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- Inconsistent reporting of life experiences : what people think and how they explain it?Publication . Azevedo, Vanessa; Martins, Carla; Carvalho, Margarida; Maia, ÂngelaAbstract: Assessment of life experiences relies mainly on cross-sectional retrospective design, despite the concerns regarding inconsistent reports. Studies suggest that some individuals change their answers when asked repeatedly, but common opinions underlying this behaviour remain unknown. Our study explored personal perceptions regarding inconsistent reporting and identified associated reasons including individual, experiences-related, and design-related characteristics. Seventy-two individuals, enrolled in a longitudinal study about life experiences, answered a measure about general perceptions and involved reasons. Participants seemed to be aware that inconsistent reporting is a common behaviour, which highly impact on research. A cluster analysis revealed two clusters (i.e., variables involved versus not involved). Most disagreed that sociodemographic variables influence inconsistency, whereas memory, mood, valence, impact, mode of data collection, and interviewer features were pointed as key-variables. Our results suggest that inconsistent reporting is not straightforward and it is probably rooted in a varied and complex set of variables.
- Configurations of mother–child and father–child attachment relationships as predictors of child language competence: An individual participant data meta‐analysisPublication . Dagan, Or; Schuengel, Carlo; Verhage, Marije L.; Madigan, Sheri; Roisman, Glenn I.; Bernard, Kristin; Duschinsky, Robbie; Bakermans‐Kranenburg, Marian; Bureau, Jean‐François; Sagi‐Schwartz, Abraham; Eiden, Rina D.; Wong, Maria S.; Brown, Geoffrey; Soares, Isabel; Oosterman, Mirjam; Fearon, R. M. Pasco; Steele, Howard; Martins, Carla; Aviezer, OraAn individual participant data meta-analysis was conducted to test pre-registered hypotheses about how the configuration of attachment relationships to mothers and fathers predicts children's language competence. Data from seven studies (published between 1985 and 2014) including 719 children (Mage: 19.84months; 51% female; 87% White) were included in the linear mixed effects analyses. Mean language competence scores exceeded the population average across children with different attachment configurations. Children with two secure attachment relationships had higher language competence scores compared to those with one or no secure attachment relationships (d=.26). Children with two organized attachment relationships had higher language competence scores compared to those with one organized attachment relationship (d=.23), and this difference was observed in older versus younger children in exploratory analyses. Mother– child and father–child attachment quality did not differentially predict language competence, supporting the comparable importance of attachment to both parents in predicting developmental outcomes.