Within-and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data
Publication Date
2018-01-01Author
Deckard, Kirby Deater
Godwin, Jennifer
Lansford, Jennifer E
Bacchini, Dario
Bombi, Anna Silvia
Bornstein, Marc H
Chang, Lei
Giunta, Laura Di
Dodge, Kenneth A
Malone, Patrick S
Oburu, Paul
Pastorelli, Concetta
Skinner, Ann T
Sorbring, Emma
Steinberg, Laurence
Tapanya, Sombat
Alampay, Liane Peña
Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe
Zelli, Arnaldo
Al-Hassan, Suha M
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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 …
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