Families, History, and Social Change: Life Course and Cross-Cultural Perspectives

The macapat song in Indonesia has been widely studied and has become an interesting topic for international analysis. The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the extent to which the tembang macapat has been researched and published in reputable international journals. This study analyzes the literature from 1981 to 2021, identifies the publications each year, the number of articles and their authors, the most researched topics, and how interested they are in those topics. The data came from the Scopus database which was analyzed by the bibliometric method. The results of this study found articles about tembang macapat were published in Scopus indexed journals and topics related to macapat, namely ketoprak, cross-cultural perspectives, social change perspectives, Javanese, writing, and a few others. From the results of this visualization, it is necessary to increase the publication of research results in the international arena so that everything contained in the macapat song can also be known not only in Indonesia.

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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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