Handbook of Research Methods in Developmental Science

List of Contributors viii

Preface xii

Part I Developmental Designs 1

1 Issues in the Use of Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Designs 3
Kelly Robinson Todd Schmidt and Douglas M. Teti

2 Methodological Issues in Aging Research 21
K. Warner Schaie and Grace I. L. Caskie

3 Using Microgenetic Designs to Study Change Processes 40
Manuela Lavelli, Andréa P.F. Pantoja, Hui-Chin Hsu, Daniel Messinger, and Alan Fogel

4 Developmental Science and the Experimental Method 66
Allison Holmes and Douglas M. Teti

5 Quasi-Experimental Designs in Developmental Research: Design and Analysis Considerations 81
Steven C. Pitts, Justin H. Prost, and Jamie J. Winters

Part II General Issues in Developmental Measurement 101

6 Measurement of Individual Difference Constructs in Child Development, or Taking Aim at Moving Targets 103
John E. Bates and Claire Novosad

7 Who Should Collect Our Data: Parents or Trained Observers? 123
Ronald Seifer

8 Validating Young Children's Self-Concept Responses: Methodological Ways and Means to Understand their Responses 138
Herbert Marsh, Raymond Debus, and Laurel Bornholt

9 Developmental Perspectives on Parenting Competence 161
Douglas M. Teti and Keng-Yen Huang

10 Methods of Contextual Assessment and Assessing Contextual Methods: A Developmental Systems Perspective 183
Richard M. Lerner, Elizabeth Dowling, and Jana Chaudhuri

Part III Developmental Intervention: Traditional and Emergent Approaches in Enhancing Development 211

11 Enhancing Children's Socioemotional Development: A Review of Intervention Studies 213
Femmie Juffer, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, and Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

12 Early Childhood Education: The Journey from Efficacy Research to Effective Practice 233
Craig T. Ramey and Sharon L. Ramey

13 Fostering Early Communication and Language Development 249
Steven F. Warren and Dale Walker

14 Enhancing Social Competence 271
Elizabeth A. Stormshak and Janet A. Welsh

15 NICU-Based Interventions for High-Risk Infants 295
Christine Reiner Hess

Part IV Analytic Issues and Methods in Developmental Psychology 317

16 Assessing Growth in Longitudinal Investigations: Selected Measurement and Design Issues 319
Donald P. Hartmann

17 Latent Growth Curve Analysis Using Structural Equation Modeling Techniques 340
John J. McArdle

18 Modeling Developmental Change Over Time: Latent Growth Analysis 367
Philip W. Wirtz

19 Interdependence in Development: Data Analytic Strategies for Dyadic Designs 379
Deborah A. Kashy and Jennifer G. Boldry

20 Analysis of Behavioral Streams 394
Roger Bakeman, Deborah F. Deckner, and Vicenç Quera

Part V New Directions in Developmental Research 421

21 Emotion-Related Regulation: The Construct and its Measurement 423
Nancy Eisenberg, Amanda Sheffield Morris, and Tracy L. Spinrad

22 Person–Environment "Fit" and Individual Development 443
Theodore D. Wachs

23 New Developments in the Study of Infant Memory 467
Patricia J. Bauer

24 Understanding Children's Testimony Regarding their Alleged Abuse: Contributions of Field and Laboratory Analog Research 489
Michael E. Lamb and Karen L. Thierry

25 New Research Methods in Developmental Science: Applications and Illustrations 509
Marc H. Bornstein, Chun-Shin Hahn, O. Maurice Haynes, Nanmathi Manian, and Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda

Index 534