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von Eye, Alexander; Mun, Eun Young; Bogat, G. Anne – Developmental Psychology, 2008
This article reviews the premises of configural frequency analysis (CFA), including methods of choosing significance tests and base models, as well as protecting [alpha], and discusses why CFA is a useful approach when conducting longitudinal person-oriented research. CFA operates at the manifest variable level. Longitudinal CFA seeks to identify…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Models, Time Perspective
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Huesmann, L. Rowell; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1984
A longitudinal, cross-cultural field study was made to determine boundary conditions under which the television violence/aggression relation obtains, to determine intervening variables, and to illuminate the process through which television violence relates to aggression. Children from first through fifth grades in the United States, Australia,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Bush, Diane Mitsch – 1982
A longitudinal study determined whether victimization increases students' fear and distrust and thus leads to greater approval of defensive violence. Data were obtained from a larger study conducted within the Milwaukee schools from 1974 to 1976. The present study utilized data on 221 respondents in grade 6 and on those same respondents when they…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 7, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools