our Data: Parents or Trained Observers?......Page 139
8 Validating Young Children's Self-Concept Responses: Methodological Ways and Means to Understand their Responses......Page 154
9 Developmental Perspectives on Parenting Competence......Page 177
10 Methods of Contextual Assessment and Assessing Contextual Methods: A Developmental Systems Perspective......Page 199
Part III Developmental Intervention: Traditional and Emergent Approaches in Enhancing Development......Page 227
11 Enhancing Children's Socioemotional Development: A Review of Intervention Studies......Page 229
12 Early Childhood Education: The Journey from Efficacy Research to Effective Practice......Page 249
13 Fostering Early Communication and Language Development......Page 265
14 Enhancing Social Competence......Page 287
15 NICU-Based Interventions for High-Risk Infants......Page 311
Part IV Analytic Issues and Methods in Developmental Psychology......Page 333
16 Assessing Growth in Longitudinal Investigations: Selected Measurement and Design Issues......Page 335
17 Latent Growth Curve Analysis Using Structural Equation Modeling Techniques......Page 356
18 Modeling Developmental Change Over Time: Latent Growth Analysis......Page 383
19 Interdependence in Development: Data Analytic Strategies for Dyadic Designs......Page 395
20 Analysis of Behavioral Streams......Page 410
Part V New Directions in Developmental Research......Page 437
21 Emotion-Related Regulation: The Construct and its Measurement......Page 439
22 Person—Environment "Fit" and Individual Development......Page 459
23 New Developments in the Study of Infant Memory......Page 483
24 Understanding Children's Testimony Regarding their Alleged Abuse: Contributions of Field and Laboratory Analog Research......Page 505
25 New Research Methods in Developmental Science: Applications and Illustrations......Page 525
Index......Page 550