Methods of Contextual Assessment and Assessing Contextual Methods: A Developmental Systems Perspective

Lerner, Richard M.; Dowling, Elizabeth M.; Chaudhuri, Jana H.

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“…Considering the breadth of Ecological Systems Theory and the complex transactions occurring within and across systems, the methods used for testing these relations must account for their nonlinear, multivariate, and multilevel effects. According to developmental systems theory, a dynamic system is “one wherein any component of the system affects and is affected by all the other components within the system with which it is embedded” (Lerner et al, 2008, p. 188). Everything in the social ecology is constantly changing, which reinforces the need to focus not just on the person and the context but also on the reciprocal relations between these two dynamically interacting elements.…”

Section: Measurement Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Youth in Northern Ireland: Linking Violence Exposure, Emotional Insecurity, and the Political Macrosystem

Townsend

Taylor

Merrilees

et al. 2020

Monographs Society Res Child

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Growing up in the aftermath of armed conflict puts youth at a higher risk for psychopathology-particularly in societies like Northern Ireland which continue to be characterized by intergroup tension and cyclical violence. This risk may be heightened during adolescence, when youth are beginning to explore their identities and are becoming more aware of intergroup dynamics in both their immediate communities and the broader society. It is also during this stage when youth increasingly witness or engage in antisocial behavior and sectarian activities. A series of studies in Belfast conducted by Cummings et al. (2014, Child Dev Perspect, 12(1), 16-38; 2019, J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol, 48(2), 296-305) showed that adolescents' exposure to sectarian violence resulted in heightened emotional insecurity about the community and subsequent adjustment problems. Though the impact of direct exposure to violence is well documented, few studies have accounted for the influence of sectarianism that occurs outside of one's immediate environment. These influences may include the general climate surrounding events that are not experienced firsthand but are nonetheless salient, such as the overarching levels of tension between groups or societal discourse that is threatening to one's identity. These higher-level influences, often referred to collectively as the macrosystem, are a necessary component to consider for adequately assessing one's socio-developmental environment. Yet,

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Section: Measurement Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Youth in Northern Ireland: Linking Violence Exposure, Emotional Insecurity, and the Political Macrosystem

Townsend

Taylor

Merrilees

et al. 2020

Monographs Society Res Child

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“…The psychological, physical, and sociological influences should all be considered to appropriately investigate human behavioral phenomena (Lerner, Dowling, & Chaudhuri, 2005).…”

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Factors Influencing or Discouraging Secondary School Students’ FFA Participation

Phelps¹

2012

JAE

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Modern adolescents are faced with a variety of choices regarding how to spend their free time. As recruitment and increased student participation continues to be a major priority of the National FFA Organization, it is essential to explore the reasons why students make the choice to become or not to become a member of FFA. This study was a part of a larger, collective case study of members and nonmembers in school-based agricultural education programs located in ten small town, rural, and urban fringe schools across Illinois. The purpose of the study was to explore what influences students' decision to join or not join the National FFA Organization. Students in this collective case study participated in semi-structured focus group interviews, individual interviews, and completed questionnaires. Four themes emerged as reasons to join FFA and three themes emerged as major reasons non-members elected not to participate in the FFA. Implications and recommendations concerning marketing of and recruitment for FFA programs were discussed.

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“…Identifying a relationship within the developmental system as indicative of resilience means that, despite whatever challenges to adaptive or healthy functioning that may impinge on the person at a given point in time, and that may threaten his or her expression of positive behaviors in a setting (and that thus may diminish the "quality of life" in that setting), the person manifests behaviors that are linked to positive functioning either within that time frame and/or across time. [1][2][3][4] As a dynamic attribute of a relationship within the multilevel and integrated developmental system, and not a characteristic of either component of the relationship (i.e., resilience is not an attribute of the person or of the context), resilience should be studied within a nonreductionist theoretical frame and through the use of change-sensitive and multilevel (and hence multivariate) developmental methods (e.g., longitudinal designs that involve measurement models that are change and diversity sensitive 5,6 ). To approach the conceptualization and study and measurement of resilience in this manner suggests the use of contemporary developmental systems theoretical models of human development, which-today-are at the cutting-edge of developmental science.…”

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Resilience as an Attribute of the Developmental System

Lerner

2006

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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When conceptualized within a developmental systems theoretical framework, resilience involves mutually beneficial, reciprocally influential relations between a person and his or her context. The key features of developmental systems theory, which stress the plasticity of these relations, lead to an optimistic view of the possibility of promoting positive human development (PHD) across the life span. The results of recent longitudinal research about adolescent development allow this period to serve as a sample case of how positive development is associated with the alignment of the strengths of individuals with ecological resources for healthy growth.

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Methods of Contextual Assessment and Assessing Contextual Methods: A Developmental Systems Perspective

Cited by 19 publications

References 65 publications

Youth in Northern Ireland: Linking Violence Exposure, Emotional Insecurity, and the Political Macrosystem

Youth in Northern Ireland: Linking Violence Exposure, Emotional Insecurity, and the Political Macrosystem

Factors Influencing or Discouraging Secondary School Students’ FFA Participation

Resilience as an Attribute of the Developmental System

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