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developmental designs  

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  • Developmental research designs are intended to capture information about how individuals change over time and the processes through which those changes occur. Like many researchers with interests in close relationships, developmental researchers hope to predict the quality and stability of close relationships and both adaptive and maladaptive functioning within them. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Developmental Designs]

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