Developmental science research often involves research questions developed by academic teams, which are tested within community or educational settings. In this piece, we outline the importance of research-practice partnerships, which involve both research and practice-based partners collaborating at each stage of the research process. We articulate challenges and benefits of these partnerships for developmental science research, identify relevant research frameworks that may inform these partnerships, and provide an example of an ongoing research-practice partnership.
Biobehavioral Sciences , Intersectoral Collaboration , Program Development , Psychology, Developmental , Adolescent , Biobehavioral Sciences/organization & administration , Biobehavioral Sciences/standards , Engineering/education , Humans , Mathematics/education , Program Development/standards , Psychology, Developmental/organization & administration , Psychology, Developmental/standards , Science/education , Technology/education
We open this introductory paper to the special issue with the theoretical and clinical roots of the insightfulness concept. Next, the Insightfulness Assessment (IA) is presented, followed by a review of key empirical findings supporting the IA. The central points in the papers in this special issue are reviewed next. These include the use of the IA with parents of children ranging in age from infancy to adolescence, its applicability outside the parent-child relationship (e.g. insightfulness toward a close friend), its use with high-risk mothers, and the usefulness of insightfulness both as a continuous and a categorical measure. The clinical applications of the IA are discussed, and we close with future directions for IA research.
Metacognition , Object Attachment , Parent-Child Relations , Psychology, Developmental/organization & administration , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Interviews as Topic , Mental Health , Mother-Child Relations
Psychology, Child/standards , Psychology, Developmental/standards , Quality Improvement , Child , Humans , Organizational Innovation , Program Evaluation , Psychology, Child/methods , Psychology, Child/organization & administration , Psychology, Developmental/methods , Psychology, Developmental/organization & administration , Quality Improvement/organization & administration
