Developmental Psychology^®

Editor

Jacquelynne S. Eccles
University of Michigan

Associate Editors

Nameera Akhtar
University of California, Santa Cruz

Margarita Azmitia
University of California, Santa Cruz

Neil Berthier
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Christy M. Buchanan
Wake Forest University

Noel A. Card
University of Arizona

Marianella Casasola
Cornell University

Eric F. Dubow
Bowling Green State University and the University of Michigan

Sumru Erkut
Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College

David C. Geary
University of Missouri

Bert Hayslip, Jr.
Coastal Carolina University

Paul E. Jose
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

George P. Knight
Arizona State University

Deborah J. Laible
Lehigh University

Robert D. Laird
University of New Orleans

Shu-Chen Li
Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Katherine A. Magnuson
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Stuart Marcovitch
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Catherine McBride-Chang
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Nancy L. McElwain
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Nirmala Rao
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Stephanie Rowley
University of Michigan

David M. Sobel
Brown University

Consulting Editors

Martha E. Arterberry
Colby College

Terry Kit-fong Au
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Melissa A. Barnett
University of Arizona

Jay Belsky
University of California, Davis

Clancy Blair
New York University

Janet J. Boseovski
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Paul Boxer
Rutgers University

Rechele Brooks
University of Washington

B. Bradford Brown
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kirsten L. Buist
Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherland

Alison Chasteen
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Him Cheung
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Bonnie Wing-Yin Chow
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Antonius H. N. Cillessen
Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Melissa Clearfield
Whitman College

Carol McDonald Connor
Arizona State University

Pierre Cormier
Université of Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Kai S. Cortina
University of Michigan

Lisa J. Crockett
University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Michael Cunningham
Tulane University

Kristen Dunfield
The Ohio State University

Rachel Dunifon
Cornell University

Nancy Eisenberg
Arizona State University

Mona El-Sheikh
Auburn University

Mark A. Fine
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Karen L. Fingerman
University of Texas at Austin

Alexandra M. Freund
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Alice Frye
University of Massachusetts–Lowell

Elizabeth T. Gershoff
University of Texas at Austin

Susan Graham
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Suzanne E. Graham
University of New Hampshire

Josefina M. Grau
Kent State University

Robert Guttentag
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Wen-Jui Han
Columbia University

Laura D. Hanish
Arizona State University

Sam A. Hardy
Brigham Young University

Daniel Hart
Rutgers University–Camden

Robin Harwood
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA

Ernest V. E. Hodges
St. John's University

Andrea Hussong
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Janet S. Hyde
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Justin Jager
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Vikram K. Jaswal
University of Virginia

Charles Kalish
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Loes Keijsers
Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Neal Krause
University of Michigan

Jutta Kray
Saarland University, Saarbrücken Germany

Beth Kurtz-Costes
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Robert D. Laird
University of New Orleans

Daniel Lapsley
University of Notre Dame

Cristine H. Legare
University of Texas at Austin

Jeffrey Liew
Texas A&M University

Lori Markson
Washington University in St. Louis

Nicole M. McNeil
University of Notre Dame

Anne Noonan
Salem State College

Christine McCauley Ohannessian
University of Delaware

Kätlin Peets
University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Marjorie Rhodes
New York University

Rebekah A. Richert
University of California, Riverside

Karen A. Roberto
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

William L. Roberts
Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia, Canada

Philip C. Rodkin
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Mark W. Roosa
Arizona State University

Amanda J. Rose
University of Missouri–Columbia

Katariina Salmela-Aro
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Megan M. Saylor
Vanderbilt University

Laura V. Scaramella
University of New Orleans

Ingrid Schoon
University of London, London, United Kingdom

Vanessa R. Simmering
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Sandra Simpkins
Arizona State University

Gregory Smith
Kent State University

Bart Soenens
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Jessica Sommerville
University of Washington

Harvey L. Sterns
University of Akron

Kaveri Subrahmanyam
California State University, Los Angeles and Children's Digital Media Center, Los Angeles

Marie Tisak
Bowling Green State University

Wendy Troop-Gordon
North Dakota State University

Marion K. Underwood
The University of Texas at Dallas

Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
Leiden University and Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal
University of Pittsburgh

Felix Warneken
Harvard University

Michael T. Willoughby
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Yiyuan Xu
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Zheng Yan
State University of New York at Albany

Lise M. Youngblade
Colorado State University

Jeong Jin Yu
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Editorial Manager

Deanna J. Maida

Editorial Assistant

Jeannette Eccles

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Submissions

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Jacque Eccles
Editor, Developmental Psychology
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
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Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248

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Methodology

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References

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Journal Article:
Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225–229. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

Authored Book:
Mitchell, T. R., & Larson, J. R., Jr. (1987). People in organizations: An introduction to organizational behavior (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Chapter in an Edited Book:
Bjork, R. A. (1989). Retrieval inhibition as an adaptive mechanism in human memory. In H. L. Roediger III & F. I. M. Craik (Eds.), Varieties of memory & consciousness (pp. 309–330). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

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