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International Journal of Developmental Science - Volume 5, issue 1-2

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Individual human development is influenced by a multitude of systems, ranging from cultural processes, genetic and physiological incidents up to social interactions. How do these systems cooperate and interact during the course of human development? One of the main goals of Developmental Science is finding an answer to this question.

Since it exceeds the means of researchers from individual scientific disciplines to investigate the simultaneous biopsychosocial changes of systems and how they jointly contribute to the social and adaptive functions of human individuals, a new scientific approach is necessary that links the various traditional scientific disciplines under a biopsychosocial approach to describe individual human development: Developmental Science.

Developmental Science combines concepts and insights from scientific disciplines which hitherto used to independently tackle the research of human and non-human development. As an interdisciplinary approach it examines individuals across the lifespan with the objective of comprehending the development of individuals with different cultural and ethnic as well as biological background, different economic and cognitive potentials and under diverse living conditions. To facilitate the understanding of developmental processes it is also necessary to overcome the disadvantageous separation of “normal” from “abnormal” human development. Thus, the interdisciplinary field of Developmental Science comprises a holistic approach to understanding how different systems interact and influence development throughout life from genetic and physiological processes to social interactions and cultural processes.

The International Journal of Developmental Science is especially devoted to research from the fields of Psychology, Genetics, Neuroscience and Biology and provides an interdisciplinary and international forum for basic research and professional application in the field of Developmental Science. The reader will find original empirical or theoretical contributions, methodological and review papers, giving a systematic overview or evaluation of research and theories of Developmental Science and dealing with typical human development and developmental psychopathology during infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood. All manuscripts pass through a multilevel peer-review process.

In 2007-2010 (Vol. 1-4) this journal was named European Journal of Developmental Science. In 2011 its name was changed to International Journal of Developmental Science.

The journal is co-published by the Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft AKA.

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Moderating Effect of Personality Type on the Relation Between Sensation Seeking and Illegal Substance Use in Adolescents

Authors: Roth, Marcus | Liebe, Nico

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This study examined the moderating effect of big-five based personality types on the relation between sensation seeking and three adolescent marijuana use outcomes (lifetime use, current use, attraction to marijuana use). 1,236 German adolescents, aged 14 to 16 years, participated in the current study. The results show that sensation seeking is indeed related to marijuana consumption in adolescents, but that this relation is moderated by personality type. For instance, in adolescents with a resilient personality structure (low scores in neuroticism, medium to high scores in extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) the “classical” relation between sensation seeking and marijuana use is … Show more

Keywords: personality types, sensation seeking, drug use, adolescents, Big Five

DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2011-90062

Citation: International Journal of Developmental Science, vol. 5, no. 1-2, pp. 113-126, 2011

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Prosocial Behavior Moderates the Effects of Aggression on Young Adolescents' Friendships

Authors: McDonald, Kristina L. | Wang, Jennifer | Menzer, Melissa M. | Rubin, Kenneth H. | Booth-LaForce, Cathryn

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: The current study explored how prosocial behavior may moderate how aggression is related to the features of adolescents' friendships. Young adolescents (N = 910) completed friendship nominations in the fall and spring of their first year of middle school. Behavioral nominations of aggression and prosocial behavior were also collected in the fall. A subsample (N = 374) of adolescents and their reciprocated friends reported on friendship quality. Prosocial behavior moderated how aggression was related to the likelihood of having a mutual best friendship in the fall. Dyadic data analyses also revealed that when prosocial behavior was low, aggression was negatively … Show more

Keywords: aggression, prosocial behavior, friendship, early adolescence

DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2011-10066

Citation: International Journal of Developmental Science, vol. 5, no. 1-2, pp. 127-137, 2011

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Prevention of Aggression in Schools Through a Bystander Intervention Training

Authors: Pfetsch, Jan | Steffgen, Georges | Gollwitzer, Mario | Ittel, Angela

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Although the majority of students disapprove of aggressive behavior in school, only some of them intervene when witnessing aggression between their classmates. This study examines how bystanders might be activated to support the victims of aggression in school. The effectiveness of a Bystander Intervention Training for students, implemented via teachers, was evaluated. Data from 22 training and 26 control classes were collected at three occasions and analyzed using multivariate multilevel analyses. The primary evaluation criterion was the change in frequencies of aggression and active vs. passive bystander behavior. The training reduced passive bystander behavior and victimization over time. Training effects … Show more

Keywords: violence prevention, primary prevention, active bystander behavior, effectiveness evaluation, multilevel analysis

DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2011-11078

Citation: International Journal of Developmental Science, vol. 5, no. 1-2, pp. 139-149, 2011

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Article Type: Other

Citation: International Journal of Developmental Science, vol. 5, no. 1-2, pp. 153-153, 2011

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