The Factor Structure of Effortful Control and Measurement Invariance Across Ethnicity and Sex in a High-Risk Sample.
The Factor Structure of Effortful Control and Measurement Invariance Across Ethnicity and Sex in a High-Risk Sample.
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高风险样本中跨种族和性别的有效控制和测量不变性的因子结构。
DOI：
10.1007/s10862-009-9164-y
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Wilso
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作者：
Sulik,MichaelJ;Huerta,Snjezana;Zerr,ArgeroA;Eisenberg,Nancy;Spinrad,TracyL;Valiente,Carlos;DiGiunta,Laura;Pina,ArmandoA;Eggum,NatalieD;Sallquist,Julie;Edwards,Alison;Kupfer,Anne;Lonigan,ChristopherJ;Phillips,BethM;Wilso
以853名法师年龄为4.48岁的低收入幼儿为被试，检验了努力控制的单因素模型的测量不变性。使用教师报告问卷和7个行为措施，结构不变性（跨组相同的因素结构），度量不变性（跨组相同的因素负荷模式），部分标量不变性（跨组大多相同的截距），建立跨种族（欧洲裔美国人，非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔）和跨性别。这些结果表明，EC的潜在结构表现在一个类似的方式跨种族群体和性别，EC的平均水平的比较是有效的跨性别和可能有效的跨种族，特别是当大量的任务被使用。研究结果还支持使用多种行为指标作为单一潜在EC构建的指标。
Measurement invariance of a one-factor model of effortful control (EC) was tested for 853 low-income preschoolers (Mage = 4.48 years). Using a teacher-report questionnaire and seven behavioral measures, configural invariance (same factor structure across groups), metric invariance (same pattern of factor loadings across groups), and partial scalar invariance (mostly the same intercepts across groups) were established across ethnicity (European Americans, African Americans and Hispanics) and across sex. These results suggest that the latent construct of EC behaved in a similar way across ethnic groups and sex, and that comparisons of mean levels of EC are valid across sex and probably valid across ethnicity, especially when larger numbers of tasks are used. The findings also support the use of diverse behavioral measures as indicators of a single latent EC construct.