European Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Human ontogeny : a longitudinal perspective / by David Magnusson -- Genes, experience and development / by Sandra Scarr -- The human brain and longitudinal research in human development / by Paul Casaer -- Longitudinal research and a biology of human brain development and behaviour / by Verne S. Jr, MD, D Phil Caviness, Pauline A. MD Filipek and David N. MS, PhD Kennedy -- Cognitive, social and emotional development / by F.E. Weinert and W. Schneider -- Developmental psychopathology : some historical and current perspectives / by Norman PhD Garmezy -- Developmental psychopathology as a research perspective / by Michael Rutter -- Longitudinal research on human aging : the power of combining real-time, microgenetic and simulation approaches / by Andreas Kruse, Ulman Lindenberger and Paul B. Baltes -- Development, aging and control : empirical and theoretical issues / by Jochen Brandtstädter -- Some methodological issues in longitudinal research : looking ahead / by Lars R. Bergman.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Longitudinal research is an essential element in the investigation of human development over time, with considerable advantages over more widely used cross-sectional research designs. This book examines the scope for longitudinal studies in a range of developmental fields, emphasizing the advantages of this approach for the investigation of causal mechanisms and processes and the dynamics of development over the lifespan. It also discusses methodological issues and some of the practical and ethical problems that longitudinal research may present. The distinguished contributors review normal and disordered development in the emotional, cognitive and social domains, including valuable discussions of gene-environment interactions, the maturation of the human brain, and issues relating to ageing.