Stability and change in typical intellectual engagement in old age across 5 years.
Stability and change in typical intellectual engagement in old age across 5 years.
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五年内典型的老年智力投入的稳定性和变化。
DOI:
10.1093/geronb/gbr101
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发表时间:
2012
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
D. Zimprich
中科院分区:
文献类型:
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作者:
Anna Mascherek;D. Zimprich
OBJECTIVES
Typical intellectual engagement (TIE) is related to cognitive development across the life span, but the development of TIE itself has not been examined. In the present study, structural change, differential change, absolute change, stability of divergence, and the generality of changes in the 4 TIE-factors abstract thinking, problem solving, reading, and intellectual curiosity across 5 years were examined in older adults.
METHOD
Data came from the Zurich Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Aging. Two hundred and thirty-three individuals, 73 years on average at first measurement occasion (2005), were reassessed after 5 years. Confirmatory factor analyses and latent change score models were applied.
RESULTS
Factor covariances were equal across time, implying structural stability. Coefficients for differential stability were around .80, implying small significant mean-level changes for problem solving and intellectual curiosity. No changes in divergence emerged. Change correlations between the factors were in the medium to large range.
DISCUSSION
Across 5 years, TIE remained relatively stable on a group level. However, pronounced interindividual differences emerged. Also, although the changes in factors shared a substantial amount of variance, the development of the factors was not completely parallel.
影响因子:
5
作者:
Roberts,BrentW;Helson,Ravenna;Klohnen,EvaC
通讯作者:
Klohnen,EvaC
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Schooler,C;Mulatu,MS;Oates,G
通讯作者:
Oates,G