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Rodgers, Joseph Lee Rowe, David C. |
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Social Contagion and Adolescent Sexual Behavior: A Developmental EMOSA Model Psychological Review 100,3 (July 1993): 479-510 Cohort(s): NLS General Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Epidemiology; Modeling; Sexual Activity; Sexual Experiences/Virginity Epidemic Models of the Onset of Social Activities (EMOSA models) describe the spread of adolescent transition behaviors (e.g., sexuality, smoking, drinking) through an interacting adolescent network. A theory of social contagion is defined to explain how social influence affects sexual development. Contacts within a network can, with some transition rate or probability, result in an increase in level of sexual experience. Five stages of sexual development are posited. One submodel proposes a systematic progression through these stages; a competing submodel treats each as an independent process. These models are represented in sets of dynamically interacting recursive equations, which are fit to empirical prevalence data to estimate parameters. Model adjustments are substantively interpretable and can be used to test for and better understand social interaction processes that affect adolescent sexual behavior. ((c) 1997 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) |
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee and David C. Rowe. "Social Contagion and Adolescent Sexual Behavior: A Developmental EMOSA Model." Psychological Review 100,3 (July 1993): 479-510.
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Rowe, David C. Vazsonyi, Alexander T. Flannery, Daniel J. |
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No More Than Skin Deep: Ethnic and Racial Similarity in Developmental Process Psychological Review 101,3 (July 1994): 396-413 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Delinquency/Gang Activity; Ethnic Differences; Ethnic Groups; Hispanics; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); LISREL; Minority Groups; Pairs (also see Siblings); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Racial Differences; Self-Esteem; Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC); Siblings Many studies adduce evidence of ethnic or racial dissimilarities in developmental outcomes (e.g., delinquency and achievement). Many researchers fail to distinguish between group average levels and developmental processes (correlations). Evidence is reviewed that developmental processes are nearly identical for U.S. Black, Hispanic, White, and Asian ethnic and racial groups. Using diverse and representative data sources, covariance matrices were computed for these ethnic groups and then compared by using a LISREL goodness-of-fit test. Not only were these matrices nearly identical but they also were no less alike than covariance matrices computed from random halves within ethnic or racial group. This article documents the importance of accepting ethnic and racial similarity of developmental processes. Thus, group average level differences may result from different levels of developmental antecedents working through common developmental pathways. ((c) 1997 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) |
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Rowe, David C., Alexander T. Vazsonyi and Daniel J. Flannery. "No More Than Skin Deep: Ethnic and Racial Similarity in Developmental Process." Psychological Review 101,3 (July 1994): 396-413.
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