References & Bibliography
References & Bibliography
The following citations refer to research cited in the users guide and to basic background documents on the assessments and other instruments used in the NLSY79 Child and Young Adult surveys. A comprehensive, annotated online bibliography of NLS research provides additional references for research using the child and young adult data.
Documents and reports listed below that are prepared by the Center for Human Resources Research are available on the Research/Technical Reports page.
Achenbach, Thomas M. and C. S. Edelbrock. 1983. Manual for the Child Behavior Checklist and Revised Child Behavior Profile. Burlington, Vermont: University of Vermont, Department of Psychology.
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Baker, Paula C., Canada K. Keck, Frank L. Mott, and Stephen V. Quinlan. 1993. NLSY Child Handbook, Revised Edition: A Guide to the 1986-1990 NLSY Child Data. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University, Center for Human Resource Research.
Bates, J. E. 1980. "The Concept of Difficult Temperament." Merrill-Palmer Quarterly 26 (4): 299-319.
Baydar, Nazli and April Greek. 2001. "Externalizing and Internalizing Subscales of Behavior Problems Index." Working Paper. Seattle: University of Washington, School of Nursing.
Baydar, Nazli. 1995. "Reliability and Validity of Temperament Scales of the NLSY Child Assessments." Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 16: 339-370.
Baydar, Nazli, Patricia Hyle and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. 1997. "A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of the Birth of a Sibling During Preschool and Early Grade School Years." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 59 (4): 957-965.
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Bradley, Robert H. and Bettye M. Caldwell. 1976. "The Relation of Infant's Home Environments to Mental Test Performance at Fifty-Four Months: A Follow-up Study." Child Development 47: 1172-1174.
Bradley, Robert H. and Bettye M. Caldwell. 1980. "The Relation of Home Environment, Cognitive Competence, and IQ Among Males and Females." Child Development 51: 1140-1148.
Bradley, Robert H. and Bettye M. Caldwell. 1984. "The Relation of Infant's Home Environment to Achievement Test Performance in First Grade: A Follow-up Study." Child Development 55: 803-809.
Bradley, Robert H., Bettye M. Caldwell, and R. Elardo. 1979. "Home Environment and Cognition Development in the First Two Years: A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis." Developmental Psychology 15: 246-250.
Bradley, Robert H., Robert Flynn Corwyn, Margaret R. Burchinal, Harriet Pipes McAdoo, and Cynthia Garcia Coll. "The Home Environments of Children in the United States Part II: Relations with Behavioral Development through Age Thirteen." Child Development 72 (November/December 2001): 1868-1886.
Bradley, Robert H., Robert Flynn Corwyn, Harriet Pipes McAdoo, and Cynthia Garcia Coll. "The Home Environments of Children in the United States Part I: Variations by Age, Ethnicity, and Poverty Status." Child Development 72,6 (November-December 2001): 1844-1867.
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Buros Institute for Mental Measurements. 1992. Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, Nebraska.
Buros Institute for Mental Measurements. 1994. Tests in Print. Lincoln, Nebraska.
Caldwell, Bettye M. and Robert H. Bradley. 1984. Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment. Little Rock: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Center for Child Development and Education.
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Carlson, Marcia Jeanne. "Family Structure, Father Involvement, and Adolescent Behavioral Outcomes." Journal of Marriage and Family 68,1 (February 2006): 137-154.
Center for Human Resource Research. The NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables. Columbus: The Ohio State University, CHRR NLS User Services.
Center for Human Resource Research. (updated periodically). Research Using NLSY Data on Fertility, Child Care and Child Development: A Bibliography. Columbus: The Ohio State University, CHRR NLS User Services.
Center for Human Resource Research. (updated bienially) NLSY79 User's Guide. Columbus: The Ohio State University, CHRR NLS User Services.
Center for Human Resource Research. 2000. NLSY79 1998 Child and Young Adult Data Users Guide. Columbus: The Ohio State University, CHRR NLS User Services.
Center for Human Resource Research. 1991. "Maternal-Child Health Data From the NLSY: 1988 Tabulations and Summary Discussion," Columbus: The Ohio State University, CHRR NLS User Services.
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