INTEGRATION VERSUS DIFFERENTIATION OF FLUID-CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE IN OLD-AGE
INTEGRATION VERSUS DIFFERENTIATION OF FLUID-CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE IN OLD-AGE
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DOI:
10.1037/0012-1649.16.6.625
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
WILLIS, SL
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作者:
BALTES, PB;CORNELIUS, SW;WILLIS, SL
Several models of psychometric intelligence, differing primarily along the developmental continuum of differentiation-integration for older adults were evaluated. A sample of 109 elderly adults (age range, 60-89) was administered a battery of 17 ability tests selected to mark Cattell''s and Horn''s fluid (Gf) and crystallized intelligence (Gc) and speed dimensions. Using the Gf/Gc model of intelligence and intermediate outcomes as guidelines, structural models with between 7 and 1 factors were successively evaluated by confirmatory factor analysis. Three main findings emerged. Models with fewer factors provided better fits to the data. A model with a general factor and 3 group factors was especially acceptable, based on empirical and theoretical criteria. It was not possible to obtain an acceptable solution for older subjects that would directly parallel the Gf/Gc structural pattern of 1st-stratum factors reported for younger age groups. The findings support a neointegration or dedifferentiation view of psychometric intelligence in old age.