Theoretical frameworks to study child development: comparison from public health perspective
| Theories | Cross disciplinary perspective | Overarching perspective | Lifelong perspective | Epidemiological perspective | |
| Categories | Empirical assessment | Intervention | |||
| Descriptive | |||||
| Gessel | + | ± | − | + | − |
| Psychological construct based | |||||
| Piaget | ± | ± | − | − | − |
| Kohlberg | + | − | + | − | − |
| Freud | ± | − | − | − | − |
| Erikson | ± | − | + | − | − |
| Context based | |||||
| Bandura | + | ± | + | + | + |
| Vigotsky | + | + | + | + | + |
| Bronfrenner | + | + | + | + | + |
+, Adequately addressed; −, neglected; ±, inadequately addressed.