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  • Commentary on: An Interpretation of Part of Gilbert Gottlieb's Legacy: Developmental Systems Theory Contra Developmental Behavior Genetics
    2015
    Co-Authors: Richard M. Lerner, Milena Batanova, Andrea Vest Ettekal, Cristina J. Hunter
    Abstract:

    Among the many conceptual and methodological issues of basic importance in developmental science, the nature-nurture controversy and the measurement of Intraindividual Change, respectively, are arguably the two most fundamental. The former issue pertains to the ontology of development: Of what is development constituted or composed? The latter issue pertains to the epistemology of the field: Through what means (methods) can we know (or measure) that a human has Changed developmentally? Peter C. M. Molenaar’s (2015) short but creative and far-reaching article rightly points to the theoretical framework of Gilbert Gottlieb (e.g., 1997, 1998), a model that, today, would be understood as an instance

  • Developmental Science in 2025: A Predictive Review
    Research in Human Development, 2014
    Co-Authors: Richard M. Lerner, Jennifer P. Agans, Lisette M. Desouza, Rachel M. Hershberg
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    This article discusses the current and emerging status of contemporary developmental science and present predictions about the growth of the field by 2025. Key contemporary features of developmental science involve a theoretical focus on models derived from the relational developmental systems, metamodel, a methodological focus on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods analytic approaches. Emerging foci involve an integrative understanding of evolution and of epigenetics, methodological innovations predicated on the idiographic nature of Intraindividual Change and on the use of systems science and econometric methods, and the use of relation developmental systems-based evidence to enact applications to optimize human development and to promote social justice.

  • Handbook of Psychology, Second Edition - Developmental Science Across the Life Span
    Handbook of Psychology Second Edition, 2012
    Co-Authors: Richard M. Lerner, M. Ann Easterbrooks, Jayanthi Mistry
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    We discuss the historical bases and conceptual features of developmental science, a field that seeks to describe, explain, and optimize Intraindividual Change and interindividual differences in Intraindividual Change across the life span. Framed by relational developmental systems theories of human development, developmental science involves the integration of variables from levels of organization ranging from biology through culture, the physical ecology, and history and, because of the plasticity in the human development systems that derives from temporal embeddedness, there is an integration of basic research and applications aimed at promoting positive human development. The chapters in this volume describe the foundations of developmental science, the processes involved in development across infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and the ways in which developmental science may be applied to enhance thriving and social justice across the life span. Keywords: developmental science; relational developmental systems theory; plasticity; applied developmental science; infancy; childhood; adolescence; adulthood

  • Use of missing data methods in longitudinal studies: the persistence of bad practices in developmental psychology.
    Developmental psychology, 2009
    Co-Authors: Helena Jelicic, Erin Phelps, Richard M. Lerner
    Abstract:

    Developmental science rests on describing, explaining, and optimizing Intraindividual Changes and, hence, empirically requires longitudinal research. Problems of missing data arise in most longitudinal studies, thus creating challenges for interpreting the substance and structure of Intraindividual Change. Using a sample of reports of longitudinal studies obtained from three flagship developmental journals-Child Development, Developmental Psychology, and Journal of Research on Adolescence-we examined the number of longitudinal studies reporting missing data and the missing data techniques used. Of the 100 longitudinal studies sampled, 57 either reported having missing data or had discrepancies in sample sizes reported for different analyses. The majority of these studies (82%) used missing data techniques that are statistically problematic (either listwise deletion or pairwise deletion) and not among the methods recommended by statisticians (i.e., the direct maximum likelihood method and the multiple imputation method). Implications of these results for developmental theory and application, and the need for understanding the consequences of using statistically inappropriate missing data techniques with actual longitudinal data sets, are discussed.

  • Diversity in Individual↔Context Relations as the Basis for Positive Development Across the Life Span: A Developmental Systems Perspective for Theory, Research, and Application (The 2004 Society for the Study of Human Development Presidential Address)
    Research in Human Development, 2004
    Co-Authors: Richard M. Lerner
    Abstract:

    Contemporary, cutting-edge scholarship in human developmental science is framed by developmental systems theories emphasizing that the basic process in development involves mutually influential relations between the individually distinct person and his or her diverse, multilevel context; stressing that relative plasticity in development derives from such individual↔context relations; and providing optimism about the possibility that applications of developmental science may promote positive development. These ideas underscore the substantive importance of human diversity, seen both as the potential for systematic Intraindividual Change across life (plasticity) and as interindividual differences in Intraindividual Change, and stand in contrast to views about diversity as either unimportant, error, or reflecting deficits in development. I discuss these differing conceptions of human diversity and of their distinct implications for the methodological and ethical conduct of science and of applications to prog...

Ruth Kanfer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Future time perspective and promotion focus as determinants of Intraindividual Change in work motivation
    Psychology and aging, 2014
    Co-Authors: Dorien T. A. M. Kooij, P. Matthijs Bal, Ruth Kanfer
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    In the near future, workforces will increasingly consist of older workers. At the same time, research has demonstrated that work-related growth motives decrease with age. Although this finding is consistent with life span theories, such as the selection optimization and compensation (SOC) model, we know relatively little about the process variables that bring about this Change in work motivation. Therefore, we use a 4-wave study design to examine the mediating role of future time perspective and promotion focus in the negative association between age and work-related growth motives. Consistent with the SOC model, we found that future time perspective was negatively associated with age, which, in turn, was associated with lower promotion focus, lower work-related growth motive strength, and lower motivation to continue working. These findings have important theoretical implications for the literature on aging and work motivation, and practical implications for how to motivate older workers.

  • aging adult development and work motivation
    Academy of Management Review, 2004
    Co-Authors: Ruth Kanfer, Phillip L Ackerman
    Abstract:

    We describe a framework for understanding how age-related Changes in adult development affect work motivation, and, building on recent life-span theories and research on cognitive abilities, personality, affect, vocational interests, values, and self-concept, identify four Intraindividual Change trajectories (loss, gain, reorganization, and exChange). We discuss implications of the integrative framework for the use and effectiveness of different motivational strategies with midlife and older workers in a variety of jobs, as well as abiding issues and future research directions.

Neal Schmitt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • INTERINDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN Intraindividual ChangeS IN PROACTIVITY DURING ORGANIZATIONAL ENTRY: A LATENT GROWTH MODELING APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING NEWCOMER ADAPTATION
    Journal of Applied Psychology, 2000
    Co-Authors: David Chan, Neal Schmitt
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    Intraindividual Change over time is the essence of the Change phenomenon hypothesized to occur in the individual newcomer adaptation process. Many important adaptation questions cannot be answered without an adequate conceptualization and assessment of Intraindividual Change. Using a latent growth modeling approach to data collected from 146 doctoral program newcomers over 4 repeated measurements spaced at 1-month intervals, the authors explicitly modeled interindividual differences in intrain-dividual Changes in newcomer proactivities (information seeking, relationship building) and proximal adaptation outcomes (task mastery, role clarity, social integration) during organizational entry. Results indicated that Changes in proactivity may be related to newcomer characteristics and adaptation outcomes in interesting ways that have not been previously examined.

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Jacquelynne S. Eccles - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Leaving Home, Attending College, Partnership and Parenthood: The Role of Life Transition Events in Leisure Pattern Stability From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
    Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2001
    Co-Authors: Leslie A. Raymore, Bonnie L. Barber, Jacquelynne S. Eccles
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    Few researchers have examined the role that life transition events play in the maintenance of or Change in leisure behaviors across the transition from adolescence to young adulthood. This study examines the role that leaving home, going to college, having a committed partner, and becoming a parent played in Intraindividual Change and stability in leisure patterns. The data were from the Michigan Study of Adolescent Life Transitions (MSALT), and were collected during the final year of high school and 3 years following high school. Results suggest that transition events are particularly useful in predicting female leisure pattern stability or Change; going to college and leaving home were generally predictive of the maintenance of a stable leisure pattern, while becoming a partner and becoming a parent were predictive of Change. For males, the most useful predictor of stability or Change was leaving home. However, the nature of the relation of the transition events to pattern stability or Change depended on the type of initial leisure pattern.