This article asserts the claim for linking methods to phenomena—and not vice versa—in research on individual development. It is argued that proper application of theory, design, and methodological tools in studies of specific problems requires strict ...

Theoretical models that integrate or segregate mind and body have been in existence since the 15th century. The purpose of this contribution is to present contemporary models that integrate biological, psychological, and social contextual processes in ...

has been the most articulate spokesperson for a holistic, systems approach to personality. This paper considers three concepts relevant to a dynamic systems approach to personality: dynamics, systems, and levels. Some of the history of a ...

Within the general theoretical framework of the holistic-interactionistic paradigm, the need for using methods reflecting the process characteristics of a developmental study is emphasized and certain limitations of current research practice in this ...

A focus on the study of development and other kinds of changes in the whole individual has been one of the hallmarks of research by Magnusson and his colleagues. A number of different approaches emphasize this individual focus in their respective ways. ...

Research on emotion conducted so far has ignored situations where the subject experiences a certain emotion, but where the external stimulus that evoked and upholds this emotion suddenly disappears. This kind of situation, however, is relatively common in ...