In this paper three ways of measuring and defining change in cross-sectional designs are presented. The first measure of change concerns structural stability: continuity in the organisation of a set of variables across time. The second is level stability: ...
The Analysis of Processes and Changes: Applying Autoregressive Latent Trajectory ModelsAbstract: Complex changes of social psychological variables over long time periods can be examined only by means of panel studies. The analysis of such relations ...
Abstract. The aim of this study was to examine how possible changes in self-efficacy and interest during a task relate to each other and whether such changes independently predict overall task performance. To achieve this, the participants, one hundred ...
We suggest that temporal stability in the frequency of stereotype-consistent behavior can be used to estimate whether this behavior reflects internal stable dispositions (i.e., stereotype-consistent traits) shared within the group rather than other ...
Stability represents a fundamental concept in developmental theory and research. In this article we give an overview of recent work on personality traits and their stability in adulthood. First, we define personality traits and stability. Second, we ...
<span>Aims:</span> This study explores the relationships between resources and vulnerabilities (Jessor et al., 1991) and increases in substance use among adolescents from two different countries. </p><p> <span class="fett">Methods:</span> In the context ...
The Change From Codeine to Methadone Maintenance Treatment
Results of a Patient-based InvestigationAims und methods: Since 1988, the medication of patients in maintenance treatment has been changed from codeine to methadone due to the changed ...
“Motivating Members of my Team is My Bread and Butter” – Leaders of Early Childhood Education Centers as Change AgentsAbstract. Change has become a core element of the work in early childhood education centres (ECEC). The ongoing ...
The structure and change of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems in the German Circumplex version (IIP-D; Horowitz, Strauss, & Kordy, 2000) were examined in a study of 393 Swiss psychotherapy outpatients. Replicating results by Vittengl, Clark, and ...
In this study, we investigated working memory structure and measurement invariance of working memory in children between 5 and 12 years. In a sample of 1,669 children, we administered a battery of 12 computer-based working memory subtests. We found the ...
Abstract. Individual differences perspectives have dominated the scientific study of creativity since the 1950’s. These perspectives, however, mainly emphasize group-level variations or inter-individual differences, with limited interest ...
A primary objective of panel studies is to analyze change. The same questionnaire is used to compare data recorded at various times. Panel designs assume that the meaning of the questions and the concept of interest ...
Abstract.Culpepper and Aguinis (2011) highlighted the benefit of using the errors-in-variables (EIV) method to control for measurement error and obtain unbiased regression estimates. The current study investigated the EIV method and ...