Developmental follow-up : concepts, domains, and methods

Author(s)

• Friedman, Sarah L.
• Haywood, H. Carl

Bibliographic Information

Developmental follow-up : concepts, domains, and methods

edited by Sarah L. Friedman, H. Carl Haywood

Academic Press, 1994

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

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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Details

• NCID: BA23895538
• ISBN:
  • 0122678559
  • 0122678567
• LCCN: 94004843
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: San Diego
• Pages/Volumes: xxiii, 406 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ767.9
  • DC20 : 305.23/1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Child development -- Longitudinal studies