Modeling Contextual Effects in Longitudinal Studies (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Little, Todd D.; Card, Noel A.; Bovaird, James A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Longitudinal data are critical for understanding how individuals change across time. Researchers are faced with a complex task when modeling the contexts in which longitudinal processes unfold. "Modeling Contextual Effects in Longitudinal Studies "reviews the challenges and alternative approaches to modeling these influences and provides methodologies and data analytic strategies for behavioral and social science researchers.
This accessible guide provides concrete, clear examples of how contextual factors can be included in most research studies. Each chapter can be understood independently, allowing readers to first focus on areas most relevant to their work. The opening chapter demonstrates the various ways contextual factors are represented--as covariates, predictors, outcomes, moderators, mediators, or mediated effects. Succeeding chapters review "best practice" techniques for treating missing data, making model comparisons, and scaling across developmental age ranges. Other chapters focus on specific statistical techniques such as multilevel modeling and multiple-group and multilevel SEM, and how to incorporate tests of mediation, moderation, and moderated mediation. Critical measurement and theoretical issues are discussed, particularly how age can be represented and the ways in which context can be conceptualized. The final chapter provides a compelling call to include contextual factors in theorizing and research."
Modeling Contextual Effects in Longitudinal Studies" will appeal to researchers and advanced students conducting developmental, social, clinical, or educational research, as well as those in related areas such as psychology and linguistics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135594176
• Artikelnr.: 38249819

Autorenporträt

Todd D. Little is Director of the Research Design Unit and the Quantitative Psychology Doctoral training Program and a Professor of Psychology at the University of Kansas. He received his Ph.D. in developmental and quantitative psychology at the University of California - Riverside. Dr. Little has extensive experience in the use of longitudinal research methods, and he has edited several LEA books on the subject. James A. Bovaird is an Assistant Professor in Educational Psychology at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. He received his Ph.D. in quantitative psychology at the University of Kansas. His quantitative interests are in the application of latent variable methodologies to novel substantive areas and the evaluation of these methodologies in situations of limited inference. Noel A. Card is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Family Studies and Human Development at the University of Arizona. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from St. John's University. His quantitative interests are structural equation modeling, longitudinal design and analysis, meta-analysis, and analyzing interdependent data.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. N.A. Card
T.D. Little
J.A. Bovaird
Modeling Ecological and Contextual Effects in Longitudinal Studies of Human Development. S.M. Hofer
L. Hoffman
Statistical Analysis With Incomplete Data: A Developmental Perspective. K.J. Preacher
L. Cai
R.C. MacCullum
Alternatives to Traditional Model Comparison Strategies for Covariance Structure Models. S.E. Embretson
Impact of Measurement Scale in Modeling Developmental Processes and Ecological Factors. P.J. Curran
M.C. Edwards
R.J. Wirth
A.M. Hussong
L. Chassin
The Incorporation of Categorical Measurement Models in the Analysis of Individual Growth. T.D. Little
N.A. Card
D.W. Slegers
E.C. Ledford
Representing Contextual Effects in Multiple-Group MACS Models. J.A. Bovaird
Multilevel Structural Equation Models for Contextual Factors. D. Hedeker
R.J. Mermelstein
Mixed-Effects Regression Models With Heterogeneous Variance: Analyzing Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Data of Smoking. T.D. Little
N.A. Card
J.A. Bovaird
K.J. Preacher
C.S. Crandel
Structural Equation Modeling of Mediation and Moderation With Contextual Factors. D.B. Flora
S.T. Khoo
L. Chassin
Moderating Effects of a Risk Factor: Modeling Longitudinal Moderated Mediation in the Development of Adolescent Heavy Drinking. D.J. Bauer
M.J. Shanahan
Modeling Complex Interactions: Person-Centered and Variable-Centered Approaches. N. Bolger
P.E. Shrout
Accounting for Statistical Dependency in Longitudinal Data on Dyads. S.M. Boker
J-P. Laurenceau
Coupled Dynamics and Mutually Adaptive Context. N. Ram
J.R. Nesselroade
Modeling Intraindividual and Intracontextual Change: Rendering Developmental Contextualism Operational. J.L. Rodgers
The Shape of Things to Come: Using Developmental Curves From Adolescent Smoking and Drinking Reports to Diagnose the Type of Social Process that Generated the Curves. K.J. Grimm
J.J. McArdle
A Dynamic Structural Analysis of the Impacts of Context on Shifts in Lifespan Development. K.F. Widaman
Intrauterine Environment Affects Infant and Child Intellectual Outcomes: Environment as Direct Effect. H. Jelicic
C. Theokas
E. Phelps
R.M. Lerner
Conceptualizing and Measuring the Context Within Person Context Models of Human Development: Implications for Theory
Research
and Application.