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ERIC Number: EJ678182
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Longitudinal Analysis of Flexibility and Reorganization in Early Adolescence: A Dynamic Systems Study of Family Interactions.
Granic, Isabela; Hollenstein, Tom; Dishion, Thomas J.; Patterson, Gerald R.
Developmental Psychology, v39 n3 p606-17 May 2003
Used a dynamic systems (DS) approach to study changes in structure of family interactions in problem-solving sessions during the early adolescent transition of boys in 149 families. Constructed state space grids (a new DS method) for families across five waves of videotaped data collection before, during, and after the transition. Found that DS variables revealed a significant quadratic effect related to a peak in behavioral variability at 13-14 years. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Data Analysis, Developmental Stages, Early Adolescents, Family Relationship, Longitudinal Studies, Males, Parent Child Relationship, Problem Solving, Systems Approach
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Behavioral Variability; Flexibility (Attitude)