How uniform is the structure of ability across childhood?

Dyck, Murray J. and Piek, Jan P. and Kane, Robert and Patrick, Jeff (2009) How uniform is the structure of ability across childhood? European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 6 (4). pp. 432-454. ISSN 1740-5629

Abstract

The DSM-IV implicitly assumes that development is uniform across ability domains, which implies that relationships between ability measures do not differ across development. We assessed whether correlations between measures of nine ability constructs differed across samples of children aged 3 – 5 (n = 117), 6 – 8 (n = 116), 9 – 11 (n = 124) and 12 – 14 years (n = 92). LISREL analyses show that correlations in each age group differ from those of each other age group. Parallel analyses indicate that the latent structure of ability differs across age groups. We conclude that shared maturational processes, including changes in the connectivity of neural systems, are responsible for decreasingly and increasingly strong relationships between some ability measures.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	Permanent restricted access to published version due to publisher copyright policy.
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Psychology (Up to 30 Jun 2013)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Psychology (Up to 30 Jun 2013)
Date Deposited:	09 Dec 2011 01:02
Last Modified:	02 Sep 2014 21:41
Uncontrolled Keywords:	child development; neural systems; testing; age groups
Fields of Research (2008):	17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1702 Cognitive Sciences > 170205 Neurocognitive Patterns and Neural Networks 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170102 Developmental Psychology and Ageing 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170110 Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis
Fields of Research (2020):	52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5202 Biological psychology > 520203 Cognitive neuroscience 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5201 Applied and developmental psychology > 520199 Applied and developmental psychology not elsewhere classified 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5201 Applied and developmental psychology > 520105 Psychological methodology, design and analysis
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Identification Number or DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1080/17405620701439820
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/20377

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