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Marfo K. Toward a globally inclusive knowledge base on adolescent development: A charge to the Majority World and a plea for epistemic and paradigmatic pluralism. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE 2024. [PMID: 38803300 DOI: 10.1111/jora.12979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Ongoing internal dialog on the limitations of Euro-American developmental science has opened up space to explore how best to work toward a knowledge base that is adequately representative of the values, cultures, epistemic traditions, and lived experiences of peoples, nations, and regions around the world. So far, recommendations for the advancement of a global developmental science have focused preponderantly on (1) methodological considerations and (2) an architecture to support cross-disciplinary international collaborative inquiry and/or enhance research capacity building for Majority World scholars and institutions. In this commentary, instead of focusing on specific contributions to the Special Issue, I make a case for an explicit commitment to field-building within Majority World contexts as the primary gap-closing path toward the cultivation of a global developmental science knowledge base. I begin with a worldwide population analysis to demonstrate the magnitude of geopolitical, eco-cultural, and epistemic imbalances inherent in the shaping of Euro-American developmental science. In tandem with the Special Issue's central theme, I draw on scholarship from the fields of history, sociology, and political economy to link decolonial theory to the advancement of a global developmental science. Finally, I explore ways in which exemplary research establishments already engaged in prolific inquiry and research training may be ideal candidates to support field-building and help to advance multidisciplinary inquiry within an ethos of epistemic and methodological pluralism.
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- Kofi Marfo
- Aga Khan University (South-Central Asia, East Africa & United Kingdom), Nairobi, Kenya
- University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Keating DP. Adolescent Health Risk Behavior: The Road Ahead. J Adolesc Health 2024; 74:397-399. [PMID: 38309840 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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- Daniel P Keating
- Department of Psychology & Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Sahbaz S, Cox RB, Montero-Zamora P, Salas-Wright CP, Maldonado-Molina MM, Bates MM, Pérez-Gómez A, Mejía-Trujillo J, Vos SR, Scaramutti C, Perazzo PA, Duque M, Garcia MF, Brown EC, Schwartz SJ. Measuring Anxiety Among Latino Immigrant Populations: Within-Country and Between-Country Comparisons. Assessment 2024:10731911231223715. [PMID: 38217446 DOI: 10.1177/10731911231223715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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Anxiety is the most prevalent mental health disorder among adults worldwide. Given its increased prevalence among migrants due to their marginalized position in the societies where they reside, psychometric evaluations of anxiety measures such as the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) are needed for use with migrants. The present study is the first attempt to compare the structure of GAD-7 scores for (a) different Latino groups in the same country and (b) the same Latino group in two different countries. Using three samples of Mexican and Venezuelan migrants (total N = 933), we provide reliability and validity evidence of the GAD-7 for use with adult Latino migrants. Utilizing confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory, we demonstrate that the GAD-7 is internally consistent, possesses a strong single-factor structure, and generates scores with equivalent psychometric properties. GAD-7 is appropriate for use with Mexican and Venezuelan migrants across differing gender groups and education levels.
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Petersen IT, Apfelbaum KS, McMurray B. Adapting Open Science and Pre-registration to Longitudinal Research. INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT 2024; 33:e2315. [PMID: 38425545 PMCID: PMC10904029 DOI: 10.1002/icd.2315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Open science practices, such as pre-registration and data sharing, increase transparency and may improve the replicability of developmental science. However, developmental science has lagged behind other fields in implementing open science practices. This lag may arise from unique challenges and considerations of longitudinal research. In this paper, preliminary guidelines are provided for adapting open science practices to longitudinal research to facilitate researchers' use of these practices. The guidelines propose a serial and modular approach to registration that includes an initial pre-registration of the methods and focal hypotheses of the longitudinal study, along with subsequent pre- or co-registered questions, hypotheses, and analysis plans associated with specific papers. Researchers are encouraged to share their research materials and relevant data with associated papers, and to report sufficient information for replicability. In addition, there should be careful consideration about requirements regarding the timing of data sharing, to avoid disincentivizing longitudinal research.
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- Isaac T Petersen
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Department of Linguistics, University of Iowa
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Kim MH, Buford K, Ellis A, Davis-Kean PE, Antony C, Braun C, Hurst T, Todd J. A metascience investigation of inclusive, open, and reproducible science practices in research posters at the 2021 SRCD biennial meeting. Child Dev 2023. [PMID: 38102780 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.14059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Over the past decade, there has been a growing appreciation of metascience issues in psychological science. Using data collected from 2615 posters presented at the 2021 biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, this article examines the use of transparent research practices to increase rigor and reproducibility as well as generalizability through greater inclusivity of diverse samples. Research presented through poster presentations was heavily skewed toward quantitative studies featuring American researchers using Western hemisphere samples. Sharing of data/materials, preregistrations, and replications were uncommon. During a time when governments are increasingly requiring more open practices and access, this research provides an important baseline by which developmental science can benchmark progress toward the goals of greater inclusivity and openness.
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- Matthew H Kim
- Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Psychology and the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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Barra L, Coo S. Preterm‐born children's development: A bioecological perspective. INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/icd.2384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Lisseth Barra
- School of Psycholy Universidad del Desarrollo Santiago Chile
- Deparment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine University of Chile Santiago Chile
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- School of Psycholy Universidad del Desarrollo Santiago Chile
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Barbot B. Editorial - « Directions 2022 ». New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2022; 2022:5-7. [PMID: 36383679 DOI: 10.1002/cad.20490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Christner N, Paulus M. Varieties of normative understanding and their relation to sharing behavior in preschool children. J Exp Child Psychol 2022; 224:105498. [PMID: 35842944 DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Children increasingly appreciate normative obligations and share resources across the preschool years. But the internal structure and behavioral relevance of normative expressions in the context of sharing-that is, the relation with children's own sharing behavior-remains disputed. Here, 4- to 6-year-old children (N = 90; 37 female) observed protagonists sharing or not sharing resources. As measures of normative expressions, children's evaluation, punishment acceptability, non-costly punishment, and costly punishment of the protagonists as well as their moral self-concept were assessed. To measure actual prosocial behavior, children had the possibility to share resources. A factor analysis revealed that the variety of normative expressions constitutes two distinct factors: normative representation (evaluation and hypothetical punishment) and norm enforcement (actual non-costly and costly punishment). Children's moral self-concept was the only normative expression that related to sharing behavior. Person-centered analyses suggest some consistency in individual differences across normative and prosocial development, with normative expressions and sharing behavior being aligned for some children on a low level and for some children on a high level. This study advances our understanding of early normative development and highlights the internal structure of normative stances during the preschool years.
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- Natalie Christner
- Department of Psychology, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, 80802 Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Psychology, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, 80802 Munich, Germany
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Yaremych HE, Persky S. Recruiting Fathers for Parenting Research: An Evaluation of Eight Recruitment Methods and an Exploration of Fathers' Motivations for Participation. PARENTING, SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2022; 23:1-32. [PMID: 37346458 PMCID: PMC10281717 DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2022.2036940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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Objective We evaluated eight recruitment methods (Craigslist, Facebook ads, Google AdWords, in-person, newspaper, parenting magazines, ResearchMatch, and direct mailing) in terms of their ability to accrue fathers of 3- to 7-year-old children into a laboratory-based behavioral trial for parents. The trial was related to child obesity risk and parental health behaviors. Design Each recruitment method was implemented such that half its occurrences advertised for fathers only, and half advertised for mothers and fathers. Methods were evaluated in terms of number of fathers recruited, cost- and time-efficiency, response rates, and demographic characteristics of individuals recruited. We also assessed fathers' and mothers' motivations for participating in the study. 101 fathers and 260 mothers were recruited. Results Father-targeted ads were essential for father recruitment; 79% of accruals from father-targeted ads were male, whereas only 14% of accruals from parent-targeted ads were male. Craigslist, ResearchMatch, and Facebook ads were the most cost-efficient for accruing fathers. A greater proportion of fathers was motivated by increasing fathers' representation in research (16%) compared to mothers who wished to increase mothers' representation in research (5.4%). Similar proportions of fathers and mothers were motivated by improving their parenting knowledge and improving their child's health. Conclusions Future researchers should employ father-targeted recruitment materials (rather than parent-targeted) that capitalize on fathers' unique motivations for participating in research.
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- Haley E Yaremych
- Department of Psychology & Human Development, Vanderbilt University, PMB 552, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203-5721
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 31 Rm B1B36, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Barbot B. Editorial-Directions 2021. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2022; 2021:5-6. [PMID: 34981634 DOI: 10.1002/cad.20452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Baptiste Barbot
- UCLouvain, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Belgium
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Leckman JF, Ponguta LA, Pavarini G, Hein SD, McCarthy MF, Staiti H, Hanöz-Penney S, Rubinstein J, Pruett KD, Yazgan MY, Fallon NS, Hartl FJ, Ziv M, Salah R, Britto PR, Fitzpatrick S, Panter-Brick C. Love and peace across generations: Biobehavioral systems and global partnerships. COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 2021; 8:100092. [PMID: 35757671 PMCID: PMC9216554 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpnec.2021.100092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Children's environments - especially relationships with caregivers - sculpt not only developing brains but also multiple bio-behavioral systems that influence long-term cognitive and socioemotional outcomes, including the ability to empathize with others and interact in prosocial and peaceful ways. This speaks to the importance of investing resources in effective and timely programs that work to enhance early childhood development (ECD) and, by extension, reach communities at-scale. Given the limited resources currently devoted to ECD services, and the devastating impact of COVID-19 on children and communities, there is a clear need to spur government leaders and policymakers to further invest in ECD and related issues including gender and racial equity. This essay offers concrete examples of scholarly paradigms and leadership efforts that focus on child development to build a peaceful, equitable, just, and sustainable world. As scholars and practitioners, we need to continue to design, implement, assess, and revise high-quality child development programs that generate much-needed evidence for policy and programmatic changes. We must also invest in global partnerships to foster the next generation of scholars, practitioners, and advocates dedicated to advance our understanding of the bio-behavioral systems that underlie love, sociality, and peace across generations. Especially where supported by structural interventions, ECD programs can help create more peaceful, just, and socially equitable societies.
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- James F. Leckman
- Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
- Ethox Centre, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
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- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
- Ethox Centre, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
- Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
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- Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
- Warner School of Education and Human Development, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
- Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
- United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Paris, France
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- Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
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- Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
- Güzel Günler Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
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- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
- University Web Operations, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- The International Networking Group on Peacebuilding with Young Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
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- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
- Country Representative, UNICEF, Lao’s People Democratic Republic (Lao PDR)
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- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
- The International Networking Group on Peacebuilding with Young Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- The Early Years – the Organization for Young Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
- Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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Moriguchi Y. Beyond bias to Western participants, authors, and editors in developmental science. INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/icd.2256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Barbot B, Piering K, Horcher D, Baudoux L. Creative recovery: Narrative creativity mitigates identity distress among young adults with cancer. J Psychosoc Oncol 2021; 40:315-330. [PMID: 33928839 DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2021.1907498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Objective: Young adults with cancer are at a heightened risk for experiencing identity distress, with adverse consequence on their satisfaction with life (SwL). This study examines the contributions of two resources thought to mitigate identity distress: parental warmth and narrative creativity.Methods: 164 young adults divided into three groups: (a) control group (no history of life-threatening medical illness); (b) recovered group, and (c) cancer group (currently in treatment) completed measures of SwL, identity distress, parental warmth, and narrative creativity.Findings: The cancer group was associated with higher identity distress and there was a strong contribution of identity distress in decreased SwL across groups. Narrative creativity had a significant, direct effect on reduced identity distress, indirectly increasing SwL across groups.Implications for psychosocial providers: These findings highlight the potential of creativity to decrease identity distress and in turn, improve SwL among patients with cancer.
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- Baptiste Barbot
- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, UCLouvain (University of Louvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.,Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Pace University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Pace University, New York, NY, USA
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, UCLouvain (University of Louvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Crocetti E, Eckstein K. The impact of migration on child and adolescent development: Diversity in migration pathways and experiences. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2021; 2021:7-11. [PMID: 33884741 DOI: 10.1002/cad.20413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Vos SR, Clark‐Ginsberg A, Puente‐Duran S, Salas‐Wright CP, Duque MC, Herrera IC, Maldonado‐Molina MM, Castillo MN, Lee TK, Garcia MF, Fernandez CA, Hanson M, Scaramutti C, Schwartz SJ. The family crisis migration stress framework: A framework to understand the mental health effects of crisis migration on children and families caused by disasters. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2021; 2021:41-59. [DOI: 10.1002/cad.20397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Saskia R. Vos
- Department of Public Health The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami Florida USA
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- Department of Public Health The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami Florida USA
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- Department of Public Health The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami Florida USA
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- Department of Public Health The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami Florida USA
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- Department of Public Health The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami Florida USA
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- Department of Public Health The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami Florida USA
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- Department of Public Health The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami Florida USA
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- Department of Public Health The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami Florida USA
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- Department of Public Health The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami Florida USA
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- Departments of Kinesiology, Health Education, and Educational Psychology, College of Education University of Texas at Austin Texas USA
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Barbot B, Said‐Metwaly S. Is There Really a Creativity Crisis? A Critical Review and Meta‐analytic Re‐Appraisal. JOURNAL OF CREATIVE BEHAVIOR 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/jocb.483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Baptiste Barbot
- UCLouvain (University of Louvain) Belgium
- Yale University USA
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Harkness S, Super CM. Culture and human development: Where did it go? And where is it going? New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2020; 2020:101-119. [PMID: 33135367 DOI: 10.1002/cad.20378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Culture and human development blossomed as a research enterprise in the last quarter of the 20th century; the energy and innovation of that enterprise are less evident now. Where did it go, and where is it going? In this essay, we examine the shifting fields of cross-cultural psychology, psychological anthropology, cultural psychology, indigenous psychology, and the surge of research on Individualism/Collectivism. Offering both academic and personal perspectives, we reflect on the importance of "culture" as a construct, and the value of focusing on individual development in that context. The way forward now, we suggest, is international and intercultural collaboration of scientists. The challenge for training new researchers from diverse backgrounds, however, is to equip them with the knowledge and insights gained from cross-cultural psychology, psychological anthropology, and their own cultures, rather than simply making the next generation of scholars into new representatives of Western theories of development.
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- Sara Harkness
- Professor of Human Development and Pediatrics, Director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Health, and Human Development, 348 Mansfield Rd., Unit 2058, Storrs, CT, 06269-2058, USA
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- Professor of Human Development and Pediatrics, Director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Health, and Human Development, 348 Mansfield Rd., Unit 2058, Storrs, CT, 06269-2058, USA
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Barbot B. Transition & Development. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2020; 2020:7-10. [PMID: 33017093 DOI: 10.1002/cad.20373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Karataş S, Crocetti E, Schwartz SJ, Rubini M. Understanding adolescents’ acculturation processes: New insights from the intergroup perspective. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2020; 2020:53-71. [DOI: 10.1002/cad.20365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Savaş Karataş
- Department of Psychology Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Psychology Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Public Health Sciences University of Miami, FL USA
- Departments of Kinesiology and Educational Psychology The University of Texas at Austin TX USA
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- Department of Psychology Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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van IJzendoorn MH, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ. Problematic cost-utility analysis of interventions for behavior problems in children and adolescents. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2020; 2020:89-102. [PMID: 32909695 PMCID: PMC7590126 DOI: 10.1002/cad.20360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cost–utility analyses are slowly becoming part of randomized control trials evaluating physical and mental health treatments and (preventive) interventions in child and adolescent development. The British National Institute of Health and Care Excellence, for example, insists on the use of gains in Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) to compute the “value for money” of interventions. But what counts as a gain in quality of life? For one of the most widely used instruments, the EuroQol 5 Dimensions scale (EQ‐5D), QALYs are estimated by healthy individuals who provide utility scores for specific health states, assuming that the best life is a life without self‐experienced problems in five domains: mobility, self‐care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. The worst imaginable outcome is defined as “a lot of problems” in each of these five domains. The impact of the individual's problems on the social network is not weighted, and important social–developmental domains (externalizing problems, social competence) are missing. Current cost–utility computations based on EQ‐5D favor physical health over mental health, and they rely on adult weights for child and adolescent quality of life. Thus, a level playing field is absent, and developmental expertise is sorely missing.
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- Marinus H van IJzendoorn
- Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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