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Studying individual development in an interindividual context : a person-oriented approach / Lars R. Bergman, David Magnusson, Bassam M. El Khouri.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bergman, Lars R., author.
- Magnusson, David, author.
- El-Khouri, Bassam, author.
- Series:
- Paths Through Life Series
- Paths Through Life Series ; v.Vol 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Developmental psychology--Social aspects.
- Developmental psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (211 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2003]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the last decade there has been increased awareness of the limitations of standard approaches to the study of development. When the focus is on variables and relationships, the individual is easily lost. This book describes an alternative, person-oriented approach in which the focus is on the individual as a functioning whole. The authors take as their theoretical starting points the holistic-interactionistic research paradigm expounded by David Magnusson and others, and the new developmental science in which connections and interactions between different systems (biological, ps
- Contents:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; CHAPTER 3 GENERAL METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS; CHAPTER 4 CLASSIFICATION IN A PERSON-ORIENTED CONTEXT; CHAPTER 5 ANALYZING ALL POSSIBLE PATTERNS; CHAPTER 6 SOME METHODS FOR STUDYING PATTERN DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 7 EXAMINING THE GENERALIZABILITY OF RESULTS; CHAPTER 8 SLEIPNER, A STATISTICAL PACKAGE FOR PERSON-ORIENTED ANALYSIS; CHAPTER 9 STABILITY AND CHANGE IN PATTERNS OF SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY; CHAPTER 10 DISCUSSION AND DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX
- SUBJECT INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-32181-1
- 9786612321818
- 0-8058-3130-4
- 1-4106-0682-1
- 9781410606822
- OCLC:
- 437110266
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