Measurement and the Study of Change

Edwards, Michael C.; Wirth, R.

doi:10.1080/15427600902911163

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“…Partial invariance of item parameters implies that "the observed response frequencies are changing more (or less) than would be predicted by changes in the latent con struct" (p. 88; Edwards & Wirth, 2009). Thus, if item thresholds decline over time, a greater proportion of the persons in the respective age-group endorsed the item than would have been expected as a result of the average change in latent ATOA.…”

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Attitude toward own aging in midlife and early old age over a 12-year period: Examination of measurement equivalence and developmental trajectories.

Miche

Elsässer

Schilling

et al. 2014

Psychology and Aging

122

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The Attitude Toward Own Aging Subscale (ATOA) is a frequently used measure of subjective aging. Although ATOA in midlife might assume a preparatory role for psychosocial adjustment in old age, research has been dominated by a focus on older adults. To enable a comparison of developmental trajectories of ATOA between middle-aged and young-old adults, we tested measurement invariance between age groups and over a 12-year study period. In addition, personality variables, health dimensions, and sociodemographic variables were investigated as predictors of developmental trajectories of ATOA. Data came from the Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Adult Development (ILSE) with 2 birth cohorts (1930-1932: n = 500; 1950-1952: n = 501) followed over 12 years. Data analyses were conducted with confirmatory factor analysis for ordered-categorical variables and latent growth models. Support for the assumption of partial measurement invariance of ATOA was found in each age group, but not between age groups. Latent growth models revealed a steady decline in ATOA for young-old individuals, whereas ATOA trajectories in midlife were characterized by interindividual variation. Health variables predicted level of ATOA in the young-old. In midlife ATOA were shaped by a variety of factors. Future studies should be conducted with an awareness of differential item functioning of the ATOA scale across age groups. Furthermore, our results point to a greater modifiability of aging attitudes in middle-aged compared with young-old individuals, thus highlighting the importance of the midlife years in shaping developmental trajectories into old age.

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Attitude toward own aging in midlife and early old age over a 12-year period: Examination of measurement equivalence and developmental trajectories.

Miche

Elsässer

Schilling

et al. 2014

Psychology and Aging

122

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“…However, longitudinal factorial invariance is not sufficient by itself to claim that equivalent measures reflect the same underlying construct and, as a result, is no substitute for construct validity invariance (Knight & Zerr, 2010), as we describe later. We recommend testing longitudinal factorial invariance whether the same or different manifest variables are used, because evidence of failed longitudinal factorial invariance can be informative of developmental change in the phenomena of interest (Edwards & Wirth, 2009; Widaman et al, 2010). …”

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Measuring the development of inhibitory control: The challenge of heterotypic continuity

Petersen

Hoyniak

McQuillan

et al. 2016

Developmental Review

109

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Inhibitory control is thought to demonstrate heterotypic continuity, in other words, continuity in its purpose or function but changes in its behavioral manifestation over time. This creates major methodological challenges for studying the development of inhibitory control in childhood including construct validity, developmental appropriateness and sensitivity of measures, and longitudinal factorial invariance. We meta-analyzed 198 studies using measures of inhibitory control, a key aspect of self-regulation, to estimate age ranges of usefulness for each measure. The inhibitory control measures showed limited age ranges of usefulness owing to ceiling/floor effects. Tasks were useful, on average, for a developmental span of less than 3 years. This suggests that measuring inhibitory control over longer spans of development may require use of different measures at different time points, seeking to measure heterotypic continuity. We suggest ways to study the development of inhibitory control, with overlapping measurement in a structural equation modeling framework and tests of longitudinal factorial or measurement invariance. However, as valuable as this would be for the area, we also point out that establishing longitudinal factorial invariance is neither sufficient nor necessary for examining developmental change. Any study of developmental change should be guided by theory and construct validity, aiming toward a better empirical and theoretical approach to the selection and combination of measures.

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“…First, we tested whether the self-esteem measure used showed measurement invariance across cohorts and time. Measurement invariance is essential for growth modeling because scores for different cohorts and scores at different waves are comparable only when measurement invariance holds (Edwards & Wirth, 2009;Widaman, Ferrer, & Conger, 2010). Thus, results of growth curve analyses are valid only under the assumption of measurement invariance-an assumption that is, however, rarely tested in research on self-esteem development.…”

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Self-esteem development across the life span: A longitudinal study with a large sample from Germany.

Orth

Maes

Schmitt

2015

Developmental Psychology

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We examined the development of self-esteem across the lifespan. Data came from a German longitudinal study with three assessments across 4 years of a sample of 2,509 individuals aged 14 to 89 years. The self-esteem measure used showed strong measurement invariance across assessments and birth cohorts. Latent growth curve analyses indicated that self-esteem follows a quadratic trajectory across the lifespan, increasing during adolescence, young adulthood, and middle adulthood, reaching a peak at age 60 years, and then declining in old age. No cohort effects on average levels of self-esteem or on the shape of the trajectory were found. Moreover, the trajectory did not differ across gender, level of education, or for individuals who had lived continuously in West vs. East Germany (i.e., the two separate countries from 1949 to 1990).However, the results suggested that employment status, household income, and satisfaction in the domains of work, relationships, and health contribute to a more positive lifespan trajectory of self-esteem. The findings have significant implications because they call attention to developmental stages in which individuals may be vulnerable due to low self-esteem (such as adolescence and old age) and to factors that predict successful versus problematic developmental trajectories.Keywords: self-esteem, lifespan development, measurement invariance, longitudinal SELF-ESTEEM DEVELOPMENT 3 Self-Esteem Development Across the Lifespan: A Longitudinal Study with a Large Sample from GermanyHow the self-esteem of individuals develops as they go through life is of considerable societal significance because mounting evidence suggests that self-esteem is predictive of a person's success and well-being in important life domains such as relationships, work, and health. For example, longitudinal research indicates that self-esteem predicts satisfaction in marriage and close relationships (Orth, Robins, & Widaman, 2012), social support (Marshall, Parker, Ciarrochi, & Heaven, 2014), success and well-being in working life (Kuster, Orth, & Meier, 2013;Orth et al., 2012), mental health (Sowislo & Orth, 2013;Trzesniewski et al., 2006), and physical health (Orth et al., 2012;Trzesniewski et al., 2006). In recent years, a growing number of studies have provided important insights into the nature and consequences of selfesteem development (for a review, see Orth & Robins, 2014). However, few longitudinal studies have examined self-esteem from a lifespan perspective, due to the lack of studies that included samples with sufficiently broad age ranges. As yet, two longitudinal data sets have been used to track the self-esteem trajectory across the lifespan (Orth et al., 2012;Orth, Trzesniewski, & Robins, 2010). However, although these studies yielded converging evidence on the lifespan trajectory, their samples came from a single country (specifically, the United States). Given that cultures shape the prototypical self-concept and tendency toward self-enhancement among their members (Heine, Lehman, Markus, & ...

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Measurement and the Study of Change

Cited by 71 publications

References 35 publications

Attitude toward own aging in midlife and early old age over a 12-year period: Examination of measurement equivalence and developmental trajectories.

Attitude toward own aging in midlife and early old age over a 12-year period: Examination of measurement equivalence and developmental trajectories.

Measuring the development of inhibitory control: The challenge of heterotypic continuity

Self-esteem development across the life span: A longitudinal study with a large sample from Germany.

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