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Conceptualizing Generalizability: New Contributions and a Reply

This appendix provides additional details of the illustration that the essay has already provided, in part, for how to generalize a theory to a new setting. The theory is one originally developed and empirically tested by Markus (1983). The illustration involves the generalizing of Markus’ theory from the organization Markus called GTC to a new organization that we call QED. The additional deta...

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Generalizability of Adoption Studies

How the probands are recruited also can affect the quality of a study’s conclusions. One potential source of bias is the influence of environmental factors on the selection of proband adoptees in the adoptees’ family method. For example, psychological or social problems in an adoptive family may contribute to the adoptee’s psychopathology. Simultaneously, these problems may prompt the family an...

Generalizability of Gottman and Colleagues' Affective Process Models of Couples' Relationship Outcomes.

The generalizability of Gottman et al's. (1998) affective process models was examined using a community-based sample of 85 married or cohabiting couples with at-risk backgrounds. Predictive associations between affective processes assessed at about age 21 years and relationship status and satisfaction approximately 2.5 years later were examined. The major findings of Gottman et al. failed to re...

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