MTO Research Sandwich
Tuesday, March 15 - PZ 43 at 12:45h
12:45h Roline Kamphuis
(Dept. Methodology & Statistics, Tilburg University)
‘Towards a framework for the integration of multiple TSE error sources’
This talk will focus on the integration of the measurement side of the Total
Survey Error framework with the representation side by combining existing models for
(survey) measurement error with existing models for missingness. This is the first step
in creating a statistical framework that incorporates both "sides" of TSE into a single
model. Ultimately, this will lead to the possibility of error-corrected estimators of
parameters of interest to substantive researchers. Thus, it allows researchers to both
estimate biases due to a range of error sources from both "sides" of the TSE tree
simultaneously, and to adjust parameters of substantive interest for those biases.
Moreover, by making us of a novel approach using DAGs, we hope to open up a deeper
investigation and comparison of the influence errors have on parameters in a causal
model. Current developments, future directions and complications that might arise will
be discussed.
13:15h Hana Hadiwijaya
(Dept. Developmental Psychology, Tilburg University)
‘Individual differences in parent-adolescent relationship development:
a five-wave longitudinal study’
Adolescence is characterized by changes in family relationships, as perturbations
increase due to adolescents striving for greater autonomy. However, the emphasis on
normative relationship development in the literature overshadows important considerations
regarding individual differences. This is a limitation, because obviously not all individuals
will experience similar perturbations or succeed in positively restructuring their
relationships by the end of adolescence. This five-annual-wave longitudinal study aims to
examine individual differences in parent-adolescent relationship development using a latent
transition analysis. Adolescents (N = 1313, 49% males, Mage = 13.69, SDage = 2.06,)
completed questionnaires measuring parental power, support, and negative interactions. We
performed a latent transition analysis in Latent Gold to examine the individual differences
in parent-adolescent relationship development. Results showed that early-to-middle
adolescents were more likely to switch into relationships in which they perceived more
hierarchy, less parental support, and more negative interactions with their parents. Middleto-late adolescents were more likely to change into relationships in which they experienced
more equality, more support, and less negative interactions. These patterns, however,
occurred in some adolescents, but not in others, indicating individual differences in
development. Despite that parent-adolescent relationships were characterized by more
perturbations during early-to-middle adolescence, relationships are still often restored by the
end of adolescence. However, some adolescents keep on having turbulent relationships with
their parents. Thus, attention for individual differences in relationship development is
warranted.
Hana Hadiwijaya, T.A. Klimstra, J.K. Vermunt, S.J.T. Branje, & W.H.J. Meeus