Ann T. Skinner

Publications [#354811] of Ann T. Skinner

Journal Articles

  1. Deater-Deckard, K and Godwin, J and Lansford, JE and Bacchini, D and Bombi, AS and Bornstein, MH and Chang, L and Di Giunta, L and Dodge, KA and Malone, PS and Oburu, P and Pastorelli, C and Skinner, AT and Sorbring, E and Steinberg, L and Tapanya, S and Alampay, LP and Uribe Tirado, LM and Zelli, A and Al-Hassan, SM, Within- and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data., Journal of adolescence, vol. 62 (January, 2018), pp. 207--217, ISSN 0140-1971 (Print-Electronic.) [doi]
    (last updated on 2021/01/29)

    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.