Studying individual development in an interindividual context a person-oriented approach

During the last decade there has been increased awareness of the limitations of standard approaches to the study of development. When the focus is on variables and relationships, the individual is easily lost. This book describes an alternative, person-oriented approach in which the focus is on the...

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Other Authors: Bergman, Lars R., author (author), Magnusson, David, author, El-Khouri, Bassam, author
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; London : Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group [2003]
Series:Paths Through Life Series
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Summary:During the last decade there has been increased awareness of the limitations of standard approaches to the study of development. When the focus is on variables and relationships, the individual is easily lost. This book describes an alternative, person-oriented approach in which the focus is on the individual as a functioning whole. The authors take as their theoretical starting points the holistic-interactionistic research paradigm expounded by David Magnusson and others, and the new developmental science in which connections and interactions between different systems (biological, ps
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (211 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210) and indexes.
ISBN:9781282321816
9786612321818
9780805831306
9781410606822