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Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data.

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Deater-Deckard, K; Godwin, J; Lansford, JE; Bacchini, D; Bombi, AS; Bornstein, MH; Chang, L; Di Giunta, L; Dodge, KA; Malone, PS; Oburu, P ...
Published in: Journal of adolescence
January 2018

This study grapples with what it means to be part of a cultural group, from a statistical modeling perspective. The method we present compares within- and between-cultural group variability, in behaviors in families. We demonstrate the method using a cross-cultural study of adolescent development and parenting, involving three biennial waves of longitudinal data from 1296 eight-year-olds and their parents (multiple cultures in nine countries). Family members completed surveys about parental negativity and positivity, child academic and social-emotional adjustment, and attitudes about parenting and adolescent behavior. Variance estimates were computed at the cultural group, person, and within-person level using multilevel models. Of the longitudinally consistent variance, most was within and not between cultural groups-although there was a wide range of between-group differences. This approach to quantifying cultural group variability may prove valuable when applied to quantitative studies of acculturation.

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Journal of adolescence

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EISSN

1095-9254

ISSN

0140-1971

Publication Date

January 2018

Volume

62

Start / End Page

207 / 217

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Parents
  • Parenting
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Family
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
 

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Deater-Deckard, K., Godwin, J., Lansford, J. E., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A. S., Bornstein, M. H., … Al-Hassan, S. M. (2018). Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data. Journal of Adolescence, 62, 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.06.002
Deater-Deckard, Kirby, Jennifer Godwin, Jennifer E. Lansford, Dario Bacchini, Anna Silvia Bombi, Marc H. Bornstein, Lei Chang, et al. “Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data.Journal of Adolescence 62 (January 2018): 207–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.06.002.
Deater-Deckard K, Godwin J, Lansford JE, Bacchini D, Bombi AS, Bornstein MH, et al. Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data. Journal of adolescence. 2018 Jan;62:207–17.
Deater-Deckard, Kirby, et al. “Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data.Journal of Adolescence, vol. 62, Jan. 2018, pp. 207–17. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.06.002.
Deater-Deckard K, Godwin J, Lansford JE, Bacchini D, Bombi AS, Bornstein MH, Chang L, Di Giunta L, Dodge KA, Malone PS, Oburu P, Pastorelli C, Skinner AT, Sorbring E, Steinberg L, Tapanya S, Alampay LP, Uribe Tirado LM, Zelli A, Al-Hassan SM. Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data. Journal of adolescence. 2018 Jan;62:207–217.
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Published In

Journal of adolescence

DOI

EISSN

1095-9254

ISSN

0140-1971

Publication Date

January 2018

Volume

62

Start / End Page

207 / 217

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Parents
  • Parenting
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Family
  • Developmental & Child Psychology