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Gniewosz, Burkhard; Gniewosz, Gabriela – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2018
The present article aims to show how to model longitudinal change in cohort sequential data applying latent true change models using Mplus' multi-group approach. The underlying modeling ideas are described and explained in this article. As an example, change in internalizing problem behaviors between the age of 8 and 13 years is modeled and…
Descriptors: Models, Data, Behavior Problems, Children
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Köber, Christin; Schmiedek, Florian; Habermas, Tilmann – Developmental Psychology, 2015
The ability to narrate stories and a synchronic self-concept develop in the pre- and primary school years. Life story theory proposes that both developments extend to an even later developmental stage, that is, to adolescents' acquisition of a coherent life story. Cross-sectional evidence supports the emergence of a life story in adolescence, but…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Individual Development, Age Differences, Longitudinal Studies
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Muhlenweg, Andrea; Blomeyer, Dorothea; Stichnoth, Holger; Laucht, Manfred – Economics of Education Review, 2012
We identify effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of child temperament. Our analysis is based on psychometric measures from a longitudinal cohort study of children in the Rhine-Neckar region in central Germany. In children with a higher ASE due to a birthday late in the year, we find more favorable outcomes with respect to…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Personality, Child Development, Children