Developmental follow-up : concepts, domains, and methods
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Developmental follow-up : concepts, domains, and methods
Academic Press, 1994
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This work provides a theoretical and methodological exploration of longitudinal studies on child development. Covering areas from experimental design and data analysis to recent examples of longitudinal research findings, this text is a guide to rethinking issues and strategies for future research. Five sections cover theoretical perspectives, domains of longitudinal research, sources of data, experimental design and data analysis.
Table of Contents
- From the past to the future of developmental follow-up research
- developmental theory, prediction, and the developmental equation in follow-up research
- ecological perspectives on longitudinal follow-up studies
- developmental research in behavioural teratology - effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on child development
- health surveillance and the development of children
- early cognitive development and the contribution of peer interaction - a Piagetian view
- expanding the boundaries of evaluation - strategies for refining and evaluating ill-defined interventions
- developmental psychopathology and multiplex developmental disorder
- developmental follow-up strategies - assessing child psychopathology in developmental follow-up studies
- parents as scientific observers of their children's development
- assessment of cognitive and language functioning - a developmental perspective
- environmental issues in developmental follow-up research. Experimental design and data analysis: the special methodological problems of childhood developmental follow-up studies - focus on planning
- methodological considerations and strategies for studying the longterm follow-up of early intervention
- modeling duration and the timing of events - using survival analysis in longterm follow-up studies
- towards a developmental epidemiology
- developmental epidemiology
- child care and child development - the NICHD study of early child care.
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