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1.	Moore, Kristin Anderson Halle, Tamara G. Vandivere, Sharon Mariner, Carrie L.
1.	Scaling Back Survey Scales: How Short is too Short? Sociological Methods and Research 30,4 (May 2002): 530-567. Also: http://smr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/30/4/530 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Development; Data Quality/Consistency; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Scale Construction; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. To understand children's development, one must examine an array of constructs. Yet the time and budget constraints of large-scale survey research create a dilemma: how to cut scales to the fewest possible items while still retaining their predictive properties. In this article, the authors compare the predictive validity of several shortened versions of the Behavior Problems Index and the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment--Short Form with their full scales within the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth--1979 cohort. They use the scales to predict delinquency, reading recognition scores, parent-child activities, and smoking behavior of 2,017 children at ages 13 or 14 from data gathered 2, 4, and 6 years prior. Analyses leave the authors cautiously optimistic that short scales, especially scales composed of items gathered at different time points and repeated regularly, may enjoy substantial predictive power. However, two-item scales may be too short, and psychometric study on additional scales is warranted. (PsycINFO Database Record Copyright: 2002 APA, all rights reserved)
	Bibliography Citation Moore, Kristin Anderson, Tamara G. Halle, Sharon Vandivere and Carrie L. Mariner. "Scaling Back Survey Scales: How Short is too Short?" Sociological Methods and Research 30,4 (May 2002): 530-567.

2.	Moore, Kristin Anderson Ling, Thomson J. Kinukawa, Akemi Vandivere, Sharon
2.	Creating a Longitudinal Indicator: an Exploratory Analysis of Turbulence Child Indicators Research [electronic resource] 2,1 (March 2009): 5-32. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/637030247m6h346v/fulltext.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Child Care Arrangements; Child Development; Family Structure; Parental Marital Status; Residence; Turbulence; Work Histories Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This exploratory paper conceptualizes, develops, and assesses a potential longitudinal indicator of children's contexts. Three sets of activities are used to create and examine a cumulative, longitudinal measure of turbulence that aggregates children's experiences with different types of change. The initial step involves conceptualizing a construct based on theory and previous research and distinguishing it from related or similar constructs. A second set of activities involves defining and coding a measure of the construct. A third step involves examining predictive or concurrent validity. Turbulence encompasses varied types of change experienced by a developing child, for example, repeated changes in child care arrangements, family structure, income, residence and schooling. Each has been separately linked to poorer outcomes for children. For this exploratory work, retrospective data collected in Round 1 of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 cohort, were used. A measure was conceptualized and constructed; and the predictive validity of turbulence, over and above background factors, was assessed for a set of adolescent outcomes. Substantively, we conclude that turbulence is an important and measurable construct, but that better data are needed than currently available. The value of the paper is that it illustrates a general approached for conceptualizing, developing, and examining longitudinal, cumulative indicators.
	Bibliography Citation Moore, Kristin Anderson, Thomson J. Ling, Akemi Kinukawa and Sharon Vandivere. "Creating a Longitudinal Indicator: an Exploratory Analysis of Turbulence ." Child Indicators Research [electronic resource] 2,1 (March 2009): 5-32.

3.	Moore, Kristin Anderson Vandivere, Sharon Kinukawa, Akemi
3.	Turbulence During Childhood Presented: Boston, MA, Population Association of America Meetings, April 2004 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Child Care; Child Care Arrangements; Childhood Education, Early; Childhood Residence; Family Income; Family Structure; Parental Marital Status; Residence; Resilience/Developmental Assets; Schooling; Turbulence Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Researchers have regularly found that turbulence is related to poorer development among children. For example, repeated changes in child care arrangements, family structure, income, residence and schooling have all been linked to poorer outcomes for children. This paper will examine measures of turbulence in children's lives through age 12 in schooling, residence, and parental marriage from Round 1 of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 cohort. In addition, traumatic events, such as seeing a shooting, being bullied repeatedly, or experiencing a break-in, will be examined, along with social and demographic control variables, to assess the importance of turbulence over and above background factors and life stressors. Implications for behavior problems and delinquency will be examined. Analyses will assess whether turbulence matters, net of control variables, whether types of turbulence are cumulative or redundant, and whether some types of turbulence are more critical than others.
	Bibliography Citation Moore, Kristin Anderson, Sharon Vandivere and Akemi Kinukawa. "Turbulence During Childhood." Presented: Boston, MA, Population Association of America Meetings, April 2004.

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