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U-Shaped Development: An Old but Unsolved Problem

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, January 2013
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Title
U-Shaped Development: An Old but Unsolved Problem
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2013
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00301
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Franz Pauls, Thorsten Macha, Franz Petermann

Abstract

Even today the investigation of U-shaped functions in human development is of considerable importance for different domains of Developmental Psychology. More and more scientific researchers focus their efforts on the challenge to describe and explain the phenomenon by identifying those skills and abilities being affected. The impact of U-shaped functions on diagnostic decision-making and on therapeutic treatment programs highlights the importance of understanding the nature of non-monotonic development. The present article therefore addresses the relevant questions of how U-shaped functions are defined in theory, in which developmental domains such non-monotonic growth curves are suggested to occur, and which implications there are for future methodology and diagnostic practice. Finally, it is recommended to clearly identify those interactions between proximal and distal subcomponents which are expected to contribute to a U-shaped development.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Belgium 1 2%
Unknown 42 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 26%
Researcher 5 12%
Student > Master 4 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 7%
Student > Bachelor 3 7%
Other 8 19%
Unknown 9 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 17 40%
Linguistics 5 12%
Engineering 2 5%
Neuroscience 2 5%
Computer Science 2 5%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 12 28%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 April 2020.
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#13,890,585
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#14,071
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#164,380
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#580
of 969 outputs
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