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Commentary—Of Quadrants and Fish Scales: Reflections on New Directions in Research in Child and Adolescent Development
Author(s) -
Beckmann Jens F.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cad.20081
Subject(s) - openness to experience , quadrant (abdomen) , discipline , diversification (marketing strategy) , psychology , fish <actinopterygii> , sociology , style (visual arts) , child development , social psychology , developmental psychology , social science , marketing , history , medicine , archaeology , pathology , fishery , business , biology
In this article, I reflect on how ways of reporting research as well as reviewing and commenting on submitted manuscripts could take new directions to promote progress in the discipline of developmental science. I argue for (a) attitudinal openness toward migratory impulses in relation to Stokes's quadrant model of science, (b) the relinquishment of an unproductive sense of problem ownership in authors, reviewers, and commentators, (c) active attempts to fill intra‐ and interdisciplinary gaps rather than solely focusing on strengthening existing islets of disciplinary expertise, (d) a strategic diversification of expertise in the selection of reviewers and commentators, (e) adopting a communication style that can be described as deferential transgressions, and (f) promoting attempts for transdisciplinary replications. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.