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ERIC Number: EJ735291
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jun
Pages: 19
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-989X
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Multilevel Modeling of Two Cyclical Processes: Extending Differential Structural Equation Modeling to Nonlinear Coupled Systems
Butner, Jonathan; Amazeen, Polemnia G.; Mulvey, Genna M.
Psychological Methods, v10 n2 p159-177 Jun 2005
The authors present a dynamical multilevel model that captures changes over time in the bidirectional, potentially asymmetric influence of 2 cyclical processes. S. M. Boker and J. Graham's (1998) differential structural equation modeling approach was expanded to the case of a nonlinear coupled oscillator that is common in bimanual coordination studies in which participants swing hand-held pendulums but is also applicable to social systems in general. The authors' nonlinear coupled oscillator model decomposed the fluctuations into a competitive component, unique to each individual variable, and a cooperative component that captured bidirectional influence. The authors' model also generated an index of the symmetry/asymmetry of bidirectional influence. Together, the models are useful quantitative tools for the study of interacting, changing processes.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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