A Longitudinal Study of Adult Life Experiences and Developmental Outcomes

This paper is concerned with decreasing asymmetry of motor control in ageing. It discusses age-related changes in humans and reports a longitudinal study of hand preferences in common marmosets. An annual assessment of hand preference for holding food was recorded throughout the lifespan of 19 marmosets that lived for at least 9 years, and half of those lived for at least 11 years. Those with a left-hand preference showed a gradual reduction in the strength of their hand preference throughout adult life. No significant change in the strength of hand preference was found in right-handed marmosets. Hence, ageing has a specific effect on motor control by the right hemisphere.

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LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF A 'STUDENT'S EVALUATION OF COURSE' INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF A PROFESSOR'S LIFE EXPERIENCES ON STUDENTS' EVALUATIONS (Monograph Supplement 1-V81)

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.81.6.563-588 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 81 (6) ◽

pp. 563 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

RALPH MASON DREGER

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Life Experiences ◽

Monograph Supplement

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Two-Way, One-Way or Dead-End Streets? Financial and Social Causes and Consequences of Generalized Trust

Social Indicators Research ◽

10.1007/s11205-020-02591-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Stefan Leenheer ◽

Maurice Gesthuizen ◽

Michael Savelkoul

Keyword(s):

Fixed Effects ◽

Life Experiences ◽

Unobserved Heterogeneity ◽

Panel Study ◽

Adult Life ◽

Causal Relationships ◽

Generalized Trust ◽

Social Contacts ◽

Age Range ◽

Time Invariant

AbstractScholars disagree on whether and to what extent adult life experiences can influence generalized trust and vice versa. Going beyond the methodological limitations of former studies, we aimed to answer the question as to what extent reciprocal causal relationships exist between generalized trust and the adult life experiences of financial success and (in)formal social contacts. We used two-wave cross-lagged panel models to identify those reciprocal causal relationships, and fixed-effects models to assess if they might be biased due to unaccounted time-invariant influences. Data from the Dutch NELLS panel study (age range 17–49) show that compelling empirical evidence is found for a reciprocal causal relationship between generalized trust and household income that does not suffer from bias due to unobserved heterogeneity. Furthermore, more trusting individuals experience a stronger decrease in material deprivation, but not vice versa. Trust and (in)formal social contacts are not causally related in any of our models.

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COCON – Swiss Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies ◽

10.1332/175795920x16062920646814 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Marlis Buchmann ◽

Jeanine Grütter ◽

Corinne Igel

Keyword(s):

Social Change ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Individual Differences ◽

Life Course ◽

Cultural Differences ◽

Developmental Outcomes ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Individual Development ◽

Large Sample ◽

Cross Cultural Differences

This study profile describes COCON – the acronym for COmpetence and CONtext. This is an interdisciplinary, multi-cohort and multi-informant longitudinal study with a primary focus on how children and adolescents cope with the developmental tasks of early life course transitions. It strives to detect the social and individual antecedents and consequences associated with the handling of these transitions. The project frames child and adolescent development in the triple theoretical perspective of challenges imposed by early transitions in the institutionalised life course, inequality in resources and opportunities, and young people’s competencies. Thanks to the longitudinal and multi-cohort design of the study, this conceptual perspective facilitates the joint examination of intra-individual development, inter-individual differences in developmental outcomes and social change in developmental processes.COCON consists of three age groups, whereby each groups represents a prototypical stage in the process of growing up: mid-childhood (6-year-olds), mid-adolescence (15-year-olds) and early adulthood (21-year-olds). The samples are representative for the French- and German-speaking parts of Switzerland. The large sample sizes and the multilingual context of Switzerland permit the analysis of group disparities as well as cross-cultural differences. The multi-informant component of the study includes the primary caregiver and class teacher.The current study profile outlines the most important characteristics of the study in the context of the conceptual framework and discusses strengths and caveats related to study management as well as ethical considerations and information on data availability.<br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>The COCON study is a multi-cohort and multi-informant longitudinal study which enlightens challenges imposed by early transitions.</li><br /><li>COCON examines intra-individual development, inter-individual differences in developmental outcomes, and social change.</li><br /><li>The large sample sizes and the multilingual context of Switzerland permit to analyze group disparities as well as cross-cultural differences.</li></ul>

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Memories from the Cradle

Current Directions in Psychological Science ◽

10.1111/1467-8721.01227 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 62-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Mark L. Howe

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Empirical Data ◽

Life Experiences ◽

The Self ◽

Memory Development ◽

Personal Memory ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Personal Experiences ◽

Scientific Context ◽

Early Memory

How far back can we, as adults, remember details of our life experiences? Current popular and scientific beliefs are contradictory, with the latter stipulating that personal memories do not begin until the late preschool years (age 4–5 years) and the former claiming that we not only remember being born, but can also remember in utero experiences. In this review, these beliefs are examined in a scientific context and evaluated in terms of empirical data about the development of early memory. The theory proposed here is that memories for personal experiences are not possible until the advent of the cognitive self, around the age of 18 to 24 months. This age is much earlier than that proposed as the age of the earliest memories in other scientific accounts and much later than that proposed in popular beliefs about early memory. New data from a cross-sectional and longitudinal study of early memory development and the emergence of the self clearly show the origins of personal memory coincide with the emergence of the early self.

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