Longitudinal Research on Individual Development (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521434782)

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 life-span. It also discusses methodological issues and some of the practical and ethical problems that longitudinal research may present. 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 aging.

Author: David Magnusson
ISBN-10: 0521434785
ISBN-13: 9780521434782
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/18/1993
Pages: 268
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.31h x 6.28w x 0.82d