Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data

Kirby Deater-Deckard; Jennifer Godwin; Jennifer E. Lansford; Dario Bacchini; Anna Silvia Bombi; Marc H. Bornstein; Lei Chang; Laura Di Giunta; Kenneth A. Dodge; Patrick S. Malone; Paul Oburu; Concetta Pastorelli; Ann T. Skinner; Emma Sorbring; Laurence Steinberg; Sombat Tapanya; Liane Peña Alampay; Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado; Arnaldo Zelli; Suha M. Al-Hassan

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.06.002

Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data

Kirby Deater-Deckard, Jennifer Godwin, Jennifer E. Lansford, Dario Bacchini, Anna Silvia Bombi, Marc H. Bornstein, Lei Chang, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A. Dodge, Patrick S. Malone, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T. Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Sombat Tapanya, Liane Peña Alampay, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli, Suha M. Al-Hassan

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Abstract

This study grapples with what it means to be part of a cultural group, from a statistical modeling perspective. The method we present compares within- and between-cultural group variability, in behaviors in families. We demonstrate the method using a cross-cultural study of adolescent development and parenting, involving three biennial waves of longitudinal data from 1296 eight-year-olds and their parents (multiple cultures in nine countries). Family members completed surveys about parental negativity and positivity, child academic and social-emotional adjustment, and attitudes about parenting and adolescent behavior. Variance estimates were computed at the cultural group, person, and within-person level using multilevel models. Of the longitudinally consistent variance, most was within and not between cultural groups—although there was a wide range of between-group differences. This approach to quantifying cultural group variability may prove valuable when applied to quantitative studies of acculturation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	207-217
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Adolescence
Volume	62
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.06.002
State	Published - Jan 2018

Keywords

Acculturation
Adolescence
Families
Multilevel modeling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Social Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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Deater-Deckard, K., Godwin, J., Lansford, J. E., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A. S., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Alampay, L. P., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., & Al-Hassan, S. M. (2018). Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data. Journal of Adolescence, 62, 207-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.06.002

Deater-Deckard, K, Godwin, J, Lansford, JE, Bacchini, D, Bombi, AS, Bornstein, MH, Chang, L, Di Giunta, L, Dodge, KA, Malone, PS, Oburu, P, Pastorelli, C, Skinner, AT, Sorbring, E, Steinberg, L, Tapanya, S, Alampay, LP, Uribe Tirado, LM, Zelli, A & Al-Hassan, SM 2018, 'Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data', Journal of Adolescence, vol. 62, pp. 207-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.06.002

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